Gilde hires Waterland's Van den Weghe as investment director

Van den Weghe worked at Waterland until last year, having joined in 2005. During his time at the firm, he co-led the GP's investments in Senior Living Group, sold to French dependency care provider Medica last July for an estimated €180-190m; Belgian laboratory business Medhold Group, sold to Sonic Healthcare for €232m in 2010; and underground cabling services provider Infra Group, also in 2010.

Prior to joining Waterland, he spent four years working on management buyout transactions at law firm Baker & McKenzie.

Gilde managing partner Gerhard Nordemann said in a statement that, as a Belgian national, Van den Weghe's appointment underpins the firm's efforts to become a Benelux-wide firm and strengthen its position in the Belgian private equity market.

Gilde has offices in Utrecht in the Netherlands and Antwerp in Belgium.

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