Jacobs Holding and Telemos Capital, the two private investment firms backed by the Jacobs family, have merged to form Jacobs Capital, with the newly combined firm to be co-chaired by Nicolas and Philippe Jacobs, according to a report by CityWire.

NorthEdge has appointed Aiden Hawkes to the Birmingham office as Investment Manager and Serafina Di Felice as Investment Manager in the Manchester office, the roles will include identifying new investment opportunities and supporting growth across the portfolio, with the former joining the Technology team and the latter joining the Healthcare

Clearlake Capital Group has made several senior-level hires across the firm’s investment and O.P.S.® teams, including Josh Lederman, Managing Director, Capital Markets; Tasha Pelio, O.P.S.® Managing Director, Marketing & Communications; Eric Rimmke, O.P.S. ® Principal; and Chad Neale, O.P.S.® SVP Information Security.

BC Partners-backed telecommunications provider United Group has appointed Stan Miller, a telecoms veteran and former CEO of Royal KPN NV’s mobile division, as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding founder Dragan Šolak and current CEO Victoriya Boklag, according to a report by Bloomberg.

German mid-market private equity firm Vorsprung Management has appointed former Credit Suisse executive Joachim Ringer as Partner, as the firm looks to strengthen its investment capabilities and drive strategic growth across Europe, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Ama Capital has appointed Andrew Tyler, Alistair Hardie and Tony Buffin as non-executive Partners to its board and investment committee, with each having spent highly successful careers as executive and non-executive leaders of institutionally-backed businesses.

Independent investment consultancy bfinance has appointed Odi Lahav as Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Lahav will oversee investment research, digital solutions, and corporate functions, including technology, legal, compliance, and HR.

European credit specialist, AlbaCore Capital Group, has appointed Diarmuid Curran as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, with the mandate of focusing on AlbaCore’s leading European CLO platform – both new issuance and existing CLO fund management.