People
Imap hires Widholz as partner
Andreas Widholz joins from Kloepfel Corporate Finance, where he was a founding partner
AnaCap promotes three to partner in London
Edward Green, Nassim Cherchali and Tassilo Arnhold will also be appointed to AnaCap's investment committees as voting members
Battery Ventures issues public takeover offer for Easy Software
Offer has been accepted by majority shareholders Global Derivative Trading and Deutsche Balaton
HV Holtzbrinck promotes Masemann to partner
Jasper Masemann joined the VC firm in 2015 and specialises in software and AI investments
Campbell Lutyens promotes Patel to partner
Placement agent has also promoted Vincent Ragosta to principal in its New York office
Roland Berger makes three DACH hires
Stephan Hartmann, Jan Maser and Markus Held join the firm's restructuring and debt advisory services
Silverfleet hires Süß as partner
Süß joins Silverfleet's DACH-focused team from TowerBrook Capital Partners
Willkie hires Abrar as partner
Kamyar Abrar joins from Weil Gotshal & Manges' PE team and also has experience in corporate deals
HIG hires Meysson as head of European direct lending
Pascal Meysson joins from Alcentra and has previous experience at Deutsche Bank and Charterhouse
CPP Investments appoints SNCF's Pepy as senior adviser
Pepy joined SNCF in 1993 and served as chair and CEO from 2008 to 2019
Keensight hires Jamin as director
Prior to joining Keensight Capital, Stéphane Jamin was a manager at Kearney
Baird Capital promotes two in London team
Michael Holgate has been promoted to partner, while Andy Dyer is now a director
Zeus makes six promotions
Zeus has promoted Nick Cowles to deputy head of corporate finance and Jordan Warburton to director
VGC promotes Lister to partner
Lister joined the firm last year from Marlin Equity Partners as an investment director
Lincoln hires three in DACH healthcare team
Dirk Loeffler, Julian Knirim and Jens Gerlach all join Lincoln from Raymond James
BD-Capital appoints Advent's Grimmelt as head of Benelux
In his new role, Bram Grimmelt will lead the firm's investment activities across the Benelux region
EMH promotes Schwarz as partner
Dominik Schwarz joined EMH in 2018 and has prior experience at Chequers Capital and Barclays Capital
Harper to lead HIG’s London small-cap buyout team
Prior to joining HIG, John Harper was a partner at Inflexion Private Equity and previously worked at LDC
PA SERS appoints Seth Kelly as new CIO
Kelly joins from the Missouri State Employees Retirement System, where he was also CIO
Initiative & Finance appoints PAI Partners’ Oliveau
He will be responsible for the operational support of the portfolio of Tomorrow Private Equity Fund
Baudon to remain Invest Europe chair, EBRD’s Fossemalle named chair-elect
Fossemalle has been the director in charge of equity funds at the EBRD since 2009
Gyrus Capital hires two
Healthcare-focused GP was launched in early 2019 by former Argos Wityu partner Guy Semmens
PAI Partners appoints Boullier as managing director
In his new role, Boullier will lead IT and digital transformation across PAI and its portfolio companies
OTPP appoints Frank as senior managing director
Karen Frank will lead the LP's private capital and "high-conviction equities" teams