SME direct lender Beechbrook Capital has appointed Paul Whitehouse as investment director to head up deal origination and execution activity across the Midlands. With over 30 years’ experience, Whitehouse joins from Lloyds Banking Group, where he spent the last two decades focusing on corporate and leveraged finance transactions across the

Sverica Capital Management, a growth-orientated private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, has promoted Ryan Harstad and Gregg Osenkowski to the position of Partner, effective immediately. With over 11 years of experience in the private equity space, Harstad joined the Sverica San Francisco office 2011. He focuses on

ACA Compliance Group (ACA) is expanding its European presence with the opening of a new office in Birmingham. The office will allow ACA to offer a full suite of services designed to strengthen and streamline financial services firms’ governance, risk and compliance arrangements.   Key to the services offered from

Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s leading SME finance providers, has added to its team with the appointment of James Rosthorn and Dean Cox as Investment Managers. Chartered Accountant, Rosthorn, joins Maven as an Investment Manager based in the Manchester and Lancashire offices and will be responsible for

KKR has made new leadership appointments in its flagship private equity businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Henry Kravis and George Roberts, Co-Chief Executive Officers and Co-Founders of KKR, say: “While our firm has evolved over the years, private equity is where it all began. Today, this asset class

Ocorian, a provider of trust, administration and fiduciary services to corporate, institutional and private investors has appointed Pamela Valasuo as Head of Sales for Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Valasuo brings over 20 years’ experience of professional and financial services experience to Ocorian and will lead the business development strategy for

MSIF, a Liverpool-based SME fund which this week celebrates 25 years in business, is to merge the team of investment company SPARK Impact Limited with its regulated fund management subsidiary Alliance Fund Managers (AFM). The agreement will see SPARK Impact Director Mark Borzomato appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of

Idinvest Partners, an investor in SMEs across Europe, has appointed Sylviane Guyonnet, COO of Idinvest and Eric Gallerne, Co-Head of Private Debt Strategy, as Managing Partners. Guyonnet and Eric Gallerne are both members of Idinvest Partners’ Executive Committee, which also includes Bavière, CEO & Founding Partner, and Benoist Grossmann, Founding