Venture capital investor Octopus Ventures has appointed Stephen Morana as a Venture Partner. Morana brings with him 20 years’ experience working with some of the most successful UK digital businesses such as Betfair, Zoopla and boohoo.com.   In his role as Venture Partner, Morana will be supporting Octopus Ventures’ portfolio

Inflexion has promoted Andrew Mainwaring and Andrew Priest to Partner with immediate effect. A further five promotions have also been announced across the firm’s team. This follows Inflexion’s very recent investment in ProLabs, representing the tenth investment in under a year.   Mainwaring is a Partner within Inflexion’s Enterprise Fund

MARU Group (MARU), a technology-enabled market and customer insights group which is backed by private equity firm Primary Capital Partners, has appointed Heather McRae as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect. This appointment further strengthens the Group’s operational expertise, as it pursues its acquisitive growth strategy.   McRae brings

New Sparta Asset Management (NSAM), a specialist emerging market investment manager established by Dr Jerome Booth, has made three senior hires at New Sparta Energy (NSE), a fully owned subsidiary which specialises in the identification, development, construction and operation of power projects in Africa, with a focus on renewable energy.

Capital Risks Limited (Capital Risks), a newly formed Transaction Liability Insurance Managing General Agency (MGA), has appointed Alex Smith as Underwriting Director.  Smith will be joining on 1st August 2017, as soon as he completes his notice period. With a first-class law degree and corporate finance experience, for the past four

Blue Sage Capital, an Austin, Texas-based private investment firm, has added Jonathan Kaskow and Alan Mire to its team. Kaskow joins Blue Sage Capital as a Senior Associate. He will assist with evaluating, structuring, due diligence, and financial modeling of investment opportunities. Prior to joining Blue Sage, Kaskow worked as

European growth private equity firm Keensight Capital has appointed Rémi Louvel as Associate Director, in a move to strengthen the support of its portfolio companies. Louvel will be focusing on supporting the managers of the portfolio companies in their growth initiatives. Thanks to his dual career in the industry and

Mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Quayle Munro has added two new directors to the firm’s advisory team; James Local and Lalit Kasat.   Local has over ten years of corporate finance experience providing independent advice on acquisitions, disposals and fundraisings. He has worked with entrepreneurs, financial sponsors and global corporates