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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.
UK - AnaCap Financial Partners establishes strategic advisory board
AnaCap Financial Partners has appointed three members to its strategic advisory board: Andrew Jackson, founder of Intermediate Capital Group; Michael Callen, former head of Citicorp Worldwide Corporate Division; and Rudi Doerr, former group vice president...
UK - Lasitha Perera joins Glitnir Bank's European leveraged finance team
Lasitha Perera is joining Glitnir Bank's European leveraged finance team where he will report to Erlendur Magnusson, head of leveraged finance.
NORWAY - Thomas Falck of FSV is appointed chairman of NVCA
Thomas Falck, partner at Four Seasons Venture (FSV), was appointed chairman of the Norwegian Venture Capital Association at the organisation's annual meeting yesterday. He will replace managing director of Teknoinvest, Bjørn Bjorå, who will continue as...
GERMANY - CBCM boosts corporate finance team
Commerzbank Corporates and Markets has appointed Rolf Betz as co-head of ECM and M&A. Betz joins Commerzbank following three years with DVB Bank AG, where he was a member of the board of managing directors, with responsibility for the bank's corporate...
UK - PPF Investments appoints new CEO
PPF Investments has appointed Michal Х uХЁУЁk as its new chief executive officer.
FRANCE - Thierry Laugel joins AGF Private Equity's venture capital team
AGF Private Equity has appointed Thierry Laugel as partner in itsventure capital team.
UK - Mathew Masters joins Caledonia Investments
Mathew Masters has joined Caledonia Investments Plc as an investment executive.
UK - Gresham appoints new investment executive
Mike OтBrien has joined Gresham's investment team as an investment executive based in London.
UK - M&C Ventures makes new hire
M&C Ventures has appointed Neil Sebba as a corporate finance executive. Sebba joins from BDO Stoy Hayward, where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 2003.
UK - Robin Winning joins Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance
Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance has appointed Robin Winning to the role of director of integrated finance, based in London. He joins as a senior member of the Bishopsgate-based team led by Mark Hammond.
UK - Inflexion appoints chairman for Red Commerce
Inflexion has announced the appointment of Andrew Vaughan as chairman of its portfolio company Red Commerce Ltd.
UK/GERMANY - Commerzbank strengthens leveraged finance unit
Commerzbank Corporates and Markets (CBCM) has today announced five new appointments to its leveraged finance group in London and Frankfurt.
UK - Bhargava heads 3i's new focus on outsourcing
3i has appointed Akshaya Bhargava to head up its new focus on the global business process outsourcing (BPO) market.
UK - Seven Hills Venture Partners appoints non-executive chairman
Seven Hills Venture Partners, the Edinburgh-based life sciences development company, has appointed Jeremy Delmar-Morgan as non-executive chairman.
GERMANY - Peter Schwanitz appointed managing director of VCM.
Peter Schwanitz, has been appointed as managing director of VCM Capital Management, Germany’s longest-established fund-of-funds management group for venture capital, mezzanine and buyout investments. He will be responsible for the group’s buyout segment,...
SWITZERLAND - GLSV enlarges investment team
Global Life Science Ventures has announced the further strengthening of its investment team. Dr Stephen McCormack has joined the company as principal, with Dr Kuno Jung as investment manager.
FRANCE - Jean-David Doly promoted at H. et Associés
Jean-David Doly, 32, has become manager of corporate finance at H. et Associés
UK - Octopus appoints new director
Octopus Asset Management has announced that Julian Carr has joined the firm's investment team as a director.
FRANCE - Jean Plamondon joins AGF Private Equity as investment director
Jean Plamondon will lead AGF Private Equity's funds of funds team.