N4 Partners (N4) has appointed Gordon Merrylees, the former Managing Director of Entrepreneurship for NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, as the firm readies itself for the launch of a new investment fund targeting entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses based in the UK.  During his 36 years at

Broad Sky Partners (Broad Sky), a private equity firm that partners with middle market business services and consumer companies, has appointed Marjorie Lopez as Vice President. Lopez will focus on Broad Sky’s investments in the Consumer sector. Prior to joining Broad Sky, Lopez supported Consumer sector investments at RX3 Growth Partners.

Global investment firm Carlyle has appointed David McCann has interim global head of investor relations, effective 10 August, 2022, succeeding Nathan Urquhart who has decided to leave the firm to pursue new opportunities. Urqhart will remain at Carlyle until the end of 2022, working with senior leadership to ensure a

 Tristone Healthcare, a buy and build social care investment group, has added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of John McCooey as Commercial Director. McCooey, who joins from Amelia Knight Group, has more than 25 years’ experience in finance and commercial director level positions, with particular expertise in

Permira, a global private equity firm, has appointed Koen Köppen as a Senior Adviser to its global technology team, with a focus on software and fintech. Koen is currently Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Mollie, a digital payment service provider.  At Mollie, Köppen is responsible for the reliability, scalability and

Highview Capital (Highview), a Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm, has promoted Victor Bunce to vice president and added three additional professionals tom its team. Krysty Penwell and Scott Kingsley have joined as vice presidents and Christian Boorom has joined as an associate. Bunce joined Highview in July 2020 and works

Balderton Capital has appointed Elodie Broad, an experienced leader in corporate sustainability and sustainable finance, as its first head of impact and sustainable future goals (SFGs).  The appointment follows the publication of Balderton’s inaugural SFG report in December 2021. The report introduced Balderton’s ten SFGs – which were modelled on

Paul Hastings LLP, a global law firm, has promoted private equity lawyer Jamie Holdoway to partner in its London office. Holdoway will continue to work with Private Equity practice lead Anu Balasubramanian and recent lateral Partner Tom Cartwright, in leading the market with their specialist focus on complex cross-border M&A,

Connection Capital, the private client investment business, has hired James Greenwood into its SME Investment team as appetite from private investors for access to UK private equity and debt transactions continues to grow. Greenwood joins from Liberum Capital where he worked on a wide range of transactions across both public

hh2 Cloud Services (hh2) a provider of software for the construction industry backed by lower middle-market private equity firm Capstreet, has appointed Jamie Clymer as chief executive officer and Patrick Sadler as chief financial officer. Previous CEO Devon Dorrity will assume the position of CTO at the Company.  Clymer has