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KCP appoints new partner

James Hall, who joined private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) a year ago, has been promoted to the position of partner.

Based at the firm’s Leeds head office, Hall has been working alongside partners Peter Armitage and Owen Trotter to source investment opportunities in profitable, dynamic SMEs across the North of England following the first closing of KCP’s latest fund. 
 
The team specialises in the smaller buyout market, backing growing businesses with GBP3 million to GBP15 million of equity finance to fund MBOs, equity release and development capital deals.
 
With 17 years’ experience within the sector, Hall has held senior positions with private equity houses such as Royal Bank Development Capital, ISIS Equity Partners and NorthEdge Capital; and he has also acted as a non-executive director for a number of businesses.
 
Hall says: "It’s been an exciting year with KCP, deal flow remains very strong and we were delighted to complete our investment in Routes Healthcare which is the first deal in the new fund. The lack of funding for SMEs remains a problem and, with the majority of PE houses not making investments under GBP15 million, KCP is in a great position to recognise potential and support fast-growing businesses as demonstrated by our recent exit from Gear4Music, having helped it to grow from a GBP10 million turnover business to GBP55 million in just four years and is now valued at over GBP80 million.”
 
KCP investment partner Peter Armitage, says: "As an experienced PE investor, James has proved a valuable asset to the team. We now have a number of potential deals in the pipeline and his expertise will be instrumental in helping us to give these entrepreneurial businesses the operational support, in addition to the funding they need, in order to grow and develop further.”

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