Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has added director Dave Furlong and associate director Kate Grimoldby to its North of England acquisition finance team. The appointments will support the origination and execution of mid-market leveraged financings, including buyouts, bolt-on acquisitions and re-financings, with private equity firms and companies across the North
Nova Capital Management has appointed Richard Lobo as an investment partner in the firm’s North American team. Nova opened its North American headquarters in Chicago in January this year. This appointment follows Nova’s recent announcement of its acquisition of five home improvement and hardware brands from Newell Rubbermaid in
Summit Partners, a growth equity investor, has appointed two senior healthcare investment professionals: Darren Black, managing director in Summit’s Boston office, and Thomas Tarnowski, principal in Summit’s London office. Since 1984, Summit has invested in more than 70 companies across the healthcare and life sciences industry. “We’re delighted
LBO France has appointed Etienne Colas as managing director within the operating team. The operating team was put in place by LBO France to help support its underlying portfolio companies and to generate value creation. The team’s mission is to structure the value creation process by working with the
Private investment firm HarbourVest Partners has appointed Olav König as a managing director and head of sales and client service for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In this role König, a German national and a lawyer by background, will expand and enhance HarbourVest’s relationships with investors and their
AXA Private Equity has appointed Juan Angoitia as managing director in the infrastructure team based in the Paris office. AXA Private Equity’s infrastructure team has USD4bn of assets under management. Angoitia has 15 years’ experience within the infrastructure industry. Prior to joining AXA Private Equity, he spent five
Matthew McAskin has joined the Evercore’s investment banking business as a senior managing director in its healthcare group. He will be based in New York and will focus on advising clients in the healthcare services sector. McAskin was most recently a managing director and co-head of healthcare services
Foundation Capital has named Jonathan Ehrlich as partner at the firm. Ehrlich (pictured), a former director of marketing at Facebook, will concentrate on identifying and investing in early-stage consumer, mobile, and small business oriented startups and technologies. “Jonathan is everything Foundation Capital looks for in a partner,” says
Katherine Woodthorpe is retiring from her role as chief executive of The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL). Woodthorpe says that after seven years in the role, the time is right for her to pursue fresh challenges. AVCAL’s chairman John White says: “Shortly after Katherine joined
The Riverside Company has added two industry veterans as advisors to its European team to help identify investment opportunities and contribute to existing investments. They join a growing global team of 10 advisors. Kai Lucks comes to Riverside after 35 years at Siemens, where he ran businesses in
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