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Kim M Pedersen joins Hycroft as MD

Kim M Pedersen has joined Hycroft, a specialty investment bank focused exclusively on the alternative investments market, as managing director. Pedersen has over 17 years of private markets expertise, with strong relationships in the private equity community among both general partners and limited partners in Europe and the US.  

Chelverton appoints Richard Bucknell as investment director in unquoted equities team

Chelverton Asset Management (CAM) has appointed Richard Bucknell as investment director in its unquoted equities team. The team is responsible for sourcing and executing quality investment opportunities in private UK companies for a range of high net worth (HNW) investors and private investment offices.   Bucknell (pictured), an experienced private

Phil Scanlan joins strategic advisory board of Bridge Growth Partners

Bridge Growth Partners, a growth-oriented private equity investment firm launched late last year, has appointed Phil Scanlan to the firm’s strategic advisory board. Scanlan, an Australian businessman, stepped down as Australian consul-general in New York last year.   He is a former managing director of Coca-Cola Amatil.   “We are

CDC appoints David Osborne as investment director

CDC Group has appointed David Osborne as investment director. Osborne joins CDC’s equity investments team, which provides capital directly to businesses across Africa and South Asia, focusing on sectors that have good potential for job creation.   Osborne has over 25 years of experience of private equity investing in both

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SAP Ventures appoints Rami Branitzky MD of market development

SAP Ventures, the independent venture capital firm affiliated with SAP AG, has named Rami Branitzky as managing director to lead the global market development team. With more than USD1.4bn under management, SAP Ventures invests in innovative and disruptive expansion-stage companies, as well as early-stage venture capital funds, across the information technology

Mark Browne joins Dechert as partner

Law firm Dechert has appointed Mark Browne as a partner with the firm’s financial services group in its Dublin office. “We are delighted to have Mark join us,” says Peter Astleford, Dechert’s global financial services group co-chair. “Mark’s experience, dynamism and deep knowledge of the Irish and international investment funds

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State Street creates teams dedicated to supporting new alternative fund structures

State Street has appointed two senior executives to its alternatives investment solutions' (AIS) North American private equity fund services team. Suresh Krishnamurthy and Cesar Estrada, both senior managing directors, will lead teams dedicated to servicing alternative fund of funds, limited partner, direct and hybrid structures.   They will report to

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Altium makes four senior promotions

International investment bank Altium has strengthened its UK team following the promotion of four senior staff. Katie Hobbs has been promoted to director in the London office. She joined the firm in 2008 from Goldman Sachs and has worked on a number of transactions including the sale of Mentor to

ACE expands M&A practice

ACE Group has expanded its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practice into a private equity practice concentrating on insurance solutions for private equity firms, their portfolio companies as well as their M&A transactions. Seth Gillston, based in New York City, has been named executive vice president to lead the expanded practice.

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