SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceutical sectors, has expanded its team with the addition of Edward Donkor as a Principal, and Simon Dowker as Director of Business Development.
Prior to joining SK Capital, Donkor was a Principal at Pine Brook Partners, where he played a significant role in sourcing and executing a variety of energy investment opportunities as well as holding active board-level responsibilities for several of Pine Brook’s portfolio companies. Before joining Pine Brook, he was an investment professional at First Reserve Corporation and an investment banker in the Global Industrial and Services Group at Credit Suisse.
“We are excited to have Edward join the SK Capital team. He brings highly leverageable experience and relationships, particularly in oilfield and related segments of the chemicals sector,” says Jack Norris, a Managing Director of SK Capital.
Dowker formerly served as a Managing Director at PJT Partners focused on the global Chemicals sector. Previously, Dowker worked at Jefferies where he was the Head of European Chemicals coverage. Educated as a chemical engineer, Simon started his career at UBS in London, Johannesburg and Dubai, where he focused on transactions in the chemicals and industrials sectors.
Aaron Davenport, a Managing Director at SK Capital, says: “In this newly created business development role, we believe Simon’s deep industry knowledge and relationships in our target sectors will augment our existing sourcing efforts to generate incremental opportunities in both corporate carveouts and entrepreneurial transitions.”
