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UK - E-Synergy appoints Sam Richardson as investment director
E-Synergy has appointed Sam Richardson as investment director to the team managing its ТЃ30m Sustainable Technology Fund. The Sustainable Technology Fund, launched earlier this year, is a ТЃ30m UK Limited Partnership Fund backed by a mix of institutional...
UK - Bank of Ireland appoints Adrian Sainsbury as head of Global Specialised Finance
Bank of Ireland has appointed Adrian Sainsbury as Head of Global Specialised Finance. Sainsbury will be based in London and will have responsibility for the Bankтs specialised lending and UK corporate activities including asset based lending, media finance,...
UK - Joseph Bergin joins NBGI Private Equity from Octopus
Joseph Bergin has joined NBGI Private Equity as director. He will be based in Manchester and will focus on the North of England. Bergin was formerly at Octopus Investments where he was director for their VCT funds. Previously he spent nine years at 3i...
UK - Glitnir strengthens loans syndication team
Glitnir has announced two new hires to strengthen its UK team. Fabritzia Capurro joins as an associate director and Amanda Loughlin as a senior analyst in the London-based Global Loans Syndication team.
EUROPE - Schühsler replaces Loizaga as EVCA chairman
TVM Capital's managing partner Helmut SchУМhsler was officially elected as EVCA chairman for the period June 2007 to June 2008.
UK - LDC expands its London team
Andy Kilborn, who spent ten years with KPMG advising on mid-market transactions, joins as investment manager and Alex Bowden, previously based at LDCтs Reading office, joins as investment director. They bolster the now eight-strong London team led by...
SWEDEN - Industrifonden recruits two new investment managers
Industrifonden has hired two new investment managers. Stefan Jakelius, formerly head of seed financing at the Energy Agency, who will invest in cleantech ventures. Tore Tolke, formerly investment manager at Småföretagsinvest, who will work in expansion...
FRANCE - Bryan, Garnier & Co appoints director of structured products
Independent investement bank Bryan, Garnier & Co has appointed Henri-Pierre Jeancard as a director in charge of structured products origination, in the Paris office.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden recruits two new professionals
Industrifonden has hired two new investment managers, Stefan Jakelius, formerly head of seed financing at the Energy Agency, and Tore Tolke, formerly investment manager at Småföretagsinvest.
FRANCE - Activa continues to grow
Mid-cap private equity firm Activa Capital has hired Julien Di Marco as an Investment Analyst.
FRANCE - Unigrains appoints new president
The board of directors of agriculture-oriented investor Unigrains has appointed Philippe Pinta as president, replacing Henri de Benoist.
UK - LDC appoints Paul Johnson as head of larger mid-market team
LDC has appointed Paul Johnson to head a newly-created team which will focus on originating larger mid-market transactions. The team will target deals requiring an equity investment between ТЃ25m and ТЃ100m, the newly-instated upper reach of LDCтs underwriting...
SPAIN/UK - Palamon adds Morgan Stanley banker to its Spanish team
Pan-European private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has hired former Morgan Stanley executive director Jaime Enrique Hugas to strenghten its activities in Spain.
SWITZERLAND - Adveq establishes US presence
The Swiss fund-of-funds manager Adveq has announced it is to open an office in New York. A number of the firm's investment team will transfer from the Zurich office to New York, where they will be joined by two new members, Lee Gardella and Steven Yang....
UK - Kreos appoints Luca Colciago as partner
Kreos Capital, the provider of debt financing for venture deals, has appointed Luca Colciago as partner. Colciago has focused specifically on venture debt for the past seven years. He joins Kreos from Noble Fund Managers, an alternative assets manager...
UK - Palamon expands investment team
Palamon Capital Partners has expanded its investment team with the appointment of JaimeEnrique Hugas as principal. Hugas, a Spanish national, joins Palamon from Morgan Stanley where he was executive director of the European Media and Communications Corporate...
UK - LDC strengthens London team
LDC has appointed two senior investment professionals to its expanding London team. Andy Kilborn, who spent 10 years with KPMG advising on mid-market transactions, joins as investment manager and Alex Bowden, previously based at LDCтs Reading office,...
GERMANY - Bank of Ireland boosts Frankfurt team
Bank of Ireland has appointed Sebastian Osing and Jörg Tennemann to its Acquisition Finance team in Frankfurt. The new team members will focus on arranging funding opportunities in the German acquisition finance market. Osing joins from the M&A department...
FRANCE - Weinberg appoints head of real-estate funds
French buyout house Weinberg Capital Partners has named Laurent Halimi as partner with overall responsibility for real-estate funds.
ITALY - Rainone promoted at PM&Partners; two managers take the backseat
Private equity firm PM&Partners has just appointed senior manager Riccardo Rainone as the firm's fourth partner.
UK - Rutland appoints Daniel Freed
Rutland Partners has announced that Daniel Freed has joined its investment team. Freed joins Rutland after spending three years at CIBC World Markets where he worked on European M&A transactions across a wide range of sectors prior to which he worked...
UK - Bank of Ireland appoints Christophe Tardy as director of leveraged syndicated finance
Bank of Ireland has appointed Christophe Tardy as director of Leveraged Syndicated Finance. Tardy will join Bank of Ireland in early July and will be based in London. Previously Tardy spent 15 years at Societe Generale becoming part of the European syndicated...
UK - Fearghal Ó Ríordaín joins SEP from Accel
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has announced the appointment of Fearghal У RУordaУn, formerly of Accel Partners. У RУordaУn will operate from SEPтs London office. Prior to SEP, У RУordaУn spent five years at Accel Partners. He was a founding principal...
UK - Advent grows ICT investment team
Advent Venture Partners has announced the appointment of Paul Fisher to the ICT investment team. Fisher gained experience of early-stage transactions at First Capita, where he was Associate Director. Prior to joining First Capital, Fisher worked in...