Levine Leichtman promotes O'Neill to head of Europe

Katharine Hidalgo
10 February 2021

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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has promoted John O'Neill to the position of head of Europe.

O'Neill has also been named to the firm's investment committee and is based in the firm's London office. As head of Europe, O'Neill will manage Levine Leichtman's team of 10 professionals in its three European offices in London, The Hague and Stockholm.

O'Neill joined Levine Leichtman in 2015 from Graphite Capital, where he was a partner. He previously held positions at Hawkpoint Partners and Deloitte.

The firm has also promoted David Cowan as a managing director in the firm's London office. He is responsible for investment due diligence, transaction execution and portfolio management. Cowan joined the firm in 2016 and was an investment director with B&B Investment Partners prior to joining Levine Leichtman.

Additionally, the firm has announced it has expanded its European investment team with the hiring of Aqil Sohail as associate director and Zue Leong as senior associate. Sohail and Leong will be based in Levine Leichtman's London office and will participate in investment due diligence, transaction execution and portfolio management.

Prior to joining the firm, Sohail was an investment manager with CBPE, where he was responsible for the origination, evaluation and execution of new investment opportunities, and portfolio company management. Prior to that, he was a member of the investment team at CCMP Capital, a US-based private equity firm, and was an associate at B&B Investment Partners, where he focused on investments in the consumer space.

Prior to joining Levine Leichtman, Leong was a-vice president with Denham Capital, a Houston-based private equity firm, where she evaluated new transactions and managed portfolio companies with a focus on the power and renewables sector. She began her career at Citigroup in London as a member of the power & utilities investment banking team, and consumer and retail investment banking team.