Global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has appointed Stephen Oesterle (pictured), MD, as Venture Partner. Dr Oesterle is a former Executive Vice President for Medtronic and brings to NEA more than two decades of experience spanning health technology investment, corporate strategy, and general management. "Dr Oesterle is one

New York private equity fund Monomoy Capital Partners has added Jordan Matusow to its team. Matusow will focus on sourcing Monomoy’s investments in the debt securities of distressed and underperforming businesses that can benefit from operational, financial and strategic improvement. Matusow has over 10 years of broad experience in financial

Middle market private equity firm Irving Place Capital has appointed Walter J Galvin (pictured) as a Senior Advisor. Galvin will work closely with the principals of Irving Place Capital to execute value creation strategies at existing portfolio companies as well as pursue new investments in the industrial and packaging sectors.

Private equity firm NorthEdge Capital has added to its team with the appointment of Harry Jones (pictured) as an Investment Executive in its Manchester office. Jones joins NorthEdge from Deloitte, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant within the Corporate Finance M&A Advisory team and advised on a range of

Christophe Blondeau (pictured) and Jean-Robert Bousquet, partners at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, are taking over the lead of the firm’s Corporate/M&A team.   The team, currently comprising around 30 lawyers, including seven partners, works in the field of company law, M&A and Private Equity and assists its clients with around

Julian Bärenfänger has joined Avedon Capital Partners (Avedon) from HG Capital as a partner in the firm’s German office. Bärenfänger joined HG Capital in 2007 and was active as Associate Director in the Healthcare Investment Team in the UK. He played a key role in a number of transactions from

RA Capital Management, the crossover fund manager dedicated to evidence-­based investing in healthcare and life sciences companies, announces three strategic, back office appointments. The appointments are Christopher Wolf as Chief Financial Officer, Derek Meisner as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, and Nick McGrath as Corporate Counsel and Compliance Officer.

Inflexion Private Equity has appointed three new Investment Executives – George Collier, John Cordrey and Edward Lynch, adding depth to its 30-strong investment team. Collier (pictured) joins from Deloitte’s M&A and debt advisory team where he specialised in business and financial services, working with numerous private equity backed companies such