Kainos Capital, a food and consumer-focussed private equity firm, has appointed Rob Ruegger as a Managing Director. Ruegger most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Gehl Foods, where he was responsible for all aspects of manufacturing and supply chain.  Ruegger brings to the Kainos team over 30 years of

Duff & Phelps has appointed Ben Collett as a Managing Director in its Restructuring Advisory practice. Working across the firm’s Birmingham, Manchester and London offices, Collett will focus on providing advisory services to corporate clients across the UK and Europe. He joins the firm from IMI Precision Engineering, where he

Amit Jain has rejoined Growth equity private equity firm TA Associates as a Vice President and member of the North America Technology Group in the firm’s Menlo Park office. “It is a pleasure to welcome Amit back to TA,” says Jennifer M Mulloy, Managing Director at TA Associates and head

East Coast Concepts, a Manchester-based restaurant and bar group, has appointed Simon Kaye as managing director as it targets growth across the UK. The Group, which was backed by mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge Capital in 2016, operates two restaurant-bar brands – Neighbourhood and Victors. Neighbourhood is inspired by New

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has added Pete Blackburn and Farhan Ahmed to its real assets senior leadership team in Luxembourg. Previously based in the Group’s Jersey office, Blackburn has been with the Group for over 10 years and has held numerous positions in relationship management

Following a record year of investment and fundraising activity in 2018, Churchill Asset Management (Churchill), a majority-owned affiliate of Nuveen focussed on originating, underwriting and managing middle market senior loan investments, has promoted Mat Linett, Managing Director, from Deputy Head of Underwriting and Portfolio Management to Head of Underwriting, and

BGF has appointed Sophie Brand as an investor in its Leeds office. Brand joins from Deloitte, where she spent nearly eight years working across the firm’s Leeds and London offices. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in Deloitte’s audit practice, Brand has spent the past four years working in the