Leeds Equity Partners, LLC, the New York-based private equity fund focused exclusively on investing in the Knowledge Industries, has appointed Stephen Fredette, former Chief Executive Officer of Assessment Technology Institute as an operating partner. In this role, Fredette will provide management and operating expertise to Leeds Equity’s portfolio companies and
Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Hall of Fame NBA star, philanthropist and entrepreneur, is to join Detroit Venture Partners (DVP) as a general partner. DVP is a Detroit-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and early-stage technology companies primarily located in the heart of downtown Detroit. Johnson will also be
Carey Olsen has appointed Michael McAuley as a new counsel to its litigation department in Guernsey. Born in Canada and educated there, in England and in France, McAuley’s recent offshore trust experience includes seven years at Appleby in Bermuda where he practised in all areas of contentious and non-contentious trust and
New York private equity firm Castle Harlan, Inc, has promoted Anand T Philip (pictured) to Managing Director, while Joyce M Demonteverde has joined the firm as Vice President. Demonteverde had previously been with Castle Harlan, Inc prior to going to the Harvard Business School. Castle Harlan believes that Philip’s promotion
CORESTATE Group, a specialist private equity investor based in Zug/Switzerland, with partner offices in Frankfurt, London and Luxembourg, has made a number of strategic appointments which will further strengthen its European investment and asset management expertise. Making four additional appointments, it has recruited Jerry Melchionna to its origination team in
Wedge Partners has appointed Chris Crespi as a networking and communications equipment analyst. "Chris adds a tremendous amount of knowledge, experience, and relationships to the Wedge research platform. We are excited to be joined by such a highly regarded industry expert," says Evan Morgan, CEO of Wedge Partners. Crespi
Mary McGuirke and Joel Haskins have been appointed as operations directors for Ipes in London and Jersey respectively. McGuirke and Haskins will take a lead role in client relationship management and the delivery of operational excellence in their respective locations. They will work closely with locally based Managing Directors, Andrew
PvXchange, a leading online business-to-business exchange for photovoltaic components, has announced that Mark Zaleski will begin chairing its advisory board with immediate effect. Zaleski has a long track record of building value into multi-country online businesses including Dailymotion, Ricardo PLC, DVDPost and Webvan Inc. PvXchange itself has seen rapid growth
EISER Infrastructure Partners, an independent infrastructure fund manager managing assets with an enterprise value of over EUR3 billion,has established a senior-level advisory board to provide strategic support across the business. The board comprises: Dr Thomas Bone-Winkel, a partner at German advisory firm Bone-Winkel & Company. He has extensive experience of
European private equity firm Cinven has appointed Jorge Quemada as a partner heading the firm’s investment activities in Iberia. He will be a member of the Business Services sector team. Quemada joins Cinven in September 2011 from 3i, where he worked for over thirteen years. Prior to leaving the firm,
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