Eurazeo has appointed Paul Hermelin as Senior Advisor to the Group. Currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Capgemini, where he previously served as CEO and then as Chairman and CEO for a total of 18 years, Hermelin is one of the most esteemed figures in consulting and digital services worldwide.  Under his guidance and stewardship, Capgemini has become one of the world’s leading players in the transformation and digitalisation of companies and their business processes, with more than 300,000 employees in 50 countries. 

Global investment firm Cambridge Associates has made four senior hires across Europe: Stefan Lummert, Investment Managing Director; Nick Rees, Investment Managing Director; Devon Zimmerling, Investment Director; Sarah Acheson, Investment Director. Lummert will be based in Munich where he will report into Alex Koriath, Head of the European Pension Practice and Regional Head of Germany. He will manage client investment portfolios with an emphasis on infrastructure, private credit, and private equity.    Rees has joined the firm’s Private Client Practice in London where he will help European private clients navigate the intricacies of private wealth to realise their investment goals. His

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, has added Sally Cunningham to its team of Operating Partners. Working in tandem with One Rock Operating Partner, Andrea Greene, Cunningham will be responsible for driving value through strategic financial, accounting and HR solutions at One Rock’s portfolio companies, post-acquisition.   Cunningham has more than 15 years of experience as a senior finance and administration executive. Prior to being engaged by One Rock, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Synalloy Corporation, a company that engages in diverse business activities including the production and distribution of pipe

Crestbridge has appointed Ellie Sharples as Director, Senior Compliance Officer, as it continues to expand its Group risk function. Based in Jersey, Sharples will be responsible for ensuring the monitoring of operational performance and for the management of all regulatory and compliance matters, ensuring the business’s ongoing adherence to both its own internal policies and procedures and to local regulatory obligations. Sharples also manages Crestbridge’s regulatory relationship with the local regulator, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC). With over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry Ellie has specialist expertise in risk and corporate governance as well as proven

Following a year of substantial growth, management consultancy CIL has invested in its healthcare practice with the promotion of James Silk to Partner and the appointment of Craig Abrahams as Associate Director. Last year, CIL worked with many leading healthcare private equity investors and businesses, supporting them on mandates across healthcare, social care and life sciences. Looking to build on the team’s success, Silk’s promotion to Partner will see him focus on leveraging the firm’s experience across both transactional and non-transactional landscapes. Recent engagements he has led include buy-side CDD on Frontier Medical for Agilitas Private Equity, and sell-side CDD

capital D, a private equity fund manager investing in disruptive mid-market businesses across Europe, has made a number of new appointments. Peter Kruppa has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and compliance officer. He joins from DH Private Equity Partners (formerly Doughty Hanson) where he spent 18 years in various roles, most recently as CFO and previously focusing on portfolio management and transaction execution.   Marzio Bondolfi joins as an associate from EMERAM Capital Partners where he was an investment professional working in the transaction team as well as on strategy developments for portfolio companies.  In addition, capital D has

Praetura Ventures, a Manchester-based venture capital investor, has appointed three industry experts to its team of operational partners. The appointments come a year after Praetura launched the initiative to support promising founders with additional expertise and mentoring, as it continues to build its more than money approach.   Helen Verwoert, who oversaw Dr. Martens’ transformation from a heritage brand to an iconic global brand as Chief HR Officer, is among the hires and will mentor Praetura’s portfolio companies on areas including staff wellbeing and company culture.   Entrepreneur Paul Johnson, who spent more than two decades building MPP Global before

StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customised investment solutions and advisory and data services, has named five new partners and 12 new managing directors.

Global investment firm The Carlyle Group has appointed Linda Hefner Filler, retired consumer goods and retail executive, and Mark S Ordan, Chief Executive Officer of Mednax, Inc, as independent directors to serve on its Board of Directors, effective 1 April, 2022. Carlyle also announced the retirement of Janet Hill after a decade of service. With these appointments, Carlyle’s Board of Directors will comprise 13 members and will be majority independent.

Mercury Capital Advisors has appointed James Howe and Michael Dunham as Partners to further enhance its origination and distribution capabilities. Howe and Dunham are based out of Mercury’s New York office. Howe will be leading Mercury’s US Origination efforts, while Dunham joins as a Partner on the US Distribution Team. Howe joins Mercury from Stanwich Advisors where he managed Origination, Distribution and Project Management functions, while Dunham also brings a tenured placement expertise to the Firm after spending 16 years as a Partner at Pinnacle Trust Partners, an independent placement and advisory firm for alternative investments.