Kate Mitchell, co-founder and partner of Scale Venture Partners and former chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) board of directors, has re-joined NVCA’s board as a director. Mitchell’s term will expire in 2016 and comes after Adam Grosser, managing director of Silver Lake Kraftwerk, resigned from the NVCA
BGF, established to help the UK’s growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has appointed Sarah Ledwidge as an investment manager, based in its Bristol office. Ledwidge will be responsible for identifying investable local businesses in Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and the Thames Valley, and working with them to achieve their growth
Brookside Equity Partners has appointed Richard T Dell’Aquila as a managing director. Previously, Dell’Aquila was a managing director at Parallel Investment Partners in Dallas, Texas, where he was involved in sourcing, evaluating, structuring, managing and exiting several private equity investments. Before joining Parallel, Dell’Aquila was a principal at Southfield
Accountancy firm Monahans has appointed Stephanie Hurst to the position of corporate tax manager. Based at the firm’s Bath office, Hurst specialises in business and corporate tax, research and development relief, mergers, acquisitions and business restructuring. Hirst qualified as Chartered Tax Advisor in 2013. She joins Monahans with almost
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Nick Jenkins as head of technical for trustee and depositary services in the UK. Jenkins has 30 years’ experience in the trustee and depositary industry. He joins from Citi where he was head of fiduciary oversight and research. At BNP Paribas he
Preqin, the alternative asset industry data and intelligence specialist, has appointed David Brierwood as a non-executive director. He joined the board on 12 August 2014. Brierwood holds a wealth of experience in investment data analytics and solutions, most recently in his role as chief operating officer of MSCI, which
Marc Lim has joined tax firm WTAS as a managing director in the commercial and alternative investment funds practices in the San Francisco office. Prior to joining WTAS, Lim spent nine years as a tax practitioner in Japan and was a partner at Zeirishi-Hojin PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tokyo. A Bay
Weinberg Capital Partners has sold Alliance Automotive Group to private equity funds managed by Blackstone and the original founders of the automotive parts distributor. Alliance Automotive Group is a leading player in the independent automotive aftermarket in France and the UK, operating under the brands GROUPAUTO France, GROUPAUTO UK, Partners,
Johan Terblanche has joined global law firm Dechert as a partner in the financial services group. Terblanche, who was most recently a partner at Loyens & Loeff, will be resident in the firm’s Luxembourg office. “Our Luxembourg office has doubled its business over the last four years,” says Peter Astleford,
Private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners has appointed three new investment professionals and promoted Seth Peck to vice president. Charles Anderson and Ben Hosler joined the Charlotte office as vice president and associate, respectively, and Mark Pollak joined the Dallas office as an associate. “We’re excited to continue to
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