Saints Capital, a secondary direct investment firm, has appointed Niko von Huetz as director of European investments.
Huetz (pictured) previously worked as investment director and partner at Add Partners, a pan-European, London-based ICT focused venture firm.
Before that he worked with ICG & Partners and was co-founder, VP marketing and business development for Kokua Communications.
He began his career as a manager at strategy consultants Booz.Allen & Hamilton.
"Niko’s venture and investment experience in Europe, coupled with his knowledge in the software, communications and internet services sector, make him a great addition to our team," says Ken Sawyer, managing director at Saints Capital.
Saints Capital has also promoted two investment professionals. Zack Scott, managing director, has been promoted to vice president and Mike Boggs has been promoted to senior associate.
Both investment professionals have evaluated a number of secondary portfolio investment opportunities in the healthcare space.
Scott sits on the boards of VisionCare and Cianna Medical, and is a board observer at Spiration. He joins Saints from Burrill & Company where he made investments in healthcare services, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. Previously, he was a general surgery resident at Oregon Health Science University.
While at Saints, Boggs helped complete the secondary portfolio acquisition of medical device assets from Boston Scientific and growth equity companies from Safeguard Scientifics. He is a board observer at Laureate Pharma and Navix Diagnostics. Boggs joined Saints in 2007 from RBC Capital Markets where he was an investment banking analyst in the healthcare group. His experience includes transactions in equity, convertible debt and M&A activity.
Saints acquires direct secondary assets from distressed sellers, and currently has 27 per cent of its assets invested in Europe. The firm opened a London office last year and in 2008 it acquired interests in ten companies from Innovacom, an active early stage investor based in Paris.
