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GERMANY - BPE Private Equity promotes two partners and expands team
BPE Private Equity has announced that two of its longstanding investment professionals, Jens Achilles and Stephan Gummert, have been appointed as partners. The investment team will also be expanded in June by the addition of Nikolai Mackscheidt.
UK - MTI restructures and appoints investment manager
MTI has appointed Mark Rahn as investment manager and has restructured some of its key roles in preparation for the fund raising of MTI6.
FRANCE - PAI hire Lionel Zinsou
PAI partners has appointed Lionel Zinsou as a member of the executive committee.
RUSSIA - Alfa expands private equity team
According to sources, Russian private equity adviser Alfa Capital Partners has recruited four new executives, increasing its private equity team to 28.
FRANCE - RainMakers PE appoints new vice president
Tanya Heath has joined the Paris office of RainMakers Private Equity as a vice president.
ITALY - Permira appoints new senior adviser
Permira has announced the appointment of Riccardo Ruggiero, former CEO of Telecom Italia, as its new senior adviser.
GERMANY - Ashurst bolsters loan markets teams
Ashurst has appointed Anne Force as a partner in its Frankfurt-based Loan Markets Group.
FRANCE - Elaia Partners promotes associate
Elaia Partners has promoted Marie Eckland to associate.
UK - LDC bolsters South West team
LDC has hired Ian Podmore as investment director to further its presence in the south west.
UK - Indigo hires two and makes promotion
Indigo Capital has promoted Martin Hook to partner and has hired Burkhard Wangenheim and Guillaume Claire as investment executives.
UK - BDO promotes two
BDO Stoy Hayward has created two new roles within its corporate finance department, promoting Andrew Ware to national head of advisory services and Graham Elsworth to national head of transactional services.
FRANCE – Duke Street Capital recruit Jean-Marc Dayan
Duke Street Capital has recruited Jean-Marc Dayan as Partner.
EUROPE – Keravac joins Campbell Lutyens from Calyon
Unquote” can reveal that Jean-Phillppe Keravec is to join private equity advisory firm Campbell Lutyens in June as a partner. Keravec joins the practice from Calyon’s private placement team.
UK - Aberdeen Asset Managers appoints investment manager
Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital has appointed Robert Griffiths as investment manager in the Midlands and South West team.
SPAIN – Diana Capital appoints two new recruits
Diana Capital has recently appointed David Polo and Rafael Pinedo as investment director and analyst respectively.
UK - Doughty Hanson appoints Adam Black
Doughty Hanson & Co has appointed Adam Black, who will take responsibility for sustainability matters within the firm.
UK - Graphite hires four
Graphite Capital has hired Kane Bayliss, Mark Hall and Omar Kayat as investment managers, and Mudassir Khan in a financial anlaysis role.
UK - Travers Smith promote new head of private equity
Travers Smith has promoted Philip Sanderson to head of private equity. He will assume the position as of 01 July 2008.
UK - GMT appoints two
GMT Communications Partners has appointed Ian McKenzie as senior adviser and Maria Trokoudes as senior associate.
UK - LGV appoints new chief exec
LGV Capital has appointed Ivan Heywood as new chief executive. Heywood succeeds Adrian Johnson.
UK/US - MVM hires new partner for Boston office
MVM Life Science Partners has hired Eric Bednarski as partner in its Boston office.
UK - GE Commercial Finance makes two appointments
GE Commercial Finance has expanded its business development team in the South and South West with the appointment of Lorrae Hayes and Jo Forde.
UK - Morgan Stanley Private Equity hires two
Morgan Stanley Private Equity has appointed Jean-Philippe Barade and Alasdair Thomson as executive directors in its London office.
UK - Caledonia promotes Mathew Masters
Caledonia Investments has appointed Mathew Masters as an associate director.