Private equity firm Z Capital Partners has promoted four members of its team – Martin J Auerbach, Christopher J Kipley, Rahul Sawhney and Jonathan Schmugge – to senior managing director and partner. All four individuals were previously managing directors. James Zenni, president and chief executive of Z Capital Partners, says:
Global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has named Dayna Grayson as Partner. A venture capitalist with operational and product development expertise, Grayson will work with NEA’s East Coast technology team, focusing on early-stage investments in enterprise and consumer internet companies. "Dayna is a talented investor who is intensely
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has recruited James Crisp as its new media manager. Crisp is responsible for the EVCA’s media relations, website and social media communications. An experienced journalist, Crisp joins the EVCA from the Brussels office of MLex Market Intelligence, a global news agency
Global management consultancy firm AT Kearney has appointed Alberto Fumo as senior principal to reinforce the company’s position in private equity consultancy. This appointment is part of the continued growth the practice has experienced, and will expand its presence in the UK and Europe. Fumo has 14 years of
Law firm Goodwin Procter has named Bradley Bugdanowitz as chair of its San Francisco office. Bugdanowitz (pictured) is a partner in Goodwin’s business law department and a member of its private equity, technology companies and life sciences groups, focusing on merger and acquisition transactions, securities offerings and corporate governance. He
SL Capital Partners, a private equity fund of funds manager, has promoted Patrick Knechtli and Mark Nicolson to the position of partner and Jamie Ebersole to managing director. These promotions will be effective on 1 January 2013. Knechtli (pictured), who joined SL Capital’s Edinburgh office in 2009, will lead
Origo Partners has appointed Shonaid Jemmett-Page as a non-executive director and vice chairman of the company with immediate effect. She succeeds Christopher Jemmett as vice chairman who will become senior independent director of the company. Jemmett-Page (pictured), a chartered accountant, has more than 30 years’ experience as a senior
Diversified private equity firm AXA Private Equity has appointed Benoît Verbrugghe as a member of its executive board. Verbrugghe (pictured) will remain head of the New York office as AXA Private Equity continues to expand its business in North America. Dominique Senequier, chief executive of AXA Private Equity, says:
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has appointed James (Jim) Schiro as a senior adviser to the firm. Schiro (pictured) will become a member of CVC’s US and global financial institutions advisory boards to support CVC’s investment activities in the US and in the financial services sector globally. Schiro has
David Bresnick is to join Morrison & Foerster’s London office as a partner in the corporate practice. Bresnick (pictured) represents technology and telecom companies in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity investments and related matters. Bresnick joins the firm from CMS Cameron McKenna’s London office, where he headed the
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