Alexandra Dupont has joined BNP Paribas Private Equity as investment director responsible for the origination, realisation and follow-up of growth and transmission deals.  In addition, Nicolas Schwindenhammer (pictured) has been promoted to investment director.   Dupont was previously an investment manager at Cognetas and, before that, 21 Centrale Partners. She

European private equity fund services provider Ipes has appointed Justin Partington to its executive board. As commercial director, Partington will spearhead the continued development and growth of Ipes’ business across the group, with a specific focus on the UK and Europe following the firm’s recent move into Luxembourg. Partington has

The board of directors of Edwards has made changes to the company’s executive management, which are designed to build on its current record performance and prepare the company for its next phase of growth. Nigel Hunton, who has been chief executive for the past four years, will take over the

Sean Ruhmann has joined Cambridge, Massachusetts-based adviser NEPC as a senior consultant in the firm’s alternative investments research group.   He previously was a vice president of investment banking with Goldman Sachs. “Throughout his career at Goldman Sachs and Banc of America Securities, Sean has been providing innovative advice to

Starwood Capital Group, a private equity firm focused on real estate and energy, has hired Christopher Keber as director of global capital raising and investor relations.  Keber will lead a group responsible for the investor outreach efforts of the firm, including capital raising, investor relations and marketing. Prior to joining

Law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has broadened its reach in China with the addition of Rocky Lee, a lawyer specialising in Asian equity markets. Lee joins Cadwalader as Asia managing partner and head of its Greater China corporate practice in the corporate department. "At this critical moment in the

Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners is relocating Peter Bell from Boston to the firm’s Menlo Park office. "Backing innovative, market leading companies in California has always been an essential aspect of Highland’s investment strategy," says Bell, general partner with Highland. "I am passionate about entrepreneurship and excited to return

Angelo Gordon has added J. Wayne Merck to its private equity group as a senior adviser. Merck will also serve on the board of the firm’s portfolio company, KEE Action Sports. "We are thrilled Wayne has decided to become a Senior Advisor to our firm’s Private Equity Group," says Arthur

Accel Partners, a venture capital and growth equity firm operating in Silicon Valley, Europe, Israel, China and India, has added Prateek Dhawan to its growth equity investing team in India as a principal. Prior to Accel, Dhawan was vice president at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, where he was leading the