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UK – HgCapital bolsters renewables team
HgCapital has appointed Luigi Pettinicchio and Luis Quiroga to its Renewables team, bringing the total number of energy infrastructure specialists to seven.
FINLAND - Pohjola Group appoints new CFO
Jouko Pölönen has been appointed CFO of Pohjola Group, as Ilkka Salonen leaves to join another company.
UK - Spirit opens in London
Spirit Capital (formerly Aberdeen Asset Management) has opened a new office in London's Threadneedle Street, which will be headed up by managing partner Francesco Santinon.
EUROPE - CVC appoints new senior adviser
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Charles-Henri Filippi as senior adviser.
UK - KKR appoints director of European corporate affairs
KKR has appointed Ludo Bammens as director of European Corporate Affairs.
UK - Impax hires two
Impax Group has appointed Victor Juttmann and Caroline Barraclough as investment manager and marketing manager respectively.
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UK - Nova appoints new board member
Nova Capital Management has appointed David Carman to its board.
NETHERLANDS - Derks Star Busmann appoints partner
CMS Derks Star Busmann's Banking & Finance practice has appointed Bauke Falkena as partner.
UK/GERMANY - Latham & Watkins elects 30 new partners
Latham & Watkins has elected 28 associates and two counsels to partnership, effective 1 January 2009.
UK - Close Brothers appoints director
Close Brothers has hired Luke MacKenzie to its European restructuring and debt advisory group.
UK - Brown Rudnick appoints Richard Penfold
Brown Rudnick has appointed Richard Penfold to its corporate group in London.
UK - Dale and Madden leave Hotbed
Bernard Dale and Claire Madden have left investor syndicate Hotbed.
SWEDEN - Creandum appoints new partner
Swedish early-stage venture capital firm Creandum has promoted Fredrik Cassel to the position of partner.
UK - LDC hires Martin Rowland
LDC has appointed Martin Rowland as investment director.
ITALY/UK - Foresight opens Italian office
Foresight Group has opened a new office in Rome, which will be headed up by Luca Passariello.
UK - Amplio hires Andrea Davi
Amplio Partners has hired Andrea Davi as partner.
SWEDEN - Carnegie investment bank appoints new board
The Swedish National Debt Office has appointed a new board of directors for Carnegie Investment Bank AB.
SWEDEN – Ratos expands board
Ratos' nomination committee has proposed expanding the board of directors with the inclusion of executive vice president of StatoilHydro in Bergen, Margareth Øvrum.
EUROPE - Duke Street appoints partner
European mid-market buyout house Duke Street has appointed Miles Cresswell-Turner as a partner specialising in Financial Services.
SWEDEN - Altor appoints head of financing
Altor Equity Partners has appointed Anders Bierke as head of financing. He joins the buyout house on 2 December.
UK - Brewin Dolphin strengthens management team
Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking has made a series of promotions to its management team.
UK - RJD appoints Paul Woodley
RJD Partners has appointed Paul Woodley as a consultant.
ITALY - Advent appoints Paolo Cantarella to Operating Partner Programme
Advent International has appointed Paolo Cantarella to join the firm’s Operating Partner Programme based in Milan, with a particular focus on investment opportunities in the industrial sector.