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UK - Mark Fox to leave BVCA
Mark Fox, currently director of Communications & Public Affairs at the BVCA, is leaving the organisation in October 2007. He will take up the position of chief executive of the Business Services Association from November.
CEE – ING appoints heads of leveraged finance, high yield
ING Wholesale Banking has appointed Martijn Bruins as head of leveraged finance and sponsor coverage for Central & Eastern Europe. Based in London, Bruins began his new role on Monday. He has been with ING since 1992, most recently as managing director...
UK - Morgan Stanley appoints Brian Magnus as joint European chief of $6bn buyout fund
Morgan Stanley has announced that Brian Magnus, its UK head of investment banking, is to join Graham Keniston-Cooper as joint European chief of its new buyout fund. The bank is planning a $6bn fund after a five year holiday from the buyout market - its...
UK - CIT announces senior appointments
CIT Group Inc has announced two senior level appointments within its London Commercial Finance business. Graham Randell has been promoted to senior managing director, CIT Commercial Finance Europe. He will continue to oversee the development and expansion...
UK - CBCF appoints new MD for leisure and retail sector group
Close Brothers Corporate Finance has bolstered its senior management team, appointing Michael Dubois as the new managing director of its leisure and retail sector group.
UK - Jefferies appoints Bruce Huber and Warren Scott as European co-heads
The Jefferies investment bank has appointed Bruce Huber and Warren Scott to lead the firmтs financial sponsors effort in Europe as co-heads. Huber is head of European technology and cleantech investment banking at Jefferies International Ltd, the London-based...
UK - Bain appoints new UK managing partner
Bain & Company has appointed Cyrus Jilla as the new managing partner of the firm's UK operations. Jilla succeeds Roger Siddle who held the role for more than six years. Jilla joined Bain in 1997 from Kalchas, a boutique strategy firm. Prior to this he...
UK - Debevoise & Plimpton appoints Anthony McWhirter
Debevoise & Plimpton has appointed Anthony McWhirter as a partner in the firmтs investment management practice. He will be resident in the firmтs London office, joining the firm in September. McWhirter was previously a partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus...
FRANCE - CD&R partner to head 3i France
3i France has appointed Bruno Deschamps, a former partner at US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), as partner and managing director.
SWITZERLAND – GLSV appoints managing director
Global Life Science Ventures has appointed Stephen J McCormack as managing director of GLSV AG. McCormack joined GLSV in their Zug office in May 2006 and became partner in November 2006.
UK - Zeus Private Equity makes first hire in advance of final close
Manchester-based Zeus Private Equity (ZPE) has appointed Beth Houghton as investment executive ahead of the final close of its maiden fund. ZPE reached a second close of ТЃ65m in June 2007 and is targeting a final close of ТЃ100m before the end of the...
UK - Pension Corporation appoints new head of business development
Pension Corporation has appointed Charlotte Crosswell as head of business development. Pension Corporation comprises Pension Insurance Corporation, Pension Corporation Investments and Pension Securitisation Investments. Pension Corporation operates in...
UK - Beringea expands UK investment team
Beringea director Trevor Hope has been appointed to the new role of chief investment officer and new investment director Karen McCormick has joined the Beringea team. Hope, who joined Beringea in 2003, will oversee the companyтs investment activites from...
UK - Graham Keniston-Cooper to lead Morgan Stanley Private Equity in Europe
Morgan Stanley has hired Graham Keniston-Cooper to run its private equity business in Europe. Keniston-Cooper will build a London-based private equity team running third party funds.
UK - Barclays Ventures expands investment team
Barclays Ventures has expanded its investment team with three new hires. Eddy Dempsey has been appointed senior associate director whilst Rachel Boomgaardt and James Savage join as investment managers. All three will be based at Barclays Ventures' head...
SPAIN - Apax promotes Oriol Pinya to CEO
Apax Partners has promoted Oriol Pinya to the position of chief executive of the firm's operations in Spain.
UK- Private Advisors opens London office and hires Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen
Private Advisors , a private equity and hedge fund investment firm specialising in advising institutional investors and wealthy individuals, has opened a London office. Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen has also been hired as the chief executive officer of Private...
UK - Maximilian Bleyleben is promoted to partner at Kennet Partners
Kennet Partners, the technology growth investor, has promoted Maximilian Bleyleben to partner. In his new role, Bleyleben will continue to originate and manage growth equity investments and buyouts in the software, IT services and digital media markets...
UK - Advent International appoints interim advisory board for Lloyds TSB Registrars
Advent International has appointed an interim advisory board pending completion of its acquisition of Lloyds TSB Registrars. Advent won an auction for the share registration business in May of this year paying ТЃ550m to secure the deal from vendor Lloyds...
UK - Endless grows its North West team
Endless has strengthened its team in the North West of England with the appointment of Neil Baishnab and Ian Plumb. Baishnab joins as associate director and will be based at Endless' Manchester office. He was previously at Ernst & Young. Plumb joins as...
UK - HgCapital announces senior management changes
HgCapital has announced a series of senior management changes. After seven years as chairman, Leonard Licht will be retiring on 30th September. He will be replaced by current chief executive Ian Armitage. Frances Jacob becomes deputy chairman and will...
ITALY - Lovells moves offices in Milan and Rome
Law firm Lovells has announced the relocation to new offices in Milan and Rome.
UK - Octopus Investments appoints mezzanine manager
Octopus Investments has recruited Stuart Nicol to head up its mezzanine function, which has ТЃ50m to invest. Nicol joins following five years at The Capital Fund where he led 14 investments including Avanti, Mtivity and TXT4.
UK - Deloitte Corporate Finance appoints new manager to Southampton team
Shaun Gomm has joined Deloitteтs Corporate Finance Advisory team in Southampton as manager. Gomm has been providing corporate finance advice on transactions for Deloitteтs London office since 2001. He is a specialist in the leisure sector and has also...