Munich-based Venture Capital firm Target Partners has appointed Holger G Weiss as its newest Venture Partner. Weiss will help to build out Target Partners’ startup network, with a focus on the Berlin ecosystem and the topics of Future Mobility and Internet of Things. Weiss has 15 years of entrepreneurial experience

Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), a specialist engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has appointed Clare Glackin, Head of Industrial Practice at Odgers Berndtson, to the firm’s Advisory Board. Glackin heads the Industrial practice at Odgers Berndtson, where she undertakes executive searches for manufacturing and engineering businesses. Her particular focus is senior

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Will Copeland to the investment team in the Midlands. Copeland joins BGF from PwC where he worked as a manager in the transaction services team, providing due diligence to a variety of buyers, sellers and refinancers. Based in BGF’s Birmingham office, Copeland joins a

Forum Equity Partners has appointed Colin Yee as the compan’s bew Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  As a founding partner of Dundee 360 Real Estate Corporation (formerly 360 VOX Inc), Yee has over 15 years of finance experience including managing assets with a total value of over USD4 billion and comprehensive

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has appointed Mark Begor as a Managing Director in the Industrial and Business Services group.  In this role, Begor will work with the firm's portfolio companies to accelerate growth and enhance operations, as well as help to identify and evaluate investment opportunities. Begor joins Warburg

AT&T Inc has appointed Geoffrey Yang to its Board of Directors. Yang is a founding partner and managing director of venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures. He will serve on the company’s Corporate Development and Finance Committee. “Geoff has an outstanding track record in technology and emerging forms of media and

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has appointed private equity real estate lawyer Robert Porter Robert Porter as Of Counsel in the firm’s London office.  Porter, who joins from another international law firm, has more than 30 years of experience in the real estate sector, advising private equity real estate

Private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has appointed Chris Curfman to its Executive Advisory Board.  Curfman was most recently President of Caterpillar Global Mining and Senior Vice President of CAT Inc.(NYSE:CAT), the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. Curfman's career with Caterpillar Global Mining and CAT Inc. spans over