Keensight Capital portfolio company Sogelink-Geodesial Group has appointed Florian Cardi as Head of International Development and M&A.  Cardi’s appointment coincides with the European market entering a consolidation phase, and the opportunity for the group to accelerate in France but also abroad to establish itself as the leader in the construction tech sector in Europe. Having trained as an engineer, Cardi began his career at Ernst & Young supporting French clients looking to expand abroad. After eight years in the Transaction Advisory Services department of the company, he was named Investment Director at TIME Equity Partner. At TIME, he contributed to

Northern Gritstone, a new investment company founded by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield (the Founding Universities) to facilitate the commercialisation of university science and technology related Intellectual Property (IP) in the north of England, has appointed Lord Jim O’Neill as Non-Executive Chairman and Duncan Johnson as Chief Executive Officer. O’Neill will become Non-Executive Chairman and will assume key responsibilities helping to establish the exciting future for Northern Gritstone. Jim has been immersed in many matters related to the Northern Powerhouse in recent years, having Chaired the Cities Growth Commission in 2013-14, and going on to help the government

Skyway Capital Markets has appointed long-time senior investment banking executive John Patterson to its Investment Banking team as Managing Director, Head of Healthcare Group.  Over the course of his investment banking career spanning 30+ years, Patterson has completed several hundred transactions and other advisory assignments, many of which involved publicly traded companies. Within the healthcare sector, he is focused on healthcare services, including providers, payers, healthcare IT and distribution, as well as medical devices/products. In addition to corporate clients, Patterson has extensive relationships within the private equity community, including with many of those most active in investing in middle market

GrowthCurve Capital, a control-oriented private equity firm that applies technology, AI, and human capital to create long-term value primarily across the financial and information services, healthcare, and technology sectors, has appinted Susan Soh as a founding member of the firm and Chief of Capital Formation and Investor Relations.  Soh brings over 25 years of investment industry expertise and extensive global investor relationships. Her successful track record includes growing businesses and spearheading strategic and capital development efforts at Two Sigma, Perella Weinberg, Highbridge Capital Management, Lightyear Capital, and Bear Stearns Merchant Banking.  Most recently, Soh was Chief of Strategy and Capital

HPE Growth has promoted former General Atlantic and TPG executives Tim van Delden and Manfred Krikke to co-managing partners as they turn a budding regional investment firm into a tier-1 European technology growth investment platform. Formerly investment manager at General Atlantic, van Delden was instrumental in furthering the US growth giant’s expansion in Europe, before founding HPE Growth in 2008. Krikke was previously one of the founding Partners of TPG Growth in San Francisco. Over the last seven years, van Delden and Krikke have been the architects of HPE’s evolution from a smaller regional technology firm into one of the

TVM Capital Healthcare, a specialist healthcare private equity firm operating in emerging markets, has appointed Farid Fezoua as a Managing Partner.  Fezoua joins the firm from GE – where over an 18-year tenure, he held several senior positions as Managing Director, GE Capital Markets Middle East Africa, Central Asia & Turkey, President & CEO GE Healthcare Africa, and more recently served as President & CEO of GE’s operations in Sub-Saharan Africa across all GE businesses including Healthcare. Farid comes to TVM Capital Healthcare following the successful exit of Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center (CMRC) in March 2021 for USD232 million,

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has added to its investment team with the appointment of Ben Pitt as an investment associate. After spending the last four years with EY as a corporate finance executive, Pitt takes up the position of investment associate with YFM, supporting the origination and execution of new investments across both growth capital and buyout opportunities.   The recruitment follows YFM’s continued growth including the recent GBP5 million investment in the MBO of RGE services in Essex; and the GBP4 million growth capital investment in the Bournemouth-based film visual effects company Outpost VFX, as well as the successful

Inflexion has announced a number of promotions within its team, reflecting their contribution to the business as well as Inflexion’s commitment to developing its talent.  The promotions follow an active first half of the year which has seen Inflexion complete 11 investments and six exits whilst supporting its portfolio to complete 47 acquisitions.   Richard Booth, Sergio Ferrarini, Jon Ma and Sarah Gestetner have all been promoted to Partner. Richard has made a significant contribution to the Industrials team, particularly with respect to Aspen Pumps, Huws Gray and Marley. Sergio joined Inflexion in 2019 and plays a key role in