Key Capital Partners appoints new Leeds director

Hall will work alongside Leeds-based partners Peter Armitage and Owen Trotter to deploy the firm's most recent fund in new investments across the north of England.

KCP reached a first close on £55m in late November for its first formal institutional fund, which is targeting £80m. The GP aims to collect the remaining £25m in the coming months. KCP has previously invested via annual funds; this is its first time raising a traditional 2/20 private equity fund. The newly raised vehicle will target investments of between £3-15m for management buyouts and expansion deals.

Hall has worked for several UK mid-market stalwarts, most recently establishing and leading the Leeds office of NorthEdge during his three-year stint at the GP between 2012-2015. Hall also worked at Livingbridge for nearly eight years and was an associate at Bridgepoint in the late 1990s.

NorthEdge may have lost a director, but it has also been on a hiring spree in recent weeks. The firm hired Ian Plumb, who previously worked at turnaround firm Endless, as a portfolio director in late September. The GP also appointed Harry Jones as an investment executive in its Manchester office in early September. In August, NorthEdge hired Phoenix Equity Partners' John Rastrick as a partner in its Leeds office.

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