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YFM appoints Grant Thornton's Villiers
Prior to joining YFM, Villiers worked in Grant Thornton's corporate finance team
Playfair appoints Avonmore's Blakey as non-exec
Angel investor will also become a member of the seed capital firm's investment committee
LGPS pool hires new CIO amid PE funds push
Organisation has also announced the appointment of Michael Pratten as interim CIO
Houlihan Lokey appoints Collinson
Collinson joins from William Blair's European consumer and retail investment banking department
Volpi appoints Investindustrial's Klasmeyer
Klasmeyer has worked at Lazard, Morgan Stanley, Pamplona Credit Mangament and Bain Capital Credit
Apposite promotes Cunynghame and hires Harper
UK-based healthcare-focused PE firm promotes Alex Cunynghame to investment manager
Debevoise promotes Beurrier
Beurrier's promotion is one of six across the firm's New York and London offices
Dunedin promotes three
Davidson, Hardy and Chung have worked on the buyouts of Alpha, GPS, CET, CitySprint and EV
Stirling Square appoints two to investment team
GP has appointed JP Morgan's Mazurier and Hannam Investments' Bloys to its London-based team
USS appoints new CEO of investments
Simon Pilcher will be responsible for overseeing the investment strategy governing the scheme's £64bn in assets
Equistone appoints BGF's Copeland and promotes Baker
Copeland joins as investment manager in Birmingham and Baker is promoted to investment director in London
DevCo hires Intera's Laakso
Laakso will be responsible for sourcing and executing new investments in Nordic companies
Swedish pension hires new CIO
Bernengo joins from the asset management firm Öhman Fonder, where he has served as a CEO
Pemberton opens Copenhagen office
Direct lending is gathering pace in the region as local banks begin to be constrained
Calpers bolsters PE team with new investment MD
Ruiz replaces Sarah Corr, who has served as interim managing investment director for private equity
France-based Apax Partners hires de Cardes
De Cardes has 20 years of operational experience in TMT and joins the development team
Pamplona hires Benelux head
Tensen will be responsible for driving new investment opportunities and value creation in the region
ICG hires Cerberus's Ross as managing director
GP says it is positioning itself for future opportunities as the economic cycle reaches maturity
The Carlyle Group promotes Bagijn and Herberg
Bagijn will head Carlyle's investment solutions division while Herberg will be its CFO
Livingbridge hires PwC's McGee as investment manager
Healthcare and technology specialist leaves his role as manager on PwC's corporate finance team
Fortino hires De Leeuw
Prior to joining Fortino, De Leeuw was an investment manager at Ackermans & van Haaren
DC promotes six to managing director
Promotions include two members of the Paris-based team and four in DC's London office
Ex-ATP investment manager joins Industriens Pension
Appointment becomes effective in June, and he will report to head of private investments
Gimv establishes life sciences advisory board
Gimv has made more than 80 investments in the life sciences segment since it started in 1982
