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NV5 Global, a provider of compliance, technology, and engineering consulting solutions, has acquired PES Environmental, an environmental engineering and consulting company providing environmental site assessment, water resources and stormwater management, permitting and compliance, industrial hygiene, and litigation support services.
The acquisition was made with a combination of cash and stock and will be immediately accretive to NV5’s earnings.
Founded in 1989, PES Environmental’s 56 engineers and environmental scientists help public and private sector clients meet their environmental compliance, permitting, and sustainability goals. PES Environmental’s extensive track record with water resources, ground water, and storm water management projects will offer immediate support
Appian Capital Advisory (Appian), an investment advisor to long-term value focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining related companies, has appointed Monica Pinto as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect.
As CFO, Pinto will work closely with the Executive Team in managing the financial operations of the Company at a group corporate and portfolio level. This will include responsibility for relationships with banks and co-ordinating the finance and administration of fund vehicles, with oversight of financial and regulatory reporting, deal structuring and tax, as well as maintaining investor relationships alongside Appian’s CEO and the Global
GoldenTree Asset Management (GoldenTree), a global credit manager, has appointed Simon Granger as Partner and Head of Restructuring & Turnarounds, EMEA.
Granger brings to GoldenTree nearly 25 years of restructuring and turnaround experience. He was previously Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance & Restructurings EMEA at FTI Consulting, London. Prior to joining FTI Consulting in 2007, Mr. Granger was a Director in the Restructuring & Transactions group at Deloitte in London.
“Our research-driven investment approach and culture of collaboration and excellence have been core to our success for over 20 years,” says Steven Tananbaum, Founding Partner and Chief
Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools and insights, has appointed Tom Hunt as its new Chief Technology Officer.
In addition to scaling up Preqin’s technology efforts, Hunt will focus on further developing the company’s solutions and data services to continue to provide the alternatives industry with market-leading data and insights.
Hunt was formerly a technology leader at Kantar and GlobalWebIndex, both market research and data analytics companies. He brings a breadth of experience leading engineering and development teams and leveraging data science to collect and manage large and complex datasets.
Hunt joins Preqin at a time when the
According to the first estimates obtained by the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (ASCRI), through the European platform EDC, the volume of private capital investment in Spain reached EUR1.125 billion in the first quarter of 2021, 84 per cent more than in the same of period last year, from a total of 236 deals.
Of the total number of investments closed over this period, 207 were Venture Capital deals and 29 were Private Equity deals. The volume of Venture Capital investment experienced a significant growth, with EUR542M distributed among the 207 transactions mentioned above, representing an increase of
Churches Fire, a Southampton-based provider of fire safety and security compliance services, has secured a significant GBP75 million refinancing package from HSBC UK and HSBC Asset Management, Northleaf Capital Partners and Siemens Bank.
The senior debt package will provide Churches, which is backed by private equity sponsor Horizon Capital, with significant firepower for future acquisitions. In the last four years the business has successfully acquired 14 companies and now serves over 15,000 customers across the UK.
The company will continue to implement its proven ‘Buy and Build’ strategy with further acquisitions in the pipeline for 2021 and beyond. HSBC
The Robot Exchange has secured a significant GBP500k investment from leading private equity investment firm, Foresight Group, through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).
The Nottingham-based business supplies Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software and services to deliver efficiencies to businesses, helping them streamline and automate their processes via robotic infrastructure.
The funding will be used as growth capital, helping The Robot Exchange further innovate in the RPA sector – enabling greater investment in more technical solutions and increasing the volume of customers, markets and platforms that The Robot Exchange can serve. The Company plans to create an additional five
Frostrow Capital (Frostrow) has appointed Richard Plaskett in the newly created role of Head of Investment Companies.
This appointment reflects the growth in Frostrow’s business and on-going demand for the firm’s services in the investment companies’ sector. Richard will work closely with managing partner, Alastair Smith and the wider Frostrow team in ensuring client investment company Boards receive the highest quality service.
A chartered accountant, Plaskett was formerly a managing director with JP Morgan Asset Management with responsibility for a number of JP Morgan’s leading investment company clients. He was previously with Aberdeen Asset Management, UBS Warburg and RSM
London-based private equity firm ADM Capital Europe’s Cibus Enterprise Fund (Cibus) has invested in US-based retail technology provider Adroit Worldwide Media (AWM).
Technology has reached the point where supermarkets can retrofit their stores with cameras, smart shelves and sensors which provide sufficient data for more efficient shelf stacking, checkout-free shopping, optimising inventory levels and logistics which improve waste reduction. This so-called “frictionless retailing” also enables new formats of stores such as small “hyper-local” stores in a college campus or office building. According to a recent report by Google Cloud, application areas for AI and Machine Learning in physical retail
Global growth investor, Warburg Pincus, has entered into an agreement with Macquarie Capital Principal Finance (Macquarie Capital) to jointly acquire a majority stake in Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG), a specialist in building compliance services in the United Kingdom (UK).
The new investment from Warburg Pincus marks a significant milestone for PTSG as it enters its next phase of growth, allowing the company to focus on continued innovation and key growth initiatives, while continuing to offer strong customer service. PTSG is a leading provider of specialist building compliance services, including fire and electrical compliance services, fall protection and façade
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