Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has named Josh Kaufman as head of Europe. Kaufman, one of LLCP’s senior managing directors, will join LLCP’s Investment Committee and be responsible for managing the European Investment Team, as well as the origination of new investment opportunities, investment due diligence and portfolio management. Kaufman succeeds John O’Neill, who has transitioned to a new role as a senior advisor.    LLCP has successfully built its European business with significant expansion across four offices: London, Frankfurt, Stockholm and The Hague. The firm is currently investing from its second dedicated European

FTI Consulting has appointed Herman Klein Wassink as a senior advisor to the Global Insurance Services practice. The hire expands the firm’s insurance M&A and strategic advisory services in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Based in London, Klein Wassink will work closely with the firm’s insurance experts to provide sector-led advice to clients in the (re)insurance market.   Klein Wassink has more than 25 years’ experience as a C-suite advisor, financier, counterparty and investor in the financial services sector. In addition to serving in a variety of senior roles at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Klein Wassink

BGF has expanded its Yorkshire and North East team with the appointment of Linda Nguyenova as an investor. Nguyenova joins BGF from investor Endless LLP, where she spent more than three years as an investment manager. Prior to this, she worked at PwC across its Debt & Capital Advisory and Deals/Assurance teams. Nguyenova has built up an excellent reputation in the Yorkshire market and was recently nominated as an investment rising star at the Yorkshire Businessdesk Rainmaker Awards, having previously been named in the Real Deals Future 40 Diversity and Inclusion Leaders list.     At BGF, Nguyenova will be

Inflexion has made a number of promotions in its 120-strong team, following a highly successful first half of 2022, which has seen company invest in seven businesses with a combined value of £1.8 billion, agree the divestments of seven businesses with a combined value of £2.4 billion and raise its largest fund to date with Buyout Fund VI which closed at £2.5 billion in March. Andrew Stevens and George Collier have been promoted to partner. As General Counsel Stevens is responsible for Inflexion’s corporate legal, governance and compliance activities. Collier focuses on firm strategy, is heavily involved in Inflexion’s capital

Permira Credit, one of Europe’s leading alternative credit providers, has appointed Ian Jackson as head of its new Permira Strategic Opportunities (PSO) strategy. Jackson, who joins Permira Credit on 1 July 2022, brings over 25 years of experience in private credit, with a proven track record of advising on special situations investment opportunities. He joins Permira Credit from Carlyle, which he joined in 2009, and was most recently a managing director and head of Carlyle Strategic Partners.  Prior to joining Carlyle, Jackson was a senior research analyst with Deutsche Bank’s European Distressed and Special Situations Group, investing across the capital

Castleforge, a vertically integrated, operationally focused private equity real estate manager targeting the UK and select European cities, has promoted Adam MacLeod and Julian Feldman to partner, effective immediately. Founded in 2010, Castleforge is a London-based private equity real estate manager combining research-led investment themes with vertical integration and in-house operating platforms. Castleforge conducts extensive research into global trends and merges this with local market knowledge in developing its investment themes. Using this process, the firm selectively builds and manages unique operating platforms that fill critical gaps in UK and EU real estate marketplaces and incorporate a socially responsible strategy.

Tiger Infrastructure Partners has appointed Andrew Harris as managing director, head of investor relations and ESG, effective 1 July, 2022. Harris joins Tiger from North Sky Capital, where he led business development for impact private equity and sustainable infrastructure strategies.   Harris previously worked closely with Tiger while he was a principal at Threadmark, Tiger’s placement agent, where Harris helped Tiger close its second flagship Fund. He said: “For many years, I have watched Tiger’s growth and emergence as a leader in value-add infrastructure investing. I am excited to be working again with this superb and innovative team.”   Harris

Castleforge, a vertically integrated, operationally focused private equity real estate manager targeting the UK and select European cities, has promoted Adam MacLeod and Julian Feldman to partner, effective immediately. MacLeod joined Castleforge in 2015 as the firm’s Head of Investment Strategy and Research, before being promoted to Managing Director in 2020. Prior to joining Castleforge, he worked in the US and UK with law firms Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. He will continue to manage investment operations of Castleforge’s business, including in-house portfolio companies, and the development and management of research and investment strategy processes.

Permira has appointed Simon Segars, former CEO of Arm, as a senior adviser to its technology team.

Franklin Templeton has appointed John Ivanac as Senior Vice President and Consultant Adviser, US Institutional Services, focused on alternative investment capabilities in the US.