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Levine Leichtman promotes O'Neill to head of Europe
O'Neill joined Levine Leichtman in 2015 from Graphite Capital, where he was a partner
Monterro opens Munich office
Stefan Lehotkay is to join the B2B software investor's team and will head its Munich operations
Goodwin hires Ghillemyn
Harry Ghillemyn began his career at Linklaters as a trainee, later being promoted to associate
ICG appoints Laurant as co-head of special situations
Laurant previously worked at Pimco, where he founded and ran the European credit opportunities platform
BayBG appoints Herreiner as managing director
Peter Herreiner had been deputy chairman of the firm's supervisory board since 2017
GHO appoints Miller, Hamilton-Fairley as operating partners
GP is currently investing from GHO Capital II, which closed on €975m in November 2019
One Peak promotes Mayer to partner
Mayer joined the firm as an associate and its first investment professional in the London office
Carlsquare appoints Leckert
Steffen Leckert joins from Houlihan Lokey as a partner and head of industrial technology
Herter & Co hires Hofmann
Björn Hofmann joins the Frankfurt-headquartered debt advisory firm from IKB Deutsche Industriebank
Mobeus promotes Bacon to investment director
Bacon joined the firm in 2013 as an investment analyst, and was later promoted to investment executive
Investcorp appoints Davis as head of corporate strategy
Davis's current position is head of portfolio operations and chief operating officer
Palatine appoints Crowley as IR director
Crowley joins from placement agent Probitas Partners, where he was responsible for UK investor relationships
Blue Horizon hires Köktentürk
Sedef Köktentürk joins as a managing partner and chief operating officer and will focus on areas including impact
ArchiMed chair Ribon moves to New York office
ArchiMed also makes five new hires, including the appointment of BC Partners' Justin Bateman as partner
ICG hires Bridge Valley's life sciences investment team
Allan Marchington, who will become head of ICG life sciences, says the team has a strong pipeline
Pantheon promotes four to partner
Petra Bukovec is a member of Pantheon's secondaries team and is based in London
Eight Roads promotes Cornet to partner
Principal Lucile Cornet joined Eight Roads Ventures as an associate in 2016
Gresham House Ventures hires Rupesh Patel
Patel most recently worked at Praesidian Capital, a transatlantic private equity and debt fund
Dawn hires Kainz as vice-president
During 2020, Dawn Capital welcomed nine new joiners to its team and raised its fourth flagship fund
Flexstone promotes three to managing director
Caroline Gibert joined Flexstone in 2014, while David Marcus and Zélie Saint-Zéby joined in 2011
Capza appoints Zavattaro as head of Italy
In his new role, Stefano Zavattaro will be responsible for Capza's investments in Italian SMEs
Nordic Capital promotes two to partner
Pär Norberg heads the investor relations team while Philippe Neuschäfer focuses on lower-mid-market healthcare investments in DACH
Goodwin appoints Kayser as partner
Joachim Kayser joins the law firm's private investment funds team in Frankfurt from Dechert
Maven appoints Brighty as investment manager
Brighty will be responsible for identifying and backing new local businesses via Maven's MEIF Debt Funds
