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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
Sofinnova appoints Anderson as partner
Anderson has 25 years of experience in the healthcare and life sciences industries
Felix hires Chou and Pizzolato as investors
Felix is currently investing from Felix Capital Fund III, which closed on $300m in January 2020
Aberdeen Standard Investments hires ESG-focused director
Alexis Crusey joins ASI after seven years at impact manager LeapFrog Investments
Astorg appoints Jacques-François de Prest as CFO
De Prest joins from Millicom-Tigo where he worked as a group financial controller and chief accounting officer
Green Arrow makes two hires ahead of fourth fund launch
Vender is appointed as senior adviser and president of the PE committee, while Massari is hired as managing director
Lincoln International hires Miller
Rainer Miller joins Lincoln's M&A advisory team from special situations adviser Bachert
YFM promotes Clarke
YFM is currently deploying YFM Equity Partners Buyout Fund II, which closed on £80m in March 2020
Egeria hires Schmidt as associate
Gregor Schmidt joins the firm's Munich office, which was established in April 2020
Providence launches leadership transition plan
Noell and Phillips are appointed as co-heads of North America, while Tabet and Tisdale become co-heads of Europe
ELF hires Wimpff as investment director
Florian Wimpff joins the direct lending firm from ESO Capital and also has experience at Herter & Co
Goodwin hires team of five partners
Lawyers were originally part of a team hired from Kirkland & Ellis's London office in April 2016
Rede Partners appoints Ellul as chairman
Firm has also hired associate principals Etiene Ekpo-Utip in the UK and Matthew Zuckerman in the US
MML hires Bond and Birkin
MML is currently raising for MML Partnership Capital VII, which held a first close in October 2019
