NorthEdge has appointed Aiden Hawkes to the Birmingham office as Investment Manager and Serafina Di Felice as Investment Manager in the Manchester office, the roles will include identifying new investment opportunities and supporting growth across the portfolio, with the former joining the Technology team and the latter joining the Healthcare team.
Prior to joining the firm, Hawkes held the position of Vice President in the Investment Banking team at Alantra, an international financial services firm, with his prior experience also including roles at both Transcend Corporate and BDO.
Di Felice’s previous role was as an Investment Associate at Kartesia, a European asset manager focussed on corporate lending, and prior to that she held various roles at Lloyds Banking Group.
Both new hires bring a wealth of experience from different parts of the private capital industry – further broadening the collective expertise of the business.
This recruitment builds on the firm’s success over the last twelve months across its core sectors of Technology, Healthcare & Business Services – with NorthEdge completing four new investments, committing over £70m of capital to regionally-headquartered businesses; delivering four exits, generating a blended 3.6x return for its investors; and supporting the portfolio to complete 11 bolt-on acquisitions.
