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Eurazeo has appointed Virginie Morgon, the company’s current Deputy CEO, as CEO from 19 March, 2018. Morgon (pictured), will replace Patrick Sayer at the end of his fourth term as CEO and Chair of Eurazeo’s Executive Board.
Morgon’s experience and key contribution to numerous successes made her the Supervisory Board’s natural choice for the CEO role. She has been an Executive Board member for ten years and Deputy CEO since 2014. She has considerable experience and a solid international business network. Morgon is a highly regarded professional in Europe, the United States and Asia and is an independent director of
Fried Frank has advised Balderton Capital (UK) (Balderton) on the structuring and raising of its new USD375 million venture capital fund, Balderton VI. The fund exceeded its target of USD350 million, with support from investors across the globe.
The Fund will primarily invest in European technology companies at Series A-stage.
Mark Mifsud, asset management partner at Fried Frank, says: “The Fried Frank team is delighted to be a part of Balderton’s latest highly successful fundraising, continuing our long-standing relationship with the Balderton team and further demonstrating our reputation globally as a leading provider of services to asset managers within
General Tools & Instruments (General Tools), a portfolio company of High Road Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of the assets of PacTool International.
Based near Seattle, Washington, PacTool International designs and manufactures siding tools and gauges, specialty hand tools, cutting tools and blades used to cut and install fiber-cement siding, wood shingles and other exterior siding and cladding materials.
PacTool’s products are used in construction, renovation and remodelling, and its products include the patented Gecko Gauge, which holds fibre-cement siding in place during installation and can reduce labor requirements by half; Snapper Shears, a collection of dust-free cutting
Last month, Hedgeweek, in partnership with Intralinks, hosted a breakfast briefing in London to present the findings of a global LP survey that sought to determine investor sentiment towards GPs.
More than 140 LPs responded to the survey, of whom approximately 52 per cent were based in North America, 31 per cent in Europe and 15 per cent in Asia Pacific. Nearly one quarter (22 per cent) were public pension plans, 15 per cent were consultants and 13 per cent were either endowments or family offices.
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The breakfast briefing took the form a fireside discussion between James Williams,
I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, is to acquire the Latin American and Caribbean businesses of Inkia Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IC Power Ltd (IC Power).
The transaction includes only the LatAm Businesses. IC Power’s Israeli asset, OPC Energy Ltd., is not being sold as part of the transaction.
One of the largest independent power producers in Latin America, Inkia has a highly contracted portfolio of approximately 3.4 gigawatts of gross installed capacity in nine countries, with a fleet of highly efficient hydroelectric, wind and thermal facilities across the region. The company also
Linklaters has advised the African Development Bank (AfDB), Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), together with ECIC and NEXI covered commercial banks, on the multi-billion-dollar financing of the USD4 billion Nacala Corridor Rail and Port project in Mozambique and Malawi.
This is the largest ever successful project financing of infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Project comprises the construction, refurbishment and operation of a 912km railway line through Mozambique and Malawi as well as the construction and operation of a coal terminal in the
Seabury Capital is to sell a controlling interest (51 per cent voting and 44.1 per cent economic) to FinTech Global.
The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year. FGI and the group it leads contributes to the growth and development of companies in all sectors of industry through investment banking and principal investment activities.
“We are delighted to see FGI’s strategic investment in SGI Aviation, and together with FGI, we are committed to supporting further expansion of its worldwide operations,” says Seabury Capital Chairman, President & CEO John E Luth. “Our global alliance with FGI
Following its recent acquisition of Bento Sushi (Bento), YO! Sushi (YO!) has appointed Richard Hodgson as Chief Executive Officer, commencing in December.
Hodgson was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Pizza Express, where he was instrumental in driving the internationalisation of the business.
As agreed with the Board when Mayfair Equity Partners invested in YO! in November 2015, and with the business delivering strong results and underlying like-for-like growth, Robin Rowland will step down as Chief Executive Officer but remain on the board as a Non-Executive Director. Rowland has led YO! for 18 years, taking it from three London restaurants,
Christopher J Flynn has been named CEO of both TCRD and THL Credit effective 30 November, 2017. Sam W Tillinghast, co-CEO of THL Credit alongside Flynn, will resign his position on the same date.
The current management team of THL Credit, which has deep credit, origination, and operational experience across the platform, will continue to manage the businesses under Flynn’s leadership.
“It is an honour to continue to lead our organisation alongside our executive team,” says Flynn.
The experienced THL Credit leadership team includes James Fellows, Chief Investment Officer, who manages credit in concert with Senior Managing Director
Libra, a specialist in financial software for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, has closed a USD7.8 million Series A round led by a prominent, multi-billion dollar European family office.
Participating investors include Liberty City Ventures, leading trader and liquidity provider XBTO, Boost VC, and Lee Linden.
The funding will be used to continue building the Libra Enterprise Platform, as well as releasing new applications and data services. Libra’s platform provides institutional-grade blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem connectivity, standardisation, and delivery of data in a scalable, secure, and fully auditable solution. While the new applications and data services will provide real-time,
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