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GERMANY - Target Partners hires associate
Target Partners has appointed Felix Schollmeier to the position of associate.
NORWAY - Viking appoints partner
Norwegain venture capital firm Viking Venture has hired Eiving Bergsmyr as partner.
NORWAY - HitecVision hires senior partner
HitecVision has hired corporate financier Pål Reiulf Olsen as senior partner.
EUROPE - IK appoints Ryum Larsen to executive committee
IK Investment Partners has appointed investor relations head Mads Ryum Larsen to its executive committee.
UK - MCR appoints two partners
Corporate restructuring and insolvency specialist MCR has promoted Matt Bond and Sallyanne Pitt to partner.
GERMANY - T-Venture shuffles managment
Corporate venture firm T-Venture has appointed Stephan Noll as head of the T-Mobile Venture Fund, replacing Axel Kolb, who will leave the business as of June 30 2009.
ITALY - Bridgepoint appoints director
Bridgepoint has appointed Matteo Perale as a director in its Milan office, where he will operate within the media, technology and financial services teams.
UK - BLP appoints partner in banking and capital markets department
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired Andrew Bamber as partner within its banking and capital markets department, effective September.
GLOBAL- Madison's Mosher to retire
According to reports, Madison Dearborn Capital Partners co-founder David Mosher is to retire after 17 years at the firm.
GERMANY - Close Brothers appoints MD
Close Brothers Corporate Finance has appointed Sven Guckelberger as a new managing director to its restructuring and debt advisory group.
UK - Synova Capital appoints new investment director
UK growth capital investor Synova Capital has hired Ben Barnett as investment director.
EUROPE - Sun Capital loses managing director
Philip Dougall, managing director of Sun Capital Partners Europe, has resigned after six years with the firm.
UK - Clayton Dubilier & Rice appoints senior managing director
Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice has hired Christine Vanden Beukel as a London-based senior managing director.
UK - Deutsche Bank appoints UK chief executive
Deutsche Bank has appointed Colin Grassie as chief executive of the bank's UK operations.
UK - HSBC appoints CEO for Scotland
HSBC Holdings has appointed John Rendall as its new chief executive for Scotland.
GERMANY - Augusta hires Paul Kim for leverage finance team
Merchant bank Augusta & Co has appointed Paul Kim as assistant director.
UK - Apax-backed Emap loses senior executive
Publishing group Emap, backed by buyout house Apax Partners, has lost one of its senior managers: co-chief executive of Emap Data and Insight, Neil Bradford.
UK - Osmosis Capital appoints CFO
Fund-of-funds manager Osmosis Capital has hired Paul Bramley as chief financial officer.
UK - Sovereign Capital appoints assistant director
UK buy-and-build specialist Sovereign Capital has hired Richard Taylor as assistant director to its investment team.
FRANCE - AFIC names new chairman
The French private equity and venture capital association (AFIC) has elected Jean-Louis de Bernardy as chairman, replacing Pierre de Fouquet
EUROPE - Bridgepoint appoints Stephen Green as partner
Private equity firm Bridgepoint has appointed Stephen Green as partner and head of its European financial services sector team.
UK - Buffini steps down as Permira chairman
It is understood that Permira chairman Damon Buffini is to step down as chairman in the coming year.
UK - Impax appoints managing director
Renewable energy-focused investor Impax Asset Management has hired Daniel von Preyss as managing director of private equity for the Impax New Energy Investors LP fund (NEI).