BD-Capital appoints Vidal-Quadras as head of southern Europe

Vidal-Quadras joined KKR in 2014 and was responsible for developing and supporting its investment platform in Spain across private equity, direct lending, special situations, infrastructure and real estate.

Prior to this, Vidal-Quadras was head of 3i Spain for nine years. He was responsible for the firm's investments in Iberia and worked on a number of opportunities across Europe in several sectors, including healthcare, consumer, business services and industrials.

BD-Capital is a recently established private equity firm founded by Richard Baker, former FTSE CEO and chair, and Andy Dawson, former investment partner at Advent International.

The firm launched its debut fund with a target of €400m in July 2019. The vehicle invests in pan-European mid-market businesses where changing patterns of consumer behaviour and technology disruption are creating growth opportunities. It plans to make between 8-10 investments and writes equity tickets of €25-150m with an average size of €50m.

Since launching, BD-Capital's team has grown to 15 people, six of whom are former CEOs with experience of growing businesses in the European mid-market space.

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