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FRANCE - OFI Private Equity boosts its investment team
OFI Private Equity, subsidiary of the Ofivalmo Group, has announced two new appointments to its investment team. Ludovic Prévost, 36, will be director of investor relations. He leaves his associate position at Global Private Equity. His career started...
FRANCE - AGF Private Equity recruits VoIP specialist
Matthieu Baret joins AGF Private Equity's venture team, where he will specialise in telecoms, IT and electronics investments.
UK - F&C expands Edinburgh-based private equity
F&C Asset Management has further strengthened its private equity funds team with the appointment of Richard Nairn as associate director, private equity funds. Nairn joins the Edinburgh-based F&C team from Intelli Corporate Finance, a corporate advisory...
UK - Candover appoints Simon Marc to its European team
Candover has announced a further addition to its European team with the appointment of Simon Marc as an investment manager.
UK - BDO appoints 13 new partners
BDO Stoy Hayward has announced the appointment of 13 new partners, with effect from 1 July 2006.
UK - Sovereign Capital recruits Phil Hinson
Sovereign Capital has appointed Phil Hinson as an assistant director. Hinson has spent the last six years with PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance where he was a founding member of the business services sector team, focusing primarily on the facilities...
UK - Skype investor joins Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital Europe, the early-stage technology venture capital firm, has announced that Klaus Hommels has joined the firm as its first European venture partner. Hommels will work with the firm on both new opportunities as well as Benchmarkтs current...
UK - Jonathan Bell joins LDC in Manchester
LDC has boosted its Manchester new business team with the appointment of Jonathan Bell.
UK - Nigel Beer joins Hotbed board
Nigel Beer, a former divisional CEO at KPMG, has joined the board of Hotbed, the private investor network. During his time at KPMG, Nigel was a partner and head of its corporate finance division in London and was also a member of its national corporate...
UK - Pi Capital appoints Peter Brooks
Pi Capital has announced the appointment of Peter Brooks as a managing director and partner. Until October 2005, Peter Brooks was the managing partner of Sovereign Capital Partners. He joins fellow Pi partners David Giampaolo and Paul Thomas on 10 July...
NORWAY - NVCA recruits new secretary general
The Norwegian Venture Capital Association has appointed Knut Traaseth as its new secretary general. Starting today, Traaseth is joining from GCI Monsen where he has worked as director of investor relations and financial market communication. Prior to...
UK - Advantage Capital's Qm Group appoints new head
Qm Group, the UKтs leading provider of queue management systems to retailers and banks, has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of David Pearson as its chief executive. Pearson, the former head of Sony UK, has been appointed...
UK - NBGI Private Equity appoints Lawrence Dean
NBGI Private Equity has announced that Lawrence Dean will be joining as investment manager. Dean holds nine years of corporate finance experience, having started his career with SBC Warburg (now UBS) and most recently working on the investment banking...
UK - Barclays Capital appoints new head of corporate communications
Barclays Capital has announced the appointment of Siobhan Loftus as a director and head of corporate communications. She will be responsible globally for public relations, internal communications, advertising and brand. She will also be responsible for...
SWEDEN - InnovationsKapital recruits Falkevall as investment director
Martin Falkevall has been appointed investment director of InnovationsKapital and will be part of the Stockholm-based information and communication technology team.
UK - Nigel Beer takes minority stake in Hotbed
Nigel Beer, former head of KPMG's corporate finance division in London, has taken a minority stake in Hotbed. He will take on the role of non-executive director of the private investor network, but remains active as a consultant for KPMG.
UK - Shaun Beaney joins BDO as deal origination manager
Shaun Beaney has joined the corporate finance department at BDO Stoy Hayward as deal origination manager. Beaney arrives at BDO from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Corporate Finance Faculty, where he was business development...
UK - Wragge & Co appoints fifth partner
Wragge & Co LLP has boosted its private equity practice with the appointment of Ian Piggin as its fifth partner.
FRANCE - CVC Capital Partners makes two senior appointments
CVC Capital Partners has bolstered its Paris office with two senior recruits.
UK - Barclays Ventures appoints new associate director
Barclays Ventures has announced the appointment of Emma Morris as associate director based at its London office. Emma (28) brings a wide range of experience in mid-market private equity and M&A, and recently completed a six month secondment with Barclays...
SWEDEN - SEB's Klagsbrun to join EQT
EQT Partners has announced that SEB’s Harry Klagsbrun will join the firm as senior partner in the Stockholm office on 1 October 2006. Klagsbrun has been executive vice president and head of asset management within the SEB group. He has previously worked...
UK - Williams de Broë strengthens M&A team
Williams de BroУЋ has announced the appointment of Roger Clement as corporate finance director. He will be providing advice to small- and mid-cap companies on M&A services and other corporate finance.
UK - Singer & Friedlander lose five investment managers to Ingenious Media
According to the FT, Singer & Friedlander, the specialist banking and investment management group owned by Icelandic bank Kaupthing, has lost five investment managers to Ingenious Media. Peter Clark, Tim Howe, Richard Sargent and Francis Clarke are amongst...
FRANCE - Sofinnova Partners hires pharmaceuticals expert
Sofinnova partners has recruited Graziano Seghezzi as partner.