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EUROPE - HgCapital strengthens renewable energies team
HgCapital has announced the appointment of Jean Pararnaud and Jens Thomassen as associate directors and the internal promotions of Emma Tinker and Rob deLazlo.
EUROPE - H.I.G Capital opens new European offices
H.I.G Capital, a global private equity firm specialising in investments in small to medium sized companies, has announced the opening of offices in France and Germany.
FINLAND - CapMan strengthens its management team
CapMan Plc Group has strengthened its management group and organisation. Kaisa Arovaara, has been appointed as CFO of CapMan and member of the management group responsible for the new internal services unit. Partner Jerome Bouix will transfer to head...
CEE - AIG Investments appoints new managing director of AIG Capital Partners
AIG Investments has appointed Serkan Elden as managing director of AIG Capital Partners and President and CEO of AIG Blue Voyage Advisors. Elden will be based in Istanbul to lead AIG Capital Partners’ investment activities in Turkey and its surrounding...
EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.
CEE - Advent International announces new Ukraine team
Advent International has appointed Tamas Nagy and Natalie Polischuk as the first members of its Kiev team.
CEE - Enterprise Investors appoints two new partners
Enterprise Investors has appointed Monika Nachyla as a new partner, and promoted Christian Nacu, the head of the firm's Romania office, to partner.
POLAND - Carlyle opens office in Warsaw
Carlyle has opened an office in Warsaw to source investments in Central and Eastern Europe, further proof of the growing strength of the region. The team will be headed by Ryszard Wojtkowski who has been recruited from CEE specialist Enterprise Investors....
AUSTRIA - GCP appoints Christian Lutz as new venture partner
Christian Lutz has joined gamma capital partners as a venture partner. Lutz has more than 15 years of experience in the internet, media and telecommunication sectors. Prior to joining GCP, he was the general manager Europe for software company Qpass,...
CEE - 3i appoints Andrzej Szostak to CEE buyout team
3i has appointed Andrzej Szostak to its Central and Eastern Europe buyout team, led by partner Stuart McMinnies. Szostak will be primarily based in Warsaw, with the remainder of his time divided between London and other parts of the CEE region. He will...
AUSTRIA - Gamma Capital Partners expands team
Gamma Capital Partners has appointed Joachim H Wolff as venture partner. Wolff has a long track record in venture capital as well as a management consultant. Previously he has held positions at companies including T-Venture, AVC Venture Capital, Roland...
AUSTRIA - New appointment at Gamma Capital Partners
Investment manager Horst Gaisbauer has joined Gamma Capital Partners as a senior associate. He will be responsible for the management of special projects as well as business development. Previously, Gaisbauer worked as a project manager for the Mergers...
FINLAND - CapMan strengthens its Real Estate team
Jorma Lehtonen has been appointed as CapMan Real Estate’s fund director and will be responsible for the investment activities of private equity real estate funds. In addition he will act as deputy to Markku Hietala, managing director of Realprojekti Oy....
CZECH REPUBLIC - Advent opens Prague office
Advent International has announced the opening of its Prague office, led by Chris Mruck. From this office, Advent will cover investment in the Czech and Slovak Republics and Hungary. With offices in Warsaw and Bucharest, this latest opening sees Advent...
FINLAND - CapMan strengthens its advisor network
The former CEO of Stora Enso, Jukka Härmälä, has been invited to join CapMan’s Advisor Network as a senior advisor from June 2007. Härmälä retired from his position as CEO of Stora Enso at the end of March 2007, having held the post since 1998. He started...
WORLD - KKR cashes in with 44% of global deal volume
KKR has eclipsed its rivals so far this year, claiming a 44.1% share of global deal volume, over double its 20% share since the beginning of 2004. The value of these deals was more than it recorded in 2005 and 2006 combined. This includes the ТЃ10.1bn...
CEE - Colin Hewett leaves Mid Europa
After eight years involvement with the Mid Europa team, Colin Hewett has stepped down from the investment and management committees of Mid Europa Partners. Although Hewett has decided to pursue other interests, he will continue as a consultant to the...
AUSTRIA - Holding at gamma capital partners changes its name
gamma capital partners has announced that the name of its GES gcp Enterprise Software Group GmbH has changed to Infoniqa Holding GmbH. The Infoniqa Holding GmbH is the managing and leading entity of the Infoniqa group.
FINLAND - Amanda Capital moves offices
Amanda Capital has moved and the new address is: Aleksanterinkatu 15 A, 6th floor, Helsinki (visiting address) PO Box 896 FI-00101 Helsinki Finland Tel: +358 9 6829 600 Fax: +358 9 6829 6030 Email: firstname.lastname@amandacapital.fi www.amandacapital.fi...
FINLAND - CapMan announces promotions
CapMan has promoted Markku Hietala to senior partner and Johan Bennarsten, Björn Nordenvall and Tommy Valther Hansen to partners as of 14 February 2007.
FINLAND - Amanda Capital acquires competitor Proventure
Fund-of-funds manager Amanda Capital Plc has acquired the entire share capital of Proventure companies for EUR 10m in cash. The net asset value of the acquired companies totalled EUR 7.1m as of 31 December 2006.
DENMARK - BankInvest New Energy appoints new managing partner
Poul Erik Schou-Pedersen will begin as new managing partner of BankInvest New Energy Solutions (NES) on 1 June 2007. He is chairman of the NES advisory board, and has since 1992, been CEO of the Danish energy meter company Kamstrup
US - 3i growth capital business enters US
3i has recruited nine private equity professionals to form its new US growth capital team and has opened an office in New York to spearhead its growth activities in the US. An additional five investors will join over the course of 2007. The founding partners...
EUROPE - IPES appoints Brennan as COO
IPES, a private equity fund administrator and outsourcing provider, has announced that Kevin Brennan is to take on the newly created role of chief operating officer. Brennan will be responsible for the design and delivery of the organisational structure...