UK budget gym operator The Gym Group has appointed Jim Graham as chief operating officer (COO). Graham joined the business on 1 May 2014 after leaving Phoenix Equity Partners, the group’s majority shareholder, where he has advised the management teams of a diverse range of Phoenix investments, including The Gym,
Middle market private equity firm GI Partners has appointed Travis Pearson as managing director. Pearson will work broadly across the GI portfolio to drive key operational initiatives and pursue new investment opportunities. Pearson joins GI after 15 years at Bain & Company, where he served clients in technology, media,
Robert K Steel has joined investment advisory and asset management firm Perella Weinberg Partners as chief executive officer, with effect from 7 July 2014. Joseph Perella will continue in an active role as chairman, while co-founders Terry Meguid and Peter Weinberg will remain in their roles as co-head of asset
Canvas Venture Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm formed in August 2013 with its USD175 million inaugural fund, has appointed Paul Hsiao as a general partner and founding managing member. Hsiao is a seasoned entrepreneur, operator and venture investor. He spent the last 10 years at New Enterprise Associates (NEA),
Asset management firm Vida Capital has named Bill Tice as senior managing director, head of marketing and investor relations. Tice joins Vida with 15 years of marketing and business development experience, most recently as a managing director at Siguler Guff & Company, an USD11 billion private equity firm based in
Chris Wade, a veteran entrepreneur and the UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) adviser on venture capital, is to join the ventures team at Octopus as strategic adviser. In this new role, Wade will be working with the ventures team, and its portfolio companies, looking to break into Asian markets.
Alternative investment and private securities marketplace FNEX has appointed Chris Nelson as the company’s chief technology officer. In this role he will oversee overall company operations, systems and platform development. Nelson brings over 18 years of experience in technology. He joins FNEX from Delivra where he was director
Ogier Fiduciary Services in Jersey has promoted Charles Le Cornu to director and appointed two new directors, Simon King and Jon Barratt, to the funds and real estate teams respectively. Le Cornu joined Ogier in 2006 and has 10 years’ experience in the offshore financial services industry specialising in investment
Steven Novick has left Crescent Capital Group to start a new retail business based in London, according to his LinkedIn page. Until April Novick was a managing director at Crescent and head of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific business development and investor relations for the credit investment firm, based in
Zeus Capital has appointed Dan Bate as a director of corporate finance. Bate joins Zeus Capital from AIM quoted corporate broking and private wealth management business WH Ireland, where he was head of corporate finance in Manchester and group company secretary. During his seven years with the business he
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