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UK - LDC appoints Truett Tate as its new chairman
Truett Tate, group executive director of Lloyds TSB’s Wholesale & International Banking division, has been appointed chairman of LDC. Tate succeeds Michael Joseph, who left the bank earlier this year to pursue other interests.
UK - Sovereign Capital expands team
Sovereign Capital has expanded its investment team with the appointment of George Williams as investment manager. This brings Sovereign’s investment professionals to 18.
GERMANY - New appointment at German Capital's ALNO
German Capital owned kitchen manufacturer ALNO AG has appointed Hans-Peter Haase as new chairman of the supervisory board. He succeeds Dr Walter Döring, who resigned after more than two years.
EUROPE - Advent International announces global promotions
Advent International has announced the promotion of 13 members of its global investment team.
UK - Grant Thornton appoints Simon Davies as partner
Grant Thornton has appointed Simon Davies as a partner in the firm's corporate finance practice taking place with immediate effect. The appointment comes on the back of a record year in 2006, during which the firm advised on 166 corporate finance transactions...
UK - Founder of Ingenious Media joins NESTA board
Patrick McKenna, founder and chairman of Ingenious Media and a leading figure in the creative industries, will join the 11-strong NESTA board of trustees. The board, led by chairman Chris Powell, exists to help NESTA shape and develop its strategy and...
SPAIN - Catalana d'Iniciatives hires Albert Alsina as investment director
Barcelona-based firm Catalana d'Iniciatives has recently hired Albert Alsina as the firm's investment director for its private equity operations.
FRANCE - Activa Capital hires Cinven investor and appoints new partner
French mid-cap buyout house Activa Capital has announced the recruitement of Thierry Celestin, who joins the team from Cinven France, and the promotion of Christophe Parier to the position of partner.
UK - Clive Norton joins Helix from Goldmans
Jefferies International Ltd has announced that its UK affiliate, Helix Associates Ltd, the private equity fund placement agent, has expanded its capabilities with the hiring of Clive Norton as a managing director in the firm’s London office. Norton...
UK - John Browne joins Apax advisory board
John Browne, the former chief executive of BP, has joined Apax Partners as chairman of its advisory board.
UK - Boyden strengthens team
Boyden Interim Management Ltd has strengthened its UK team with the creation of a key senior position. John Bloor has been appointed director of restructuring and turnaround, reflecting the gathering momentum of demand for Boyden's input to business recovery.
UK - Phoenix Equity Partners promotes Chris Hanna to partner
Phoenix Equity Partners has promoted Chris Hanna to the position of partner.
UK - Corbett Keeling appoints Vincent Thompson
Corbett Keeling has appointed Vincent Thompson as an associate. Thompson qualified as an accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell in 1978 and has since worked for the corporate finance division of Morgan Grenfell and Hambros Bank. In 2003, he joined the...
UK - Sovereign Capital announces promotions
Sovereign Capital has promoted two members of its team, Jose Rodriguez and Paul Egan, to the position of assistant director. Egan joined Sovereign Capital in June 2005 and has extensive experience of the business to business support services sector.
FRANCE - OFI Private Equity recruits CADIF debt specialist
OFI Private Equity has announced it has hired Erwann Le Ligne as investment executive.
GERMANY - Faegre & Benson boosts Frankfurt office
Law firm Faegre & Benson has hired corporate partner Markus Wenserski from fellow US firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher to join its Frankfurt office. Wenserski specialises in private equity and M&A and had been a partner at Willkie since 2004.
GLOBAL - SJBerwin loses three partners to Kirkland & Ellis
SJ Berwin LLP has announced that three private equity partners, Mark Mifsud, Richard Watkins and Justin Dolling, will move to rival law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s fund formation team.
UK - Mark Barrow leaves Close Brothers Corporate Finance
Unquote” can reveal that Close Brothers Corporate Finance has lost Mark Barrow, a director and head of Close Brothers' private equity coverage team. Barrow joined Close in 1996 and had been made head of the team in March 2005. Darren Redmayne, co-founder...
UK - Phoenix Equity Partners appoints John Rastrick
Phoenix Equity Partners has appointed John Rastrick to its team. Rastrick will have specific responsibility for Phoenix's activities and investments in the North of England, where he will be based.
UK - AIG expands its European leveraged loan group
AIG Global Investment Group has further strengthened its European leveraged loan group, with the appointment of Margarita Sabarny and Rebecca Reeve to its London office.
UK - AlixPartners names three new London managing directors
AlixPartners, the international corporate turnaround, performance improvement and financial advisory firm, has promoted three of its London team to the position of managing director: Laura Barlow, Andrew Grantham and David Hutchinson. The three professionals...
GERMANY - Waterland appoints care sector adviser
Waterland Private Equity Investments has appointed Ir B F Dessing as industry expert to advise the investment team with its investment decisions in the care sector.
UK - Double appointment at MTI Partners
MTI Partners, the technology venture capital investor has made two new appointments. Sarah Bates joins the board of MTI as a non-executive director. Bates, who has a BA in Law from Cambridge University and an MBA from the London Business School, worked...
UK - Enterprise Ventures appoints John Simpson
Enterprise Ventures, the Northern-based venture capital company, has appointed John Simpson as finance director and as executive director to the boards of Enterprise Ventures Ltd and Enterprise Ventures Group Ltd.