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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.
SWEDEN - Johan Bennarsten is appointed deputy head of CapMan Life Science
Johan Bennarsten has been appointed deputy head of CapMan Life Science as of 2 May 2006. Joining CapMan’s Life Science team as investment analyst in early 2001, he was promoted to investment manager in 2003 and investment director in 2005.
UK - Candover changes structure of its executive team
Candover, has made several new appointments as part of changes to its executive team, including the creation of two new roles.
UK - Dow Schofield Watts appoints new partner
Craig Richardson has joined Dow Schofield Watts, the corporate finance house founded three years ago, as its seventh partner.
UK - Ariadne Capital appoints John O’Connell as chairman
Investment and advisory firm Ariadne Capital has appointed John O’Connell, the founder of software company Staffware Plc, as its new chairman.
UK - New appointments at Livingstone Guarantee
Phillip McCreanor has joined Livingstone Guarantee as a director, having previously led Deloitte’s industrial products team globally and having led transactions for corporate and private equity clients in Europe, the US, the Middle East and Australasia.
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 firm’s 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.
UK - Tom Wrenn joins ECI Partners
ECI Partners has announced the appointment of Tom Wrenn as investment executive.
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.
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.