BGF (Business Growth Fund) continues to grow its investment team covering the North of England with the appointment of Ben Barker, who will be based across BGF’s offices in Manchester and Leeds. Barker has more than 13 years’ experience of equity funding gained, most recently, as a director at Caird

NorthEdge Capital, a private equity house that invests in businesses in the North of England, has hired Ben Wildsmith as Portfolio Director to manage the firm’s existing portfolio and to help deliver new deals across the North of England. Wildsmith has over 15 years of corporate finance experience. He joins

Yukon Partners Management (Yukon) has appointed Michael Furey as a Partner in the firm’s investment team. At Yukon, Furey will work closely with founding partners Michael Hall and William Dietz, as well as the firm’s investment professionals, in sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities and providing operational expertise and counsel

Edison Group, the international equity research and investor access firm, has appointed Tom Teichman as chairman to support its continued global growth plans. Teichman brings a proven track record in helping grow an array of innovative companies into sector-based leaders. He has helped shape many businesses to enable them to

Magda Magnuszewska, previously Managing Director at private equity firm Innova Capital, has been promoted to Partner. Magnuszewska (pictured) started her career at Innova Capital in 2004. Since then, she has gained experience in the private equity market, taking part in numerous projects, particularly in the field of TMT and related

Julian Masters has been made a senior partner of mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm. At the same time, Tom Elliott and Enrica Dacomo have been promoted to investment director. Masters leads Bowmark’s business & financial services and media practices. Since joining the firm from

BGF (Business Growth Fund) is continuing to grow its investment team in the Midlands with the appointment of Debbie Sorby. Sorby has 18 years’ portfolio management experience gained most recently at Midven and before that at YFM Group, Connection Capital and 3i, where she spent 11 years.   Based in

Financial Technology Partners (FT Partners), an investment bank focused exclusively on FinTech, has hired William Blair & Co Managing Director and FinTech specialist, Phil Olson as a managing director. Olson has over 15 years experience in the FinTech sector and has been a key figure in over 100 M&A and financing

Centaur Holdings, the global investment holding company, has appointed a new Group Chief Financial Officer and Group Finance Director. Peter Wane joins as Group Chief Financial Officer from Deutsche Bank where he was finance director for the MENA region for over seven years. Peter brings with him over 30 years