Phoenix Equity Partners, the UK mid-market private equity investor, has appointed Hugh Lenon as part-time chairman with immediate effect. At the same time, the firm has appointed Sandy Muirhead as chairman of Phoenix’s investment committee and James Thomas as chairman of its management committee. Lenon (pictured) has been active in
Commonfund, an investment manager for institutional investors, has made three promotions and two additions to Commonfund Capital, its wholly owned subsidiary investing in global private equity, venture capital and natural resources. Leenong Li has been promoted to managing director. Li heads Commonfund Capital’s Beijing office and Asian initiatives. Li joined
Energy Investors Funds (EIF) has promoted eight of its senior staff. Mitch Coddington (pictured) and Mark Segel have been promoted to senior partner from partner. Keith Derman, Warren MacGillivray, Andrew Pike, Cam Reese, Jose Torres-Monllor, and Mark Voccola have been promoted to partner from senior vice president. All promotions are
Kuber Ventures, the first full service multi-manager platform for Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) portfolios, has appointed Brett Williams in an advisory role to the senior management team. Williams (pictured), who has acted as chief executive of both Skandia UK and Cofunds, brings extensive experience of mainstream platforms to the EIS
The European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has appointed Michael Collins as public affairs director. Collins (pictured) will direct the EVCA’s political advocacy and regulatory affairs strategy, taking responsibility for all policy areas affecting the European private equity and venture capital industry and heading up the association’s policy
David A Sussman has joined Duane Morris’s corporate practice group as a partner in its Newark office. Sussman (pictured) further strengthens Duane Morris’ corporate practice, particularly in the area of private equity transactions. He joins Duane Morris from Day Pitney, where he was co-chair of that firm’s private equity and investment
Hamilton Lane, a private equity asset management firm, is expanding its Europe-based presence with the addition of Paul Waller to the newly-created role of partner in its London office. Waller (pictured) will focus primarily on client development and overall firm marketing initiatives. He will also draw upon his extensive experience
Options, a provider of the Options PIPE Private Financial Cloud services platform for the exchange, banking, trading and investment communities, has named former NYSE Euronext executive Danny Moore as chief operating officer. Moore (pictured) will be responsible for leading the firm’s day-to-day global operations, in addition to overseeing the expansion
Global knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) firm The Smart Cube and London-based venture capital firm Smedvig Capital have appointed Gary Bullard as a non-executive director of The Smart Cube. The Smart Cube is a pioneer in the KPO space, specialising in delivering customised, high value research and analysis to their clients,
Altius Associates has appointed Joachim Suter as a partner in its EMEA investor relations team. Suter will be based in the London office, joining the global IR team headed by Dr Eric Warner. Suter joins Altius having been senior vice president private placement for Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
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