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Bridges establishes office in Manchester, hires Braham
Bridges has backed several businesses in the North, including GEV and the Ethical Housing Company
BGF appoints Isherwood and Strang to board
Kris Isherwood is currently CFO of Eight Roads and Jim Strang is chairman of Hamilton Lane
General Atlantic promotes two
Melis Kahya Akar becomes managing director and Caroline Woodworth is promoted to principal
Cavendish promotes Farrugia to managing partner
Farrugia has also held positions at Strata Partners and Close Brothers Corporate Finance
Ely Place appoints Leppla as partner
Leppla will focus on assisting private equity, credit, infrastructure and venture GPs raise capital from institutions
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG announces supervisory board changes
Tom Alzin and Jannick Hunnecke will join, while Rolf Scheffels is to leave when his term ends
Duff & Phelps appoints Bretag
Frank Bretag joins from Georgieff Capital Advisors and focuses on the industrial goods sector
Klar Partners hires Kuehne
Vera Kuehne joins the GP's London-based team
Level 20 appoints Potter as chair
Launched in 2015, Level 20 is a not-for-profit organisation promoting gender diversity in the PE industry
Travers Smith selects new managing partner
Edmund Reed joined Travers Smith in 1994 and became a partner in 2005
Moonfare appoints Winson Ng of UBS as CIO
Moonfare is a platform that allows private individuals to invest in private equity funds
Clipperton hires Westphal as partner
Nikolas Westphal joins the technology-focused corporate finance firm from GP Bullhound
TA Associates appoints new head of IR
Andrew Harris served in investor-focused roles at Advent International for more than eight years
Initiative & Finance appoints Ardian's Pihan as partner
Pihan joins the firm's mid-cap team, which leads the strategy of Tomorrow Private Equity Fund
Graphite promotes new investment director, hires two
UK mid-cap GP Graphite Capital makes one promotion and two new appointments in its investment team
Finatal launches dedicated PE recruitment practice
New practice complements Finatal Portfolio, which focuses on sourcing talent for PE-backed businesses
Grant Thornton appoints new head of UK corporate finance
Woodley has been with Grant Thornton for 15 years in the M&A practice, having joined from 3i in 2005
Sherpa appoints Medina as operating partner
Medina joins Sherpa's portfolio management team, with the role of adding value to the firm's investee companies
Ardian bolsters buyout team with five new MDs
Scarlett Omar Broca and Heiko Geissler join in Paris and Frankfurt, respectively
Pantheon appoints Cashion as co-investment partner
Matt Cashion joined Pantheon's New York office earlier in October
Lincoln International hires Heuberger in JV&P team
Claire Heuberger will join the joint venture and partnering group, and will be based in Brussels
BFinance hires private markets senior director
Anna Morrison joins from IFM Investors, where she managed the firm's fund-of-funds programme
Sherpa appoints Lahuerta as investment director
Isaac Lahuerta has experience in special situations deals, having worked for Black Toro Capital and Avenue Capital Group
Deutsche Private Equity announces partner promotions
Six partner promotions follow the final close of DPE Deutschland IV in September 2020 on €1bn