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FRANCE - BNP Paribas makes two new appointments
BNP Paribas Private Equity has announced the appointment of Xavier Caron and Jean-Marc Rivet-Fusil to their fund-of-funds team.
UK - Balderton Capital appoints new partner
Venture firm Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe) has announced the appointment of Tim Bunting as partner.
UK - Sovereign Capital appoint Tim Whittard to investment team
UK Private equity buy-and-build specialist Sovereign Capital has announced the appointment of Tim Whittard to its investment team.
UK - Monument Group hires Janet Brooks
Monument Group (UK) Ltd, a London affiliate of Boston-based private equity placement agent Monument Group, Inc., has appointed Janet Brooks.
UK - Kennet Partners appoints new director
International growth equity investor Kennet Partners has promoted Evan Frank to the position of director.
GERMANY – European Capital strengthens Frankfurt team
European Capital Financial Services has appointed Bernd Schaessburger as an investment director to its Frankfurt-based team. Schaessburger joins the team headed by managing director Robert von Finckenstein, which has been strengthened during the past...
UK - Braveheart appoints new non-executive director
Braveheart Investment Group Plc has appointed Ken Brown as non-executive director with effect from 12 September. Brown joins the AIM-listed technology commercialisation and investment management company from Kenmore Property Group where he was finance...
FRANCE - Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners announces promotions
As of September 1, Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners has promoted Thomas Mitard, Hervé Fonta and Sylvie Vergès.
UK - Mayer Brown appoints new senior corporate partner
Law firm Mayer Brown has announced that William Charnley will join the firm's Corporate Group as senior partner from McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP on 1 October 2007.
GERMANY - KPMG appoints partner to lead new transactions-focused pensions team
Graham Pearce has joined KPMG in Germany at partner level to head up a new Pensions Advisory team within its Transaction Services practice. Prior to joining KPMG, Pearce was at Mercer for 17 years. He qualified as an actuary in 1994 and has specialised...
UK - Infinity appoints Natasha Pastouna
Infinity Asset Management has expanded its team with the appointment of Natasha Pastouna. Pastouna has joined newly-launched Manchester-based Infinity from PKF in Manchester.
SPAIN - Riverside Europe hires associate
Rafael Álvarez-Novoa is the latest hire of Riverside Europe's Madrid office.
UK – Kreos appoints Hirtzel COO
Venture debt specialist Kreos Capital has named Simon Hirtzel as chief operating officer.
AUSTRIA - gamma capital partners hire new mobile and internet partner
Austrian venture capital firm gamma capital partners has appointed Markus Wagner as partner.
GLOBAL – Pantheon makes NY hire
Pantheon, a global fund-of-funds and secondaries player, as appointed Rudy Scarpa to its secondaries team as partner.
SWEDEN - Arthur D. Little makes new appointment
The corporate adviser group, Arthur D. Little has recruited Hans Nyctelius MD, MBA to the venture capital and private equity team in life science and operational management.
UK - Lord Browne resigns from Apax
Lord Browne has resigned from his position as chairman of the Apax Partners Advisory Board to take a position with US private equity firm Riverstone Holdings. Browne, former BP chief executive, has joined Riverstone as managing director and managing partner...
SWEDEN - Industrifonden makes new appointments
Inudtrsifonden, the Swedish venture investor, has made two new appointments. Magnus Fransson has been hired as an ny investment manager for ICT investments. Fransson has an engineering background and has held leading positions in Ericsson corporate venture...
SWEDEN - Creandum makes new appointment
Creandum has recruited Daniel Blomquist to join its investment team as an associate. Daniel is former vice president of marketing at the telecom software company Ascade, and will work with new investments from Creandum II, the SEK 750m fund targeting...
SWEDEN - Segulah makes two appointments
Segulah has taken on two new recruits. Lennart Kalén, the former CEO of Dahls Sweden and currently a member of the board of the Segulah Investment Advisor, has been appointed as industrial partner and will be active in evaluating new investments and developing...
UK - Protego Real Estate appoints Alexandra McGhee
Protego Real Estate Investors has appointed Alexandra McGhee as associate - business development. McGhee joins from Bank of Scotlandтs Integrated Finance team. Prior to this, she worked at Henderson Global Investors as finance manager to its Pan-European...
UK - Hammonds boosts private equity team with appointment of Mark Robson
Mark Robson has joined Hammonds as partner in its London office. Robson joins from Travers Smith, where he was a senior assistant in the private equity group within the firmтs corporate department. The new appointment to the private equity team at Hammonds,...
UK - Close Brothers announces senior management changes
Close Brothers Corporate Finance has made a number of changes to its senior management team. These changes are part of the companyтs strategy to position itself for further growth over the next five years. Stephen Aulsebrook, currently head of European...
UK - BVCA approaches ex-FT editor
According to The Sunday Times, the BVCA has offered Andrew Gowers, former editor of the Financial Times, the job of chief executive. The news comes just a few days after Mark Fox, director of communications, announced he was leaving to take up the role...