People
Ardian adds four to executive committee
Ardian France president Dominique Gaillard has now withdrawn from the committee
Ropes & Gray promotes Rosen and Sanderson
Ropes & Gray worked on high profile PE transactions across all continents in 2017
Downing hires seven for investment team
New appointments join the energy and property sector investment team
Apax France hires Onno Sloterdijk
Apax France accelerates its development in the Netherlands with the appointment
KKR appoints Veyrat as senior adviser
Veyrat will work with Henry Kravis, Johannes Huth and the wider EMEA leadership team
Innogest Capital appoints Leo as partner
Giovanni Leo leaves the position of vice-president at St June Medical to join Innogest
Mid Europa Partners promotes Babache
Andrej Babache becomes a partner at the CEE-focused firm, which he joined in 2006
UBS hires Wursdorfer as EMEA head of private funds group
Marc Wursdorfer leaves Credit Suisse after 16 years at the bank to join UBS
Summit Partners promotes two in London office
Vice-presidents Johannes Grefe and Steffan Peyer become principals in the GP's London office
Clearwater promotes Eden to COO
Eden joined the business in 2014 following roles at Lloyds Bank, Close Brothers and Experian
Pan-European GPs putting feet on the ground in Benelux
Pan-European GPs seek to tap Benelux's burgeoning buyout dealflow by securing talent familiar with the region
Rutland promotes two
Craddock has been an investment director at Rutland since 2009, while Hollyhead joined in 2016
Foresight hires Gueorguiev as investment manager
Stephan Gueorguiev leaves August Equity Partners after three years with the mid-market firm
Abris promotes Gieryński to managing partner
Gieryński is promoted from his position of chief investment officer for the buyout house
Palatine promotes Painter, hires financial controller
UK-based lower-mid-market private equity firm concurrently hires Mathew Thompson as financial controller
Equistone hires MML's Baker
In his new role, Baker will be responsible for expanding Equistone's UK portfolio
Terra Firma hires new CFO
Vivek Ahuja and Mark Elliott join as CFO and head of support capital, respectively
Monument Group promotes three to partner
Adam, Diggins and MacCurtain become partners in the London and Boston offices of the placement agent
Deutsche Asset Management appoints Meketa's Green
Green will be responsible for capitalising on difficult-to-access secondary market opportunities
EQT promotes seven directors to partners
Nordic private equity firm expands its partner group with seven promotions globally
Axon hires Boursetty as principal
Vincent de Boursetty leaves Ondra after five years to join the Swiss fund services firm
Aurelius hires Peter Wood from Next Wave
Wood will be responsible for sourcing investments in listed and private UK companies
FPE Capital hires Trendell as investment manager
Trendell joins from Deloitte, where he worked as a manager between 2011-2018
Edge Investments hires Santamaria and Burge
Both investment managers have a background in early-stage tech investment