Grant Thornton has named Carlos Ferreira as its national managing partner for Private Equity, effective 1 August, 2020. He succeeds Doug Gawrych, who will retire at the end of this fiscal year in accordance with Grant Thornton’s mandatory retirement policy. In his new role, Ferreira will lead the strategic direction for

Schroder Adveq, an asset manager investing in private equity globally, has appointed Christiaan van der Kam as Head of Secondaries. Van der Kam will be joining Schroder Adveq from Unigestion, where he was Co-Head of Secondaries and instrumental in building their secondaries platform. Starting on 1 September, Christiaan brings over

FFL Partners (FFL), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has promoted Chris Harris and Cas Schneller to Managing Partner.Harris and Schneller, who have both been with FFL for more than a decade, will join existing Managing Partners and co-founders Spencer Fleischer and Tully Friedman

Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) has appointed Adam Feigenbaum as a senior advisor.Feigenbaum joins SGE following nearly 20 years at iCIMS, Inc. (“iCIMS”), where he helped to develop the company’s go-to-market strategies and operations infrastructure that led it to become the world’s leading, best-in-class talent acquisition software provider. As Chief Customer

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has appointed R Todd Bradley as an Operating Partner. Bradley will have a broad mandate as an Operating Partner, where he will bring his extensive executive experience to bear working with OEP’s investment teams to identify operational excellence opportunities within the

IQ Capital, a deep-tech venture capital firm based in Cambridge and London, has appointed Simon Hirtzel as General Partner.Hirtzel, alumnus of the University of Cambridge holding a degree in Natural Sciences, served as Chief Financial Officer at PA Consulting Group until 2007, then as Chief Operating Officer of Kreos Capital,

Consonance Capital Partners (CCP), a US healthcare focused private equity firm, has promoted Javier Starkand and Sean Breen Partner. Both joined CCP in 2012 and had previously worked with the Founders prior to CCP.Stephen McKenna, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CCP, says: “We’re thrilled to recognise these two impressive individuals

Fund+, an VC investment firm focused on innovative European Life Sciences companies, has added Luc Debruyne and Gérard Lamarche to its B hard of Directors. In accordance with the Company’s governance charter, Honorary Chairman Désiré Collen, Arnoud de Pret, Pierre Drion and Hilde Laga have stepped down from the Board following

Innova Capital, a private equity fund in Central and Eastern Europe, has promoted Magdalena Pasecka to the position of Partner. As Partner, Pasecka will continue to fulfil the role of Innova Capital’s CFO.   “I am proud to have earned the trust of the Innova Partners and to have received this

Ed, a global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, has appointed Robert Coward, a qualified corporate lawyer, as divisional director in its professional and executive risk team, effective immediately. Coward will report to Niraj Perera, head of transactional risk. In this role Robert’s legal expertise will provide invaluable support in providing insurance