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UK - South East Growth Fund expands team
Avent Bezuidenhoudt has joined WM Enterprise as an investment manager on the South East Growth Fund (SEGF).
UK - Yorkshire Bank appoints regional director of acquisition finance team
Yorkshire Bank has appointed Ian Howey as regional director of the Midlands specialist and acquisition finance team.
UK - Jeremy Knight to join Ashton Penney
Jeremy Knight, group publishing director of Caspian Publishing, is to join AshtonPenney, the provider of interim managers and non-executive directors for private equity and venture capital portfolio companies, to lead the firmтs private equity practice...
FINLAND - Sitra appoints new special adviser
Jani Kaarlejärvi has been appointed special adviser to the president of Sitra. For the past three years, Kaarlejärvi has been a researcher at the University of Sheffield and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Germany.
UK - Northern Trust makes fund administration hires
Northern Trust has appointed Peter Brookman as head of UK fund accounting and Lynne Hill as head of UK transfer agency.
UK - Terra Firma strengthens team for Thames Water bid
John Roberts, a former chief executive at United Utilities, has joined Terra Firma as an adviser to help on its planned bid for Thames Water.
NORDICS - Doughty Hanson makes Nordic appointment
Doughty Hanson has appointed Jan Amethier as senior principal to focus on the Nordic region, starting in July 2006.
GERMANY - Skadden, Arps names new partner
International law firm Skadden, Arps has named Dr Lutz Zimmer as partner at its Munich practice. Zimmer joined Skadden as counsel in 2004 and has extensive experience in the fields of private equity and venture capital.
UK - Tom Wrenn joins ECI Partners
ECI Partners has announced the appointment of Tom Wrenn as investment executive.
GERMANY - Olbort to leave 3i
Following more than seven years on 3i's Mittelstand finance team, Martin Olbort has opted to leave the company. Olbort will become managing partner of Weilbacher Olbort Paletten, looking after business, finance and strategy.
UK - 3i's Nolan to assume UK buyout leadership role
3i has announced that its pan-European buyout business has given responsibility for its UK buyout operations to Ian Nolan.
FRANCE – AtriA welcomes new recruit
Matthieu Rambaud has joined AtriA Capital Partenaires as deal executive. He previously worked at Bain & Company since 2000, first as a consultant and then as a project manager for strategy and performance improvement missions. Rambaud joins the team of...
UK - Hg announces new appointments
HgCapital has announced five new appointments and the establishment of a services sector team to be lead by Robin Lincoln.
UK - Mike Gillespie to lead Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance in the regions
Bank of Scotland Corporate has announced that Mike Gillespie has been appointed to the newly created role of head of integrated finance for the regions, leading the bankтs buy-out teams based in a network of six offices throughout the UK.
NORDICS - Briodgepoint appoints chairman of Nordic business
Bridgepoint has appointed Mikael Lövgren as chairman of its Nordic business Bridgepoint Capital AB.
UK - Sovereign Capital announces three promotions
Sovereign Capital has made three promotions in its team: Dominic Dalli and Simon Hitchcock have been made directors and Jose Rodriguez has been promoted to investment manager.
UK - RJD Partners appoints new investment director
RJD Partners Ltd has appointed Tim Thomas to the role of investment director.
UK - CVC makes senior appointment
CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of David Wood.
GERMANY - White & Case expands private equity and tax team
Law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Düsseldorf offices with the appointments of Hans-Jörg Wittmann and Christoph Kuzaj. Both lawyers are joining the firm following more than three years with Simmons & Simmons.
UK - Simon Jobson joins Close Brothers Growth Capital as investment executive
Close Brothers Growth Capital, the provider of combined equity and debt funding, has announced the appointment of Simon Jobson as investment executive.
SWEDEN - SVCA strengthens its board of directors
The Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association has strengthened its board of directors following the annual general meeting on 21 March.
DENMARK - IVS appoints Weilby Knudsen as partner
Thomas Weilby Knudsen, CEO of the venture capital group IVS, has been appointed partner at the firm as of 1 April.
GERMANY - New partners announced at TVM Capital
TVM Capital has announced the promotions of ICT principal Chris Cobbold and Life Sciences principal Dr Annegret de Baey-Diepolder. Both have been made partners with the established IT and Life Science investor. Additionally, Dr Axel Polack has been promoted...
UK - Kirkland & Ellis makes two private equity appointments
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP has announced the appointment of two partners from Linklaters' private equity team.