WestBridge appoints new senior investment manager
WestBridge Capital has hired Pascal Wittet as senior investment manager following the firm’s recent move to London.
Wittet will be based in the firm's new London office. He joins WestBridge's team having worked as an associate at Canter Equity Partners. Prior to this, Wittet was a manager for several years at PwC.
WestBridge typically invests £1-8m in UK-based SMEs with enterprise values of up to £15m. The firm's portfolio includes Anglia Business Solutions, which was acquired last December for £6m – £2.6m of which was equity provided by WestBridge – and Aero Stanrew, which the GP bought for £8.5m in January 2012.
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