Silverfleet Capital, a pan-European private equity firm, has strengthened its dedicated lower mid-market investment team with the appointment of Ricardo Sommer.  Sommer joins Silverfleet as a Principal and will be responsible for Silverfleet’s lower mid-market activities in the DACH region, targeting businesses with enterprise values between EUR25 million and EUR75

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with USD35 billion of assets under management, has appointed Mattias de Beau as a Partner in the firm’s Primary Investments Team. In this role, de Beau is focused on sourcing investment opportunities, conducting due diligence and managing private equity fund manager

Private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners has appointed Ennio Montinaro as Chief Administrative Officer, and Todd Cullen as a Senior Advisor and Operating Consultant. The newly created roles will be based in New York and will further advance Oak Hill’s operational priorities and data-driven decision-making.   Tyler Wolfram, Managing

Leisure specialist Ian Edward has been appointed as a Senior Adviser at corporate finance firm Clearwater International. Edward brings over 30 years’ experience in the leisure industry, as M&A adviser, Non-Executive Board Director and investor. His previous transactions include the sale of New World Trading Company to Graphite Capital, the

Dinosaur Merchant Bank (DMBL) has appointed Andrew Truman-Williams as the bank’s new Head of European Portfolio and Securities Finance businesses. This is a new role for the growing challenger bank, which is a subsidiary of Dinosaur Group Holdings LLC. Truman-Williams will be based at the bank’s London headquarters.   Truman-Williams

Renaissance Capital, a leading emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has announced that Petr Molchanov is rejoining the bank from Magnit, as Head of Investment Banking, Russia & CIS. Petr will be based in Moscow and will report to Dmitry Gladkov, Acting Global Head of Investment Banking.   Molchanov will

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has appointed Erik Nobel as a Managing Director, responsible for establishing and managing the firm’s newly opened office in Stockholm, Sweden. Nobel will lead LLCP’s structured equity origination and investing efforts in the Nordic region.   Mike Weinberg, Partner

Renaissance Capital has appointed Nancy Adel Fahmy as Vice President, Financial Services Research, in Cairo, Egypt. The bank has also made structural changes and promotions within its Research department – Metin Esendal will oversee healthcare coverage from London, while Artem Yamschikov will take over transport and infrastructure coverage from Moscow.