Business Growth Hub, part of Manchester Growth Company (MGC), has appointed Tanya Hemphill as Growth Start-Up Manager. Hemphill will manage the Hub’s established team of business start-up advisors, who give entrepreneurs in the region the tools they need to set up and grow their own businesses through one-to-one support and

Graham Carberry has become a Partner in Livingstone’s London team with effect from 1 April 2016. Carberry has been with Livingstone for 11 years and has played an important role in developing the firm’s Industrial sector team, focusing on Engineered Products, Print & Packaging and Defence & Security. Patrick Groarke,

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has expanded its South West and Thames Valley investment team with the appointment of Alex Snodgrass (pictured), who joins BGF’s regional team of 10 people responsible for identifying investment opportunities and managing the deal process from origination through to completion. Snodgrass has more than 10 years’

Edison, the international equity research firm, has appointed Robert Murphy as its new Head of Investment Trusts as part of the division’s ongoing expansion. Murphy joins the London office as head of investment trusts in the UK. Formerly a managing director of equity research at HSBC London, he led the

Neel Bhatia, 41, has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Green Peak Partners. Bhatia succeeds Green Peak founder JP Flaum, 44, who will become Chairman. Green Peak is an organisational and human capital consulting firm that serves Fortune 1000 companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and non-profits.

Advantage Capital has appointed James O’Rourke as a managing director based in New York.  A seasoned investor and portfolio manager, O’Rourke will focus on developing the firm’s reach in the northeastern region of the US. O’Rourke brings 12 years of experience in debt and equity investing in a wide variety

Data Point Capital, a Boston-based venture capital firm focused on funding companies that can be leveraged and scaled on the internet, has appointed Mike Majors as its newest Managing Partner.  Majors' venture career started at Brand Equity Ventures, where he focused on software, digital media and consumer internet investments with

Activa Capital, a Paris-based independent private equity company investing in mid-market companies, has appointed three new partners – Pierre Chabaud, Alexandre Masson and Benjamin Moreau – and one operations partner Jean-François Briand. Created in 2002, Activa Capital is currently managed by four Partners: Charles Diehl, Michael Diehl, Philippe Latorre and

Private equity firm Lotus Innovations has added Ommid Bavarian to its executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Bavarian joins Lotus as the firm continues its drive into the private equity market with a highly successful Fund I, and a tripling of its soon-to-close Fund II.  The addition of Bavarian, who