Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Martin Schwab and William Pruellage as Co-Managing Partners, jointly responsible for Pamplona’s day-to-day operations.
Alex Knaster and John Halsted will continue to lead the firm, with Alex remaining as Chairman & CEO, and John becoming President of Private Equity and continuing as Chair of the Investment Committee.
Halsted says: “Martin and Bill have a strong foundation of trust, personal respect and friendship and I am delighted to be handing them more responsibilities in the management of the firm. They have a proven track record of leading numerous successful investments and managing teams.”
Pamplona is also pleased to announce the promotion of Paul MacDuff, Pekka Puustinen and Russell Gehrett to Partner.
Knaster says: “These promotions are about the future and ensuring we have the right leadership structure to carry on our strong track record of success. During the past 24 months Pamplona has continued its strong performance having invested over USD4 billion and returned USD3.5 billion of capital to investors through eight exits. Our fifth fund, a USD3.2 billion investment vehicle raised in 2017, has significant capital resources available which we are ready to deploy in new investments.”
