Foundation Capital has named Jonathan Ehrlich as partner at the firm.   Ehrlich (pictured), a former director of marketing at Facebook, will concentrate on identifying and investing in early-stage consumer, mobile, and small business oriented startups and technologies.   “Jonathan is everything Foundation Capital looks for in a partner,” says

Katherine Woodthorpe is retiring from her role as chief executive of The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL).    Woodthorpe says that after seven years in the role, the time is right for her to pursue fresh challenges.   AVCAL’s chairman John White says: “Shortly after Katherine joined

Blackstone Advisory Partners has appointed Karl Knapp as a senior managing director based in New York to head up the group’s global industrials practice.   Knapp brings over 20 years of dedicated industry experience, most recently as the head of the global industrials group at UBS and a vice chairman

Altius Associates has made adjustments to its executive management team, with John A Hess, the co-founder and chief executive officer since 1998, assuming the full time role of executive chairman.    Assuming the chief executive role with immediate effect will be a triumvirate of three existing executive directors of the

Private equity firm Advent International has appointed Hanspeter Spek to its operating partner programme.   An executive with extensive operational experience in the global pharmaceuticals and healthcare industries, Spek (pictured) will advise and work closely with Advent’s healthcare team to identify attractive investment opportunities and generate post-investment value in the

Graham Wrigley has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of CDC, the UK government-owned development finance institution that invests in the developing countries of South Asia and Africa.   Wrigley (pictured) will take up the role in January 2014 and succeeds Richard Gillingwater who has been chairman