Market research and online consumer intelligence veteran Richard Thornton has been appointed to the board of fast-growing Manchester-based consumer insights business Vypr following a GBP2.5m investment backed by private equity firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM) in January 2021. Vypr has built a cloud-based data validation platform that enables manufacturers and

LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) is expanding its offering for sovereign strategies in emerging and frontier markets with the addition of a Nordic team of six experienced professionals with a long-standing track record to the fixed income competence centre. With this addition, LGT CP will enlarge its capabilities and offering

Infinedi Partners (Infinedi), a private equity firm focused on partnerships with founder-owned businesses, has appointed Henry Blynn as a Senior Associate.  Blynn, who will execute and manage new and existing private equity investments on behalf of Infinedi, was most recently an Associate at Harvest Partners.   Jay Hegenbart, Founder of

The Maples Group has appointed Yuri Schuurman as Senior Vice President and head of the Netherlands office. Licensed and regulated by the Dutch Central Bank as a trust office, the Group’s Netherlands office provides a range of fiduciary services including registered office, directorship and other corporate administration services to special

ECI Partners, a UK growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has opened an office in New York to support the international growth of its investment portfolio.  As part of its expansion, ECI has appointed Brett Pentz as Vice President in their Commercial Team, to lead a newly opened office on Madison

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today has named John Stroup, Executive Chairman of Belden, as an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds.  Stroup joined Belden, a global leader in signal transmission and security systems solutions for mission-critical applications in enterprise and industrial markets, as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2005 and

Yellow Wood Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, has promoted Jennifer Roach Pacini, Andrew Nguyen, and Sarah Mascioli Ensslen to Principal; Payton McVey to Vice President and; Amrutha Mandalap to Senior Associate. Dana Schmaltz, Partner of Yellow Wood Partners, says: “We are

Winston & Strawn has appointed Kathleen Blaszak, as a partner in the Corporate practice in the firm’s Washington DC. Blaszak has extensive experience in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors, having represented media companies, private equity firms and entrepreneurs in the broadcast, cable, newspaper, digital media, technology and automotive sectors.

Resurgens Technology Partners (Resurgens) has added six new team members to its portfolio operations team. The new additions are Jon Ingram as principal of portfolio operations, Edward Kenna as VP of portfolio operations, Wayne Williams as operating partner, Mike Swindell as operating executive (Product & Strategy), James Pitts as operating

Boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan has appointed David Pentlow as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Private Funds & Investment Management Practice. Pentlow has extensive experience representing private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate funds and other investors, financial institutions, and issuers – from start-ups to established public companies – in