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European growth private equity firm Keensight Capital has appointed Guillaume Lefebvre as Associate and Alexandre Carrot (Pictured) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Before joining Keensight Capital, Lefebvre worked as an Associate at Argos Soditic in Paris, where he was involved in investments in medium-sized companies across various sectors including Healthcare and Energy.
Prior to this, he started his career within the Merchant Banking division of the Rothschild group.
Guillaume, 30 years old, is a graduate from ESCP Europe Business School and holds Master degrees in Finance and Economics from the Sorbonne University.
Carrot started his career as an auditor in
The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has selected an affiliate of Apollo Global Management as its alternative credit manager.
Subject to final documentation, Apollo will oversee the LPFA’s GBP150 million allocation to alternative credit including distressed debt, real estate debt, leveraged senior loans and private lending.
The mandate will be unconstrained and target absolute returns by investing across a number of higher yielding debt markets. It is expected that the majority of investments will be made within developed markets; however, there is also scope for allocations to emerging markets.
Apollo’s appointment was made after a thorough two-part tender process, which
Private equity firm Trilantic North America has added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Charles Fleischmann as a Partner in teh fiem’s New York office.
With 11 years of private equity experience, Fleischmann will primarily focus on investments in the services and light industrials sectors.
“We are excited to welcome Charles and to integrate him into our existing senior management team,” says Charlie Ayres, Chairman and Managing Partner of Trilantic North America. “Charles brings with him a wealth of knowledge across of variety of industry sectors, including business services, consumer, distribution and light industrials, which align with
AllSeated, a network for the events industry providing users with comprehensive planning and collaboration tools, has secured funding from Magma Venture Partners alongside new and existing investors.
AllSeated is rapidly expanding its network connecting tens of thousands of event professionals, including venues, caterers, event planners, vendors as well as DIYs. The Network functionality includes floor plan management, table layouts, guest lists, seating arrangements, timelines and reports. Users include leading brands such as Hilton, Marriott, The Ritz Carlton and The Plaza.
"It's all about providing our users with time-saving, secure, easy to use, powerful tools to plan their events collaboratively. Our
Binswanger Enterprises, a Grey Mountain Partners portfolio company, has appointed Tim Curran as chief Executive Officer (CEO). Curran replaces Norm Plotkin, who is transitioning to a role supporting other Grey Mountain Partners portfolio companies.
Curran brings with him a 30-year track record of successfully managing and growing companies in a number of different industries.
Curran was most recently the Senior Vice President of US Operations at G&K Services (NASDAQ: GK), a publicly traded industry leader in the uniform and facility services business, operating through 39 production groups across the US. During Curran’s 11-year tenure with G&K, he successfully grew revenue
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has sold its investment in Prozone, which it has held since June 2013, to STATS a specialist in sports technology.
Since 1981 STATS has specialised in the capture, processing and multi-platform distribution of complex sports data. Its sports coverage includes nearly 300 events around the world ranging from boxing to motorsports to soccer and basketball.
Founded in 2004, Prozone (formerly Amisco) invented tracking technologies and is the global leader in the production of data and analysis of athletic performance, including its undisputed top position in soccer. In acquiring Prozone, STATS is carrying out a major
Independent communications, media and Technology-focused M&A advisory firm Arma Partners has appointed four new Partners including one new hire and three internal promotions.
David Creamer (Palo Alto) will join Arma as Partner in July, following 25 years of banking experience with RBC Capital Markets and Jefferies. Most recently, Creamer was Global Head of Electronics and Semiconductor Banking at RBC Capital Markets; at Arma, he will lead this practice globally, while working to expand further the firm’s US footprint.
Jan Helle and David Smith (London) have both been promoted to Partner and will co-head the M&A execution function globally. With more
Ogier has advised Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc (IDH) on its recent listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The USD668 million market capitalisation included an initial public offering which raised USD290 million.
IDH is the largest fully integrated private sector diagnostics services provider in Egypt, offering a catalogue of more than 1,000 diagnostic services ranging from basic tests, such as glucose testing for diabetes, to molecular tests for hepatitis and highly specialised DNA tests. It operates 288 labs across the MENA region and in 2014, performed 22.3 million tests for 5.6 million patients.
Ogier provided Jersey
Palatine Private Equity has completed the GBP13m management buyout of The Alchemist, as the Manchester bar and restaurant brand looks to roll out more sites across the UK.
The deal marks Palatine’s second investment with Living Ventures Group following its buyout of Gusto last year.
The Alchemist first opened its doors in Manchester in 2010 and currently operates two venues in the city centre, as well as sites in Leeds and London. The company, which currently employs 250 staff, achieved sales of GBP11.3m last year and was recently ranked the 20th fastest growing business in the UK by The
More than 500 people attended the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015 in London last week, which was hosted by ITV news anchor, Alastair Stewart, OBE.
The keynote speech was delivered by Guernsey resident and private equity specialist Guy Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited.
Dominic Wheatley, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, says he was delighted with the number and quality of attendees, as well as the content of the sessions.
“The event allows us to reinforce and build upon our key relationship with the City of London so to have attracted such an impressive number
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