Agathos Management, a lower mid-market private equity firm, has appointed James Bakewell as Partner and Investment Committee member.  Bakewell has 15 years’ private equity experience as an investor and strategic growth specialist in service-oriented businesses across the UK.

Blackfinch Energy, part of Blackfinch Group and a leading investor into UK renewable energy, has made three new hires in its national team, with Alan Gorman, Vuong Nguyen, and Sam Dickerson joining as Investment Director, Investment Manager and Senior Commercial Portfolio Manager, respectively. The move follows an announcement last month that the firm had expanded its UK-based renewable energy portfolio with its first subsidy free wind farm in Scotland achieving commercial operation, and that it had increased its total annual renewable energy capacity from 104 Gigawatt hours (GWh) to c. 118 GWh. Bringing more than 20 years’ experience and an

Apex Group (Apex) has appointed Aneeqa Zamal as compliance executive in its Global Compliance Solutions business. Apex Group’s expanding Global Compliance Solutions team offers a global network of compliance experts, supporting clients to meet their operational and regulatory obligations across international financial hubs. Clients include leading fund and asset managers, placement agents, FX brokers, fund distribution platforms and investment advisors.   Initially based in Apex Group’s London offices and supporting global clients, Zamal will report to Hari Bhambra, Global Head of Compliance Solutions. She will be responsible for advising and guiding clients through UK and cross-jurisdictional compliance matters, licensing and

CoVenture, an asset management firm investing across the capital stack of tech-enabled companies, has added to its team with the appointment of Naved Sheikh as general counsel.  Prior to CoVenture, Sheikh was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley where he served as lead counsel for the infrastructure, secondaries, Asia-focused private equity and growth capital teams and other private investing businesses within Morgan Stanley Investment Management.  Sheikh also perviously served as in-house counsel at Blackstone and as an associate at the global law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Sheikh earned his law degree from Cornell Law School

InMotion Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Jaguar Land Rover, has hired Sam Nasrolahi as principal. Nasrolahi will be responsible for sourcing and leading new deals, as well as supporting existing InMotion portfolio companies.  Her focus area is in consumer digital services and the consumerisation of B2B. The appointment comes as InMotion Ventures seeks to supercharge its strategic investments into startups building a sustainable future for the automotive industry. Nasrolahi joins InMotion from mobility startup Via, where she managed the launch of the company’s ridesharing and on-demand delivery services in EMEA and the US – including deciding on go-to-market

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, has added Diana Barr to its team of operating partners.  Working alongside One Rock operating partners Mike Anderson and AJ Skobel, Barr will be responsible for driving post-acquisition value at One Rock’s portfolio companies primarily through recruiting and proactive executive network development.   Barr has more than 30 years of experience in talent acquisition, leadership development and strategy, as well as executive recruiting. Prior to joining One Rock, Barr led Boeing’s global executive staffing and created the company’s in-house executive recruiting function. In that capacity, she served

Kian Capital Partners (Kian), a middle-market focused private investment firm, has appointed Jordan Lee as a principal. Lee will be based in Charlotte and will be responsible for sourcing, executing and managing new and existing investments across the firm’s portfolio with a focus on the tech-enabled/business services and healthcare services sectors. Lee has over a decade of experience working with middle-market companies to develop bespoke strategies to drive organic and inorganic growth. Prior to Kian, Lee was a Managing Director at Starr Investment Holdings where he was responsible for sourcing, executing and managing middle-market companies with a focus on business

Tiger Infrastructure Partners (Tiger), a specialist in providing growth capital to enable the creation of new infrastructure, has appointed three new Operating Partners – Steve Holliday, Christine Weydig, and Graham Sharp – who bring decades of deep domain expertise and experience in energy policy, energy transition, and business-building.   Holliday is the former Chief Executive of National Grid plc and current Chairman of Tiger portfolio company Zenobe Energy, which develops, owns and operates battery storage projects in the United Kingdom. Weydig is the former Director of Sustainability at the Port Authority of NY & NJ and incoming Executive Director of

N4 Partners (N4) has appointed Gordon Merrylees, the former Managing Director of Entrepreneurship for NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, as the firm readies itself for the launch of a new investment fund targeting entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses based in the UK.  During his 36 years at RBS, Merrylees worked with and supported countless entrepreneurs, early-stage startups and high-growth SMEs as he led and, ultimately, accelerated the Bank’s support programme for UK businesses, culminating in the launch of the Bank’s first in-house Entrepreneur Accelerator programme and the subsequent creation of 12 UK-wide accelerator hubs. Under Merrylees’ leadership,

Broad Sky Partners (Broad Sky), a private equity firm that partners with middle market business services and consumer companies, has appointed Marjorie Lopez as Vice President. Lopez will focus on Broad Sky’s investments in the Consumer sector. Prior to joining Broad Sky, Lopez supported Consumer sector investments at RX3 Growth Partners. There, she worked on notable investments such as Nom Nom (acquired by Mars) and Orgain (acquired by Nestle). She led RX3’s investments in Taxa Outdoors and Therabody, marking the latter’s first institutional investment. Previously, she was an associate in Barclay’s Consumer Retail Investment Banking group and an analyst in the