Excellere Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm specialising in partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams through recapitalisations and management buyouts, has hired Michael Geldart as Partner. David Kessenich, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Excellere Partners, says: “We are excited to welcome Michael to Excellere Partners. He is a strategic-minded, results-oriented
Cairngorm Capital has appointed Alex Bayliss and John Naylor-Leyland as Investment Directors, further bolstering the firm’s capacity for new investments. Bayliss brings extensive experience of investing in mid market manufacturing and business services companies. He joins from SEA Equity where he was a founding Partner and board member of portfolio
Crestbridge in Jersey has been approved by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) to provide Management Company (ManCo) solutions to Jersey funds, adding further to its offshore and onshore alternative fund servicing and management capabilities. The award of the licence means that Crestbridge in Jersey will now be one of
Andrew Cosslett has joined private equity firm Advent International as an Operating Partner. Cosslett will work closely with Advent’s Retail, Consumer and Leisure team to identify new investment opportunities across Advent’s global network, with a particular focus on the leisure sector. He will also be available to support Advent’s current and
Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed structured finance and capital markets specialist Paul Severs as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice ion London. Severs will be joining the firm from Berwin Leighton Paisner, where he is Head of Structured Debt and Capital Markets. Severs has extensive experience in
CBO Investment Management (CBO IM), the Nigeria based investment management firm focused on African private equity, has appointed Gary Steinberg as the Head of its Advisory board and a member of the Investment Committee. Steinberg joins CBO with immediate effect as he retires from his role as Chief of the
The Guernsey office of JTC, a provider of institutional client and private client services, will now be led by Adam Moorshead (pictured). As well as being the Managing Director of the Guernsey office, A Moorshead dam who joined JTC in 2015 following the acquisition of Kleinwort Benson’s fund administration business,
Osaka-based asset manager, Nippon Capital Asset Management J-LLC is moving onto the international stage with the opening of a new office in China. Nippon Capital provides customised portfolio management services covering equities, fixed income, hedge funds and private equity. The news comes just days after China’s securities regulator moved
Palatine Private Equity has promoted three members of the firm’s team. Beth Houghton has been made Partner having played an instrumental role in achieving positive exits for family leisure business Playnation, as well as the sale of financial education provider Wealth at Work to Equistone in a GBP50 million buyout.
Private equity form HarbourVest Partners has elevated Nate Bishop, Carolina Espinal and Aris Hatch to Managing Director, and promoted eight other senior professionals worldwide. “As a firm, we are extremely proud of the team we have in place. At every level, promotions reflect a clear and demonstrated commitment to our
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