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UK - Gresham appoints new investment partner
Gresham has appointed James Slipper as investment partner. The move is effective from 3 December 2007.
UK - 3i appoints general counsel
3i has announced the appointment of Kevin Dunn as general counsel, responsible for the group's legal, compliance, internal audit and company secretariat functions.
FRANCE - MBO Partenaires promotes team-members and hires two
French small-cap buyout house MBO Partenaires has appointed Cécile Nguyen, Laurent Tesson and Florian de Gouvion Saint Cyr as partners, and Julien Wormser as Director, while Edouard Malandrin and Géraldine Coulange also join the team.
UK - H.I.G. Capital boosts London team
H.I.G. Capital has appointed Mark Kelly and Andrew Busby to bolster its London team. H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity firm specialising in providing capital to small and medium-sized companies. It recently closed a EUR 600m dedicated fund to...
UK - Octopus appoints new investment manager
Octopus Investments has strengthend its investment team with the appointment of Purvi Sapre as investment manager in its private equity team.
GERMANY - HAARMANN bolsters private equity team
HAARMANN has appointed Klaus Mohr as a new partner to its M&A and private equity team.
UK - WHEB Ventures appoints new investment analyst
WHEB Ventures, a venture capital firm focussed on the European clean technology sector, has announced the appointment of Megan Bingham-Walker as investment analyst.
UK - Noble and Co appoints director
Independant investment bank Noble and Company has announced the appointment of Daniel Confino as director.
UK - Morgan Stanley Private Equity appoints Michael Hehn
Michael Hehn is to join Morgan Stanley Private Equity from Allianz Capital. From December 2007, Hehn will be based at Morgan Stanley's London office.
FRANCE - Access Capital Partners hires investment director
European fund-of-funds Access Capital Partners (ACP) has hired Frédéric Evain from Altium Capital Gestion as an investment director.
UK - Balderton appoints technology entrepreneur as partner
Balderton Capital has announced the appointment of technology entrepreneur Roberto Bonanzinga as partner.
UK - LDC appoints new partnerships director
LDC has appointed Edward Hayter to the specially created position of partnerships director.
UK - CIT hires new lead origination director
CIT Capital finance (UK) Ltd has announced the appointment of Toby Deane as lead origination director for the group's leveraged finance team.
UK - RJD Partners makes new appointments to investment team
Mid-market private equity house RJD Partners has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of James Smallridge and Jill Williams.
FRANCE - Weinberg appoints new vice president
Weinberg Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Nicolas Teboul as vice president.
UK - Foresight hires new portfolio managers
Foresight Group has appointed Russell Healey and James Livingston as portfolio managers. Both Healey and Livingston will be responsible for managing a range of the firm's existing investments from the current portfolio of around 50 companies spanning...
UK - SVG Advisers appoints new directors
SVG Advisers, the private equity and fund management subsidiary of SVG Capital, has announced the appointment of James Witter and Sharad Rathke as directors.
UK - CLB strengthens corporate finance team
London-based accountancy firm CLB Littlejohn Frazer has announced the appointment of Odhran Dodd to its corporate finance team.
SWEDEN - Carlyle appoints new director
The Carlyle Group has announced that Anders Hörnqvist has joined its Stockholm-based Nordic real estate team as director.
UK - GMT appoints industry advisor
GMT Communications Partners, a private equity group focused on the communications sector, has announced the appointment of Natalie Tydeman as an industry advisor.
UK - Bridgepoint appoints dean of INSEAD to European advisory committee
Bridgepoint Capital has appointed J. Frank Brown, the dean of INSEAD, to its European advisory committee.
UK - Barclays appoints Walsh from Morgan Stanley
Barclays Capital has appointed Ramon Walsh as director of its leveraged finance sponsor origination team.
UK - BOSIF appoints new Scottish director
Bank of Scotland Corporate's Integrated Finance division has appointed John Duncan as regional director in Scotland.
US/SPAIN - Garrigues in NY office move
Law firm Garrigues has moved to its new premises in New York. The office is now located in the heart of Manhattan and the address is 780 Third Avenue, 40th floor.