Mid-market private equity firm LDC has appointed Chris Handy and David Bains to lead its West Midlands and East Midlands teams respectively, replacing Richard Whitwell when he retires from LDC in March. The promotions are part of LDC’s plans to expand its presence and support for mid-market businesses across the

Global law firm Goodwin has continued to build out its private equity platform in Germany with the hire of partner Florian Hirschmann. Hirschmann, who is resident in Munich on a remote basis, advises clients primarily on complex, cross-border private equity, M&A and venture capital transactions, as well as joint ventures.

Victory Hill Capital Advisors LLP (Victory Hill), manager of the cGBP250 million VH Sustainable Energy Opportunities plc fund listed on the London Stock Exchange, has appointed Eleanor Fraser-Smith as Vice President and Head of Sustainability and Jean Yeo as Vice President, Senior Finance Manager. In addition to the new appointments,

Maven 11 Capital, an Amsterdam-founded blockchain and crypto asset investment firm, has appointed Martijn van Veen as a partner and director for its asset management business, effective 1 January of this year. Van Veen brings over two decades of trading and fund management experience and has held several senior roles

Alantra, an independent global mid-market investment banking and asset management firm, has recruited a Maritime and Offshore investment banking team within its Investment Banking division. The new Maritime and Offshore team comprises four members, including two managing partners: George Giannakis and Nicholas Petrakakos. The team plans to further grow by

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has appointed Marco Montanari as Global Capability Head, ETF & Indexing, effective 11 January 2022, subject to regulatory approval. Based in Hong Kong, Montanari reports to Guillaume Rabault, Chief Investment Officer, Quant Equities. In this newly created role, Montanari will work closely with the sales

Cairngorm Capital Partners (Cairngorm Capital) has appointed Adam Watson, Sheena Pattni and George Buckle to the firm’s investment team. Following the successful close of its third fund, Cairngorm Capital III last year, Cairngorm Capital has over GBP400 million of committed equity capital to deploy. These appointments strengthen the firm’s capacity

Sophie Catala has joined the Buyout team at BlackFin Capital Partners as Debt Director. Catala will be based in BlackFin’s Paris office and will lead the debt and capital structure strategy for new investments and portfolio companies throughout Europe. Catala has substantial experience in capital markets, acquired in banking and

Private equity firm GTCR has named Andrew Johnson as Principal and Chief of Marketing and Communications, a newly created position. In this role, Johnson will lead the strategic development and execution of all marketing and communications activities for GTCR. He will also collaborate with others at the firm and at

PetHonesty, a specialist in pet health products and a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, has named consumer products executive Richard P Greenberg as CEO effective 14 February. PetHonesty founder and CEO Ben Arneberg will continue to serve as a Director on the Company’s Board, and he and his family