Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Martin Schwab and William Pruellage as Co-Managing Partners, jointly responsible for Pamplona’s day-to-day operations. Alex Knaster and John Halsted will continue to lead the firm, with Alex remaining as Chairman & CEO, and John becoming President
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has hired Shawn Haghighi as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Working from the firm’s office in Los Angeles, Haghighi joins OpenGate’s global senior leadership team comprising investment professionals in Los Angeles and Paris, France. Haghighi is a tenured professional with over 18
Campbell Lutyens, one of the leading global private capital advisors, is pleased to announce that Michele Kinner has joined as a US Advisory Director. Kinner has over 30 years of experience in private equity and banking. Most recently, she was a Partner at Quilvest Private Equity, where she was responsible
Borden, a heritage American brand and US dairy processor and distributor, has appointed Eduardo Martinez as Vice President of Direct Store Delivery (DSD), effective immediately. “DSD is a key advantage for Borden in providing best-in-class service,” says Borden CEO Tony Sarsam. “The DSD team plays a critical role as they
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 24 attorneys as partners of the firm, while six attorneys have been named counsel, effective 1 November, in the largest round of partner and counsel promotions in the firm’s 153-year history. The roster of new partners includes hedge fund, private equity and
Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, has appointed a new Portfolio Manager, Michael Coupland, to its private equity team. Coupland will play a key role in monitoring Connection Capital’s private equity portfolio and will partner with portfolio companies throughout the lifetime of the investment, to strengthen the investor/investee
Fund administrator Apex Group (Apex) has appointed Robert Aaron as the first member of the firm’s new Advisory Council. The purpose of the Council is to form a select group of industry leaders, with significant track records in guiding market developments, to help drive Apex forward as a leading innovator
Dutch investor Nimbus is to open offices in the United Kingdom as the company launches its fourth fund. Nimbus has appointed veteran investor Chris Clegg, a former Partner at Endless, to Chair their UK operations. Nimbus is a hands on investor focusing on non-core carve outs and companies requiring operational
Akin Gump has added a four-partner financial restructuring and global debt finance team, with Thomas F O’Connor, Renée M.Dailey, Christopher E Lawrence and Chester L “Chip” Fisher all joining from Morgan Lewis. O’Connor will be based in Akin Gump’s London office, while Dailey, Fisher and Lawrence will launch the firm’s
Global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners has added two UK-based partners, Nick Kingsbury and Volker Hirsch, to its team of early stage venture capital investors. Kingsbury’s investment focus will be on cyber security, AI and B2B software businesses while Volker’s expertise is in artificial intelligence & machine learning, human-machine interfaces, enterprise SaaS, autonomous
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