Boston-based private equity firm Berkshire Partners has appointed EJ Whelan as Managing Director effective 1 January, 2012. He joins the 13 current Managing Directors of Berkshire in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds. Whelan joined Berkshire Partners in 2005. He has worked extensively with Berkshire’s consumer products, retail
Foresight Group has appointed Sarah Cole as Head of Institutional Investor Relations. Based in Foresight’s Sevenoaks office, Sarah will take responsibility for Foresight’s growing institutional client base. Cole joins from Winton Capital Management, where she was Vice President US and UK Institutional Clients. Prior to that, Cole worked in New York
Summit Partners, a growth equity firm that invests in rapidly growing companies, has announced a series of promotions — three Managing Directors and five Principals — in its Boston, Palo Alto and London offices. Robin Devereux, Han Sikkens and Christian Strain have been promoted to Managing Director, and Michael Anderson, Dave Averett, Vincent
Sun Capital Partners has promoted five executives to the position of Managing Director. Sun Capital’s expanded global senior management team now counts 22 Managing Directors, including 11 on the operations team, nine on the investment team, and two responsible for corporate infrastructure. Two of the promotions were made at Sun
Sovereign Capital, the UK private equity Buy & Build specialist, has appointed Sunil Jain and Nick Miller as Investment Managers. These hires further strengthen the investment team following the appointments of Manish Miglani and Rob King earlier this year. Prior to joining Sovereign, Sunil was an Investment Manager at Blenheim
Advent Software has appointed Hazem Elmalla as the new head of professional services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In this role, Elmalla will support Advent’s ongoing operation and be responsible for the professional services teams dedicated to clients in the region. Advent Software has been engaged in
DC Advisory Partners has appointed Joel Hope-Bell as Managing Director in its Business Services team. Based in London, Hope-Bell will join a team of twelve dedicated European Business Services bankers who have so far completed sixteen transactions in the sector in 2011. Previously a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill
David Blechman has joined private equity firm HIG Capital’s leveraged buyout (LBO) practice as a Managing Director. Blechman joins HIG after leading a number of successful middle market private equity investments across a variety of industries, including take-privates, corporate carveouts and restructurings. Blechman brings over 16 years of private equity
Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help Britain’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has appointed James Austin as Investment Director to expand its presence in the South West and South Wales and to help drive investment in the region. Austin joins Regional Director Paul Oldham in Bristol and
Paul McLaughlin has been appointed as head of operations for State Street’s Alternative Investment Solutions team in Guernsey. McLaughlin, who has more than 15 years of experience in the alternative investment industry, joins State Street to help further build its alternative investment servicing business in Europe, Middle East and Africa
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