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Priority Power Management (Priority), an independent energy management services and consulting firm backed by Ara Partners, has acquired Satori Energy Solutions (Satori).
The transaction creates a leading nationwide provider of energy services with significantly enhanced service offering, broadened geographic footprint, and industry expertise.
Satori, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, was one of the first energy service firms to emerge after deregulation and today provides industry-leading expertise and service to more than 55,000 industrial, municipal, and residential clients in 25 states and the District of Columbia, Canada, and Mexico.
The company’s capabilities span the spectrum of Energy Structuring and Market Intelligence
- 02/02/2021
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) has appointed Robbert Bakhuijsen as Head of Investment for Benelux.
Reporting to Onno Scheij, Head of Benelux, Bakhuijsen, 37, will be responsible for the sourcing and execution of new acquisitions in the Benelux region. Bakhuijsen will be mainly focusing on acquisitions of income-generating logistics, light industrial and office assets, from core to value-add in terms of risk profile, as well as development projects to serve Edmond de Rothschild REIM’s discretionary funds and third-party mandates.
Bakhuijsen has worked in the Benelux real estate market for 15 years. He previously worked for six years
- 01/02/2021
Research by regional mid-market private equity firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has revealed a growing focus on culture and working practices, rather than simply valuation, after almost a year of interrupted working and repeated lockdowns.
The survey polled over 120 entrepreneurs, advisers and dealmakers across the UK in December, and showed that the primary consideration for boards looking for VC and growth funding was the investors’ approach to working (48 per cent), closely followed by their cultural fit with investors (45 per cent), whilst the financial terms, once the dominant consideration, came in as the third most important criteria, only
- 01/02/2021
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower mid-market companies, has sold MB2 Dental, a dental partnership organisation (DPO) with a doctor-centric ownership model. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and serving patients in 24 states, MB2 is a leading DPO offering general dentistry services, orthodontics, peadiatrics, prosthodontics, and periodontics. MB2 employs a unique partnership model through which affiliated dentists enjoy the clinical benefits of a private practice and the infrastructure, compliance, marketing, and purchasing advantages of a traditional dental service organisation. Drawing on the energy of its highly engaged
- 01/02/2021
- 01/02/2021
Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street) has appointed Hugh Cutler as Head of Business Development.
Cutler brings a wealth of expertise to Pollen Street with 25 years of experience in investment management, capital raising and delivering client solutions across a broad range of public and private market strategies.
Prior to joining the team, Cutler led global distribution for Affiliated Managers Group, where he helped to grow the platform into new product lines, client types and geographies. Hugh previously held senior distribution and solutions roles at Och-Ziff, LGIM and Barclays Global Investors.
Lindsey McMurray, Managing Director at Pollen Street, says:
- 01/02/2021
Alternative investment manager Oxford Capital has appointed Alexander (Sandy) Flockhart as Non-Exec Director on the Board of Oxford Capital Partners Holdings Limited.
In addition, Flockhart sits as an independent member of the investment committee of the firm. He brings to the role broad experience in investment management, financial services, regulatory affairs and governance. His appointment follows the retirement of Sir Martin Smith, who stepped down as a director earlier in 2020 and remains a senior adviser to the firm.
Flockhart has had a long career in financial services spanning private equity and international banking. He served in a number
- 01/02/2021
- 01/02/2021
Livingbridge Private Equity-backed Three Rock Group has appointed Matthew Donaldson as Chairman.
Donaldson’s appointment marks an acceleration of Three Rocks strategic ambition to widen their reach within existing personal lines sector and expand their portfolio of complimentary financial services products. Three Rock Group is comprised of Chill Insurance, Irelands largest independent personal lines distribution platform, Chill Money and Ivernia, a captive MGA.
Donaldson has extensive experience in the Financial Services and Insurance sector, most recently as Group CEO of BGL Group, the leading digital distributor of Insurance and Household Financial Services in the UK and France. In his early
- 01/02/2021
Alternative asset management firm Hayfin has appointed Daniel Bird as a Portfolio Manager for Private Credit.
Bird was previously a Managing Director at Bank of America where he successfully built and grew a global credit and special situations group in EMEA.
At Hayfin, Bird will be based in London and will focus on sourcing and analysing investment opportunities and providing portfolio management across the private credit strategies.
He joins the other Portfolio Managers for Hayfin’s private credit business, who include Mark Bickerstaffe, Mikhael Botbol, Fabrice Damien, Cecile Ferrie-Davies, Olaf Hartmann, Kamran Hussain, Carlos Pla and Stefano Questa.
- 01/02/2021
CG Asset Management (CGAM) has added a new analyst – Hassan Raza – to its growing team.
Hassan was previously a senior investment banking analyst at HSBC working as part of the Financial Sponsors Group on a range of private equity led and leveraged buy-out transactions.
Prior to HSBC, he worked in PwC’s corporate finance team on major transport and infrastructure projects. He is also a CFA charterholder.
Hassan will join CGAM to expand its research capabilities and will work across its suite of five funds which are split into two groups, Absolute Return funds, including the Capital Gearing
- 01/02/2021
- 01/02/2021
CDC Group (CDC), the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has appointed two high-profile venture capitalists industry as investment committee members, as it prepares to expand its interests in the sector.
Anne Glover, CEO of Amadeus Capital Partners and Non-Executive Director of the Court of the Bank of England, will join CDC as a member of its Investment Committee. She is joined on the Committee by Nikunj Jinsi, former Global Head of Venture Capital at IFC.
Both appointees will sit on a newly formed Venture Capital Investment Committee at CDC and advise on venture capital funds and co-investment proposals.
- 01/02/2021
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