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UK - GE Commercial Finance appoints Adam Johnson as managing director
GE Commercial Finance, Business Finance has appointed Adam Johnson as managing director, corporate structured finance, with responsibility for the leadership, direction and growth of the structured asset-based lending and cashflow business to UK and European...
FRANCE - Marc Devillard joins Crédit Agricole PE
Marc Devillard has joined Crédit Agricole Private Equity's Venture Capital team as investment director for the software and internet sectors.
FRANCE - H.I.G strengthens team
HIG Europe, the European affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, has appointed Olivier Boyadjian as managing director of its Paris office.
SPAIN - Miura appoints Juan Rosell as its president
Miura Private Equity has announced the arrival of Juan Rosell as its new president.
UK - Matrix appoints new MD
Matrix Group has appointed Mark MacLean as managing director of Matrix Private Funds Group. He joins the existing team of Ray Coole, Edward Holdsworth and Charles Lemon.
UK - Infinity appoints John Hunt from BDO
Manchester-based Infinity Asset Management has bolstered its investment team with the appointment of John Hunt. Hunt joins Infinity from BDO Stoy Hayward, as a partner. He will be involved in generating and managing investment opportunities.
GERMANY – TVM Capital strengthens corporate finance team
Steffen Schuster has joined TVM Capital’s corporate finance team as principal, where he will focus on the technology investments in the venture capitalist’s portfolio.
UK - Epi-V appoints ex-3i director as investment committee chairman
Oil and gas private equity fund Epi-V LLP has appointed Sue Hunter as its investment committee chairman. Hunter, who previously worked with 3i for 15 years, joins Epi-V’s six-strong team which invests between £2m and £10m in emerging technology and...
UK/FRANCE - AlixPartners appoints Helena Samaha as general counsel
AlixPartners, the global restructuring, consulting, and financial advisory firm, has announced the appointment of Helena Samaha as general counsel-Europe. She will be based in the firm’s Paris office.
SWEDEN - Eqvitec hires Hadar Cars
Eqvitec Partners has strengthened its Swedish operations by hiring Hardar Cars as an investment director. He joins the firm from Teknoinvest where he has worked since 2004.
UK - LDC boosts Bristol presence with new office and appointment
LDC has boosted its presence in the South West by opening a new office in Bristol and appointing Paul Oldham to its investment team. Oldham joins from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance where he built and led the firm’s eight-strong South West and South...
UK - August strengthens investment team
August Equity has appointed David Lonsdale to its investment team. Lonsdale joins August Equity from British Sky Broadcasting Plc, where he worked in the corporate finance division. During his time at BSkyB, he was responsible for UK transactions across...
GERMANY - H.I.G Europe hires Jens Alsleben as managing director
H.I.G Europe, the European arm of H.I.G Capital, has hired Jens Alsleben as managing director of H.I.G European Capital Partners GmbH, based in Hamburg. This brings the German H.I.G. team to 9 investment professionals covering the whole spectrum of investments,...
FRANCE – Astorg Partners appoints director
Frédéric Sebbag, a graduate of both Ecole National des Pontes et Chaussées and the Sorbonne, has been appointed director in the Astorg team.
UK - Grant Thornton strengthens Southampton team
Grant Thornton's Southampton office has recently recruited Nigel Le Bas as manager in the firm's corporate finance team.
UK - Altium makes three promotions
Altium has made three key promotions in its Manchester office. Mike Fletcher and Simon Lord have each been promoted to the position of managing director, while Steven Whitehead has become an assistant director.
CEE - ING appoints new director to CEE team
ING Leveraged Finance and Sponsor Coverage Business has hired David Ryba as a director of its CEE team. This addition takes ING's CEE team to five professionals.
GERMANY - Klaus Weber to head 3i's growth capital team
Klaus Weber has joined 3i to head its growth capital team in Frankfurt. He succeeds Andreas Kochhäuser, who will leave the company. Prior to this role, Klaus Weber was head of acquisition finance for French bank Calyon in Frankfurt, following various...
UK - Palamon appoints Lorenzo Pellicioli to its board of advisors
Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Lorenzo Pellicioli to its board of advisors. Pellicioli is currently CEO of the De Agostini Group, the Italian conglomerate with interests ranging from finance to publishing. As the CEO of Seat Pagine Gialle from...
GERMANY - Kottmann to stand for election to supervisory board of Deutsche Beteiligungs
Dr Hariolf Kottmann has been nominated to stand for election to the supervisory Board of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG at the Annual Meeting on 14 March 2008. He is to replace Mr Walter Schmidt, who announced his resignation from the board and will leave his...
UK - Charterhouse strengthens team
Charterhouse Capital Partners has announced several personnel changes to its investment team. Geoff Arbuthnott has decided to leave the company. Charterhouse has made two new appointments to the team - Tim James has joined the firm from LGV and Robert...
UK - Stirling Square appoints Julien Horreard as associate
Stirling Square Capital Partners has appointed Julien Horreard as an associate.
UK - Advent International appoints new head of portfolio board development
Advent International has announced that Conor Boden has joined the firm to take up the newly-created role of head of portfolio board development. Boden formerly worked at 3i. His main focus will be on extending Advent’s existing operating partner programme....
ESTONIA - Alta Capital Partners appoints two new partners
Alta Capital Partners has expanded its team with the addition of two new partners – Priit Põldoja, the current managing director of Hansapank Estonia, the Estonian arm of the leading Baltic banking group, and Patrick Querubin, previously the managing...