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Loton adds Sandy Climan to advisory board

Media industry veteran Sandy Climan has joined the advisory board of Loton Corp. Climan is a seasoned media and motion picture industry executive, talent agent and producer, who currently serves as president of Entertainment Media Ventures, a media investment and strategic advisory company.   From 2007 to 2010, Climan served

EY names Jeff Grabow as US VC leader

Jeff Grabow has been named the new US venture capital leader for EY, a specialist advisor to entrepreneurs. He will lead the overall US VC strategy as part of the firm's strategic growth markets practice, working with regional leaders to build strong relationships with both high-growth entrepreneurial companies and the

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HQ Capital appoints David Pierce to grow Asian businesses

Harald Quandt Capital (HQ Capital), a private investment group owned by the Harald Quandt Family of Germany, has appointed David Pierce as a managing director and head of Asia. “David Pierce is an exceptionally experienced private markets investor,” says Axel May, a member of the HQ Capital board. “We are

SL Capital Partners makes senior appointments

SL Capital Partners is bolstering its operational team with the promotion to partner of chief operating officer Ian Harris and the appointment of David Thompson as legal director. As a partner, Harris will continue to lead SL Capital’s finance, operations and fund administration teams and the oversight of third party

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Phoenix Group’s Jim Graham appointed COO of The Gym Group

UK budget gym operator The Gym Group has appointed Jim Graham as chief operating officer (COO). Graham joined the business on 1 May 2014 after leaving Phoenix Equity Partners, the group’s majority shareholder, where he has advised the management teams of a diverse range of Phoenix investments, including The Gym,

Travis Pearson joins GI Partners as managing director

Middle market private equity firm GI Partners has appointed Travis Pearson as managing director. Pearson will work broadly across the GI portfolio to drive key operational initiatives and pursue new investment opportunities.   Pearson joins GI after 15 years at Bain & Company, where he served clients in technology, media,

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Robert K Steel joins Perella Weinberg Partners as CEO

Robert K Steel has joined investment advisory and asset management firm Perella Weinberg Partners as chief executive officer, with effect from 7 July 2014. Joseph Perella will continue in an active role as chairman, while co-founders Terry Meguid and Peter Weinberg will remain in their roles as co-head of asset

Paul Hsiao joins Canvas Venture Fund as general partner

Canvas Venture Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm formed in August 2013 with its USD175 million inaugural fund, has appointed Paul Hsiao as a general partner and founding managing member. Hsiao is a seasoned entrepreneur, operator and venture investor. He spent the last 10 years at New Enterprise Associates (NEA),

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Bill Tice joins Vida Capital as head of marketing and investor relations

Asset management firm Vida Capital has named Bill Tice as senior managing director, head of marketing and investor relations. Tice joins Vida with 15 years of marketing and business development experience, most recently as a managing director at Siguler Guff & Company, an USD11 billion private equity firm based in

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Chris Wade joins Octopus

Chris Wade, a veteran entrepreneur and the UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) adviser on venture capital, is to join the ventures team at Octopus as strategic adviser. In this new role, Wade will be working with the ventures team, and its portfolio companies, looking to break into Asian markets.  

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