Manchester-based venture capital firm Praetura Ventures has added five new hires to its team of investment experts, including GC Angels’ Jessica Jackson. She joins Praetura Ventures as an investment manager, and will dedicate her extensive experience to strengthening the firm’s commitment to providing founders with ‘more than money’ support. Prior to

Nuveen, a global investment manager with over $1 trillion in assets under management, has appointed Nick Simon as Managing Director in its Private Credit Specialist team. Simon joined the firm in August. Simon brings to the role just under 20 years’ experience in institutional sales and investor relations. Having worked

Edison Partners, a growth equity firm, has promoted general partner, Kelly Ford, to become the first ever chief operating officer (COO) in its 36-year history. In Ford’s new role, she oversees the firm’s operations, including the Edison Edge value creation platform, investment development, finance, portfolio operations and marketing. Her role

Arctos Sports Partners, a private investment platform dedicated to providing growth capital and liquidity solutions to professional sports franchise owners in major North American leagues and premier global sports organisations, has appointed Shane Battier, Jessica Gelman, Chris Grove and Normand Legault as operating advisors. Arctos’ group of operating advisers brings

Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments, has appointed David Touhey s Managing Director of the firm’s Portfolio Services Group. Touhey has more than 20 years of experience in project development and optimisation in the industrial sector. Prior to joining Ara, Touhey was the Executive Vice

QED Investors, a global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, has added Christian Limon to its team. Limon joins QED as a principal focusing on domestic investments across multiple stages, with an emphasis on early stage companies. Previously, Limon ran growth for Gemini and Nifty

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed private equity lawyer Arnaud Lafarge as a partner in its Corporate practice in Paris. Lafarge joins from Lamy Lexel, and is accompanied by two associates, Nicolas Leveque and Eva Jouannic.  Lafarge joins a Corporate team in France significantly bolstered by the recent arrivals of private

BEX Capital, a private equity secondaries specialist, has promoted Thomas Carbonel and Alexis Ferrer to Senior Partner. BEX Capital, founded in France in 2010, is the first and only secondaries firm to be solely dedicated to the acquisition of positions in global private equity fund-of-funds, secondary funds and co-investment funds.

British chemicals manager Calum MacLean is to become CEO of the envisaged joint venture for high-performance engineering materials which private equity investor Advent International (Advent) and speciality chemical company LANXESS AG (LANXESS) are planning to form. 

Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm that partners with growth companies in financial services, technology, healthcare, and business services, has appointed Michael Langer as a managing director and member of the firm’s Investment Committee.  Langer will be responsible for leading Lightyear’s investments within the healthcare financial services sector.