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FRANCE - Duke Street reinforces its French team
Didier Bismuth joins Duke Street Capital as a partner in its French office.
FRANCE - Capzanine recruits Benoit Choppin
Capzanine has added 26-year-old Benoit Choppin to its team of eight investment experts.
EUROPE - EVCA appoints new chairman
At the annual ordinary general assembly of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) last night, Javier Loizaga, CEO and Managing Partner of Mercapital, was officially elected as association chairman for the period June 2006 to...
UK - Hotbed recruits two new investment professionals
Hotbed has appointed Tim Lawrence and Russell Pope as private equity investment directors to spearhead its activities in London and the South East.
FRANCE - Berwin Leighton Paisner appoints cross-border lawyer
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has announced the appointment of Antoine-Audoin Maggiar to their corporate finance team as a senior partner. He will be focusing on developing the firm’s international portfolio of clients to offer an exceptional legal...
UK - Jefferies hires Alex Hofman from Credit Suisse First Boston
Jefferies International Ltd, a subsidiary of US-based Jefferies Group Inc has announced the appointment of Alexander Hofmann as a director of Jefferies Broadview, the bank’s technology investment banking practice. Alexander Hofmann will be based in...
FRANCE - Triago X announces new board of directors
Triago-X, the private equity secondary transactions specialist, has announced three new appointments that will form the board of company directors. This change comes prior to a planned company expansion and their listing on the Alternext of Euronext™...
SPAIN - Ibersuizas appoints new partner
Jorge Delclaux has just joined Ibersuizas as a private equity partner and will be the vice president of the Spanish firm. The new addition to the team will strengthen the company’s new private equity project, launched a few months ago.
SPAIN - Ibersuizas appoints new vice president
Jorge Delclaux has joined Ibersuizas as a private equity partner and will be the vice president of the Spanish firm. The new addition to the team will strengthen the company’s new private equity project, launched a few months ago.
UK - Blenheim Advisors expands team
Blenheim Advisors, the provider of leveraged debt advice, has recruited David Parker as an executive director and Romain Lanier as an associate.
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 Benchmark’s 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 UK’s 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...