Independent private equity firm Nixen Partners has appointed Vincent Houlot as partner. The 37-year-old, who graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris and Oxford University, began his career in 1998 with the consulting firm Bossard Gemini Consulting. In 2002, Houlot joined NiXEN Partners where he has been involved especially in
Lynn Nicholson has joined the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) as senior communications manager. Nicholson’s (pictured) responsibilities include the delivery of member, industry and press communications with a particular focus on strategy and content. An experienced communications professional and M&A consultant, Nicholson joins from B2Boost,
August Equity has strengthened its investment team with three promotions. Rob Simpson (pictured) has been promoted to business development director whilst Mehul Patel and Anthony Bellau are now investment directors. Simpson, who joined August Equity in 2011, has sourced a number of acquisitions for August Equity including the
Altius Associates has appointed two senior associates to its global investment team. Jeffrey Kopocis will be based in the Richmond, Virginia office and Arnaud Garel-Galais will be based in the London office. Bradford Young (pictured), Altius’ head of investments, says: “We are delighted that we were able to
UMB Fund Services (UMBFS) has made leadership changes and appointed a new representative for its business development team. Lonnie Macdonald has transitioned out of his role as head of business development for UMBFS in order to focus on other responsibilities within the organisation. He had led the business development
Olga Koulechova has been promoted to partner at Idinvest Partners, having joined the firm as head of business development in October 2011. Koulechova’s (pictured) promotion strengthens Idinvest Partners’ development of close relationships with large institutions involved in investing in small and mid private equity backed companies in Europe (venture capital,
Vulcan Capital, the Seattle-based investment management firm that oversees philanthropist Paul G Allen’s multi-billion dollar portfolio, has named Abhishek Agrawal as managing director and head of its new Palo Alto office. Agrawal (pictured) will direct Vulcan’s presence in Silicon Valley and focus on expanding the firm’s investments in the
Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has expanded its London office with the addition of partners Peter JM Declercq and Sonya Van de Graaff to the business reorganisation practice. Declercq and Van de Graaff (pictured) are joining the firm from Brown Rudnick. Adam Harris, head of the SRZ business
HIG Capital managing director Fraser Preston (pictured) and principal Brian McMullen have relocated from the firm’s Miami office to San Francisco in order to create a West Coast presence for the HIG Middle Market fund, targeting transactions with enterprise values from USD200m to USD1bn. They will focus on making
The Sterling Group, a middle market private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, has hired Jim Apple as a senior vice president, business development effective immediately. Apple (pictured) has worked with Sterling closely for many years in his role in sponsor coverage at both Morgan Keegan and Raymond James.
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