Pantheon has appointed Paul Barr as investment Partner in the firm’s Global Infrastructure & Real Assets team.  In addition, Richard Sem, who joined Pantheon as Partner in London in 2017 and has 25 years’ industry experience, has been named as Head of Europe in the Infrastructure team.  Both announcements follow

Mid-market private equity investor LDC has further strengthened its Yorkshire team with the appointment of Will Scales as an Investment Director. As Investment Director, Scales is responsible for identifying potential investment opportunities, leading transactions and supporting the management teams of LDC’s portfolio businesses as they pursue their growth ambitions.  

TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has appointed Chris An as a Senior Vice President in the firm’s Hong Kong office. An will focus on investments in companies in the Asia-Pacific region. “We are very pleased to welcome Chris to TA Associates,” says Edward F Sippel, head of

he Board of Directors of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed Abi Mustapha-Maduakor as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mustapha-Maduakor joins AVCA from MedAccess, a subsidiary of CDC Group, where she was Head of Business Operations and Finance, overseeing financial and risk management, strategy implementation, and

Pantheon has made for new partner promotions: Petra Bukovec (Investment, London), Jérôme Duthu-Bengtzon (Investment, London), Dinesh Ramasamy (Investment, San Francisco) and Kara Zanger (Legal & Compliance, New York). Bukovec is a member of Pantheon’s Secondaries team, while Duthu-Bengtzon and Ramasamy are members of Pantheon’s Infrastructure & Real Assets team. Zanger

Flexpoint Ford, a private equity investment firm specialising in the financial services and healthcare industries, has promoted Michael Fazekas and Dominic Hood to Managing Director, and Dan Grigorescu, Vilas Nair and Thomas Shi to Principal. “We are excited to announce the promotions of these talented investment professionals. As Flexpoint grows

Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialised in scaling software and digitally driven businesses in the healthcare, consumer and services sectors – has expanded its specialist team with the recruitment of experienced private equity investor Rupesh Patel. Patel joins as investment director across Gresham House Ventures’ portfolio companies, which he

Grafton Capital, a growth investor in Europe’s leading technology companies, has appointed Tom Morrell as its Chief Financial Officer.  Morrell, who joins Grafton Capital from Brookfield Asset Management, will lead on financing, reporting and accounting for Grafton Capital and its investments. With over a decade’s experience in finance, the appointment

Robin Eric Haak, co-Founder of Jobspotting and former global SVP at SmartRecruiters, has joined responsible growth-equity fund Gaia Capital Partners, where he will be responsible for heading the fund’s new Berlin office and establishing the firm in the DACH and Nordics markets. Gaia Capital Partners has offices in Berlin and

DC Capital Partners, a middle market, private equity firm focused on the Government and Engineering markets, has appointed David O Page as Partner.  Page brings both operating and investment acumen to the DC Capital team. His unique background and experience will add value and insight to DC Capital.   Thomas