
Phoenix promotes Squires to partner, three to investment director

Phoenix Equity Partners has promoted James Squires to partner, while James Chiang, Richard Hill and Victoria Wain have been promoted to investment director.
Squires joined Phoenix in 2013 and leads the firm's financial services investment activity. Investments that he has been involved in include Mobius Life, Redington and Key Retirement Group. Before joining Phoenix, he spent four years in corporate finance at DC Advisory.
Chiang joined Phoenix in 2017 and works across a range of sectors including business and technology services, and financial services. He has been involved in investments such as Rayner Surgical, Nexus and Universally Speaking. Prior to Phoenix, he worked at PwC, where he was part of the corporate finance and transaction services groups.
Hill focuses on a range of sectors, including business and technology services, media and healthcare, and has worked on investments including Capital Economics, Nineteen and 1000Heads. Hill joined Phoenix in 2017 from Deloitte, where he was a member of the corporate finance team.
Wain joined Phoenix in 2018 and works across several sectors including healthcare, consumer and leisure. She has worked on deals including Setfords and Spy Alarms. Prior to Phoenix, she was a member of PwC's corporate finance and transaction services teams.
Phoenix has completed two investments so far in 2021 – in Setfords and Universally Speaking – and has achieved four exits, including the sale of healthcare businesses Rayner Surgical and Sygnature Discovery.
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