Global technology, media and communications investment bank Drake Star Partners has appointed senior investment banker Eric Ward as a partner in the firm’s London office.   Ward has over 15 years of M&A and industry experience, with a distinct focus on e-commerce and digital marketing, including retail tech, ad tech,

21 Centrale has added to its investment team with the appointment of Dorothée Chatain as Principal. With more than ten years of private equity experience in an international Growth and LBO Fund, Chatain joins an investment team already made up of eight experienced professionals. As a senior member of the

Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management has appointed Ashton Bradbury as a non-executive director of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc. Bradbury brings more than 25 years of financial and investment industry experience to his role. Having run small company investment teams at Hill Samuel Investment Management and HSBC Asset Management Europe,

Morgan Lewis has appointed Paul Denham as finance partner. Denham, who advises clients on a wide range of leveraged finance and banking matters, will be based in the firm’s London office. Denham advises banks, credit funds, borrowers, and sponsors on a wide range of financing and restructuring transactions, with a

LiveOak Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, has appointed Mike Marcantonio as Principal, and Mason Rathe as Senior Associate. Mike and Mason are the first investment professionals being added to the team outside of the three founding partners and will focus on both executing new

Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity in Europe, has strengthened its senior team in Jersey with the creation of new roles and new appointments. Senior Managers Gary Ayres and Vimbai Bundu-Kamara have been appointed as Operations Directors and have joined the Jersey board. Gary and Vimbai will

Sofinnova Partners, a European venture capital firm specialised in Life Sciences, has appointed Martin T Rothman as Venture Partner. Rothman brings forty years of experience and a strong international network in the medical field to Sofinnova Partners.   As Venture Partner, Rothman will focus on helping the team identify and

Converged ICT Services Provider GCI, a portfolio company of private equity firm Mayfair Equity Partners, has appointed Patrick De Smedt as Non-Executive Chairman. De Smedt brings a wealth of experience to GCI, including 23 years with Microsoft which he joined in 1983 when it was a mere 200 employees. De

Hanneke Smits, CEO of Newton Investment Management and a current trustee, is to succeed Johannes Huth, MD of KKR as Chair of Impetus – The Private Equity Foundation (Impetus – PEF). Huth has served as Impetus-PEF’s chair since 2013. Impetus-PEF finds, funds, and builds the best charities working with disadvantaged young

NorthEdge Capital (NorthEdge) has appointed two new Portfolio Directors following an active start to 2018 in which the firm has completed five transactions at a combined value of GBP160 million. Keven Parker and Andy Tupholme both join NorthEdge as Portfolio Directors.   Parker joins NorthEdge with over 12 years’ experience in leveraged