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Electra appoints Fortescue as managing partner
Hugh Mumford will stay on as chairperson of the investment committee
EQT Ventures hires Andreas Thorstensson
Thorstensson joins EQT Ventures as partner from startup he co-founded
Rutland promotes three
Rutland promotes Michael Reynolds to investment director
Doughty Hanson CEO Marquardt to step down in January
Resignation comes amid push by GP to resume fundraising after shutdown in April
Pantheon appoints three new partners in promotions wave
Ralph Guenther, Graeme Keenan and Alex Scott are all appointed to partner
Accel promotes Botteri to general partner in London
Accel names Philippe Botteri as its newest general partner, alongside three other appointments for its London team
Capnamic hires additional partner
Olaf Jacobi joins the Berlin office as partner after leaving Target Partners
AnaCap promotes Edwards and Hilkene to partner
Both new partners are near decade-long AnaCap employees
Sharp to join Park Square
New head of mid-market direct lending joins from GE Capital
SL Capital Partners hires John Seal
John Seal joins SL Capital as head of junior debt team
Endless promotes Santinon to partner
Francesco Santinon joined the firm in 2012 and is based in the London office
General Atlantic promotes Nikolay and Elchahal
Jörn Nikolay and Roni Elchahal promoted in Munich and London offices
BGF hires Mike Clark in Leeds
Mike Clarke joins BGF investment team in north of England
Key Capital Partners appoints new Leeds director
Key Capital has hired James Hall as a director in its Leeds office
Activa recruits Sergent as manager
Sergent will leave associate role at Nomura
Karolinska appoints SEB Venture’s Drvota as CIO
Drvota replaces deputy CEO and chief investment officer Kalland
Ben Rodham re-joins Linklaters' private equity practice
Ben Rodham has re-joined Linklaters' private equity practice as a partner
Ex-PAI CEO Lionel Zinsou to run for president of Benin
Zinsou was appointed prime minister of the country in June this year, leaving Michel Paris at the helm of PAI
Duke Street appoints managing partners in senior team reshuffle
GP installs a triumvirate of managing partners, with Charlie Troup and Stuart McMinnies joining Peter Taylor at the helm
Palatine opens Birmingham office
Firm looking to accelerate dealmaking across East and West Midlands
Balderton's Dickinson joins Amadeus
Carl Dickinson joins Amadeus Capital Partners as general counsel
Afic research finds uptick in French female PE partners
Female professionals found to make up 41% of the industry
Apax et al. launch emission curbing scheme in France
Portfolio companies' carbon footprint to be measured by 2020
LPEQ appoints Cosijn as CEO
Douwe Cosijn to replace Andrea Lowe as CEO of LPEQ