Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) has appointed Sebastien Leusch as Investment Director to its Manchester office as the firm continues to seek new investments from its EUR2 billion Fund V. Leusch joins Equistone having previously worked at Montagu Private Equity, where he spent nine years developing a strong reputation for delivering

Maven Capital Partners has appointed Alex Marsh to its investment team in the North East, as Investment Manager to transact on behalf of Maven’s private equity funds and help manage the GBP20 million Finance Durham Fund, announced earlier this year by Business Durham. Marsh joins from Northstar Ventures, a North

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Simon Jennings as a Managing Director. Based in London, Jennings will focus on business development with distribution partners in Europe and Asia to help their private wealth clients achieve their private markets objectives. “Over the last three decades, and especially

Epidarex Capital (Epidarex), an early-stage, transatlantic life science venture fund, has appointed Dr William R Sellers, William Burns and Dr. Frank M Armstrong to its advisory board. Epidarex is a leading investor in high growth life science and health technologies in under-ventured markets. The advisory board provides strategic guidance and

Waterland Private Equity Investments has moved to a new permanent UK office and unveiled a new UK team that is looking to partner with entrepreneurial companies in the UK and Ireland. The European-wide private equity fund manager recently closed its seventh fund (WPEF VII), at EUR2 billion, after less than

Kewsong Lee and Glenn A Youngkin are to become Co-Chief Executive Officers of The Carlyle Group, while Peter J Clare will become Co-Chief Investment Officer alongside current CIO William E Conway, Jr. Carlyle’s current Chairman Daniel A D’Aniello will become Chairman Emeritus and continue to serve on the Carlyle Board

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm, has appointed Alex Kessel as a Principal on its Co-Investment Team. Kessel joins a growing, dedicated global team lead by David Brett, Partner and Head of Co-Investment at Adams Street Partners. Kessel will be actively involved in the sourcing, screening, execution,

Sell-side M&A advisor firm Cavendish Corporate Finance has promoted corporate finance professional Jon Edirmanasinghe to Partner. Edirmanasinghe covers a variety of sectors having completed transactions across TMT, Consumer, Healthcare, Financial Services and Business Services. He joined Cavendish in October 2013 as an Executive and his promotion to Partner just four years

Muller’s appointment is part of Capzanine’s desire to institutionalise its relationship with its growing number of investors, providing them with a designated point of contact on a daily basis to help guide their investment decisions. Muller says: “My role is to establish and develop a close and valuable relationship with