Kantar Public has appointed Eric Salama as its Global Chair. The appointment follows the announcement on 1 September 2022, that Kantar Public is now a standalone, and fully purpose-led global evidence and advisory business, following its divestment from Kantar and sale to private equity firm Trilantic Europe. Salama knows the

Bregal Partners (Bregal), a private equity firm specialising in investments in consumer and multi-unit, food and beverage, and business services, has added three key hires to its team – Thomas Perkins as Managing Director of Portfolio Services, Kaitlin Sasson joins as Principal, and Daniel Ayeroff as Vice President. Perkins will

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing to expand its team with investment associate Zach Francis joining the firm which has offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Reading. Francis joins from Red Lion Group, a collection of boutique pubs and coaching inns, where he spent the last year working in

TA Associates (TA), a global growth private equity firm, has expanded its leadership team with the appointments of Jennifer Barbetta as Chief Operating Officer, Lori Stachelski as Chief Talent Officer and Darlene Karis as Global Head of Human Resources.  The investment in senior leadership aims to support TA’s accelerated growth,

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment firm with $50 billion in assets under management, has launched its Private Credit platform in Europe with the appointment of James Charalambides as Partner & Head of the European Private Credit team.   Charalambides will be responsible for leading and managing the firm’s

17Capital, a provider of strategic financing for investors in private equity, has promoted Raj Shah to the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 October 2022. Shah has been in the financial team since 2012, working closely with the current CFO, Oliver Pritchard, who will be staying with 17Capital and moving

Global private equity investment firm Advent International (Advent) has appointed Amanda McGrady Morrison as Managing Director. Morrison will assume the roles of general counsel and chief legal officer, effective at year end.

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has grown its team in the East Midlands and East of England with the appointment of Simon Peacock as Investment Director and Mikayil Salahov as Investment Manager. Peacock joins LDC following more than 15 years at Alantra, an investment banking and asset management firm focusing

ICG, a global alternative asset manager, has appointed David Lomer as Head of UK, Nordics & Benelux for its European Corporate strategy, and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Lomer succeeds James Roddis, who is retiring after 14 years with the firm. Lomer joins ICG after 24 years with

Global corporate finance advisory firm Clearwater International has strengthened its European Debt Advisory team with two new senior appointments. Simon Chambers and Richard Clark join the team as Partners based in the firm’s London office, alongside existing Partner Chris Smith.  They will become part of the European Debt Advisory practice