Jensen Partners, a women-owned executive search and corporate advisory firm for the alternative investment management industry, has appointed Nicholas Koehler s Head of Private Credit and Private Equity. 

InXpress Holdings, a software-enabled global franchisor of transportation and logistics services, has named four senior executives to its Board of Directors: Omar Simmons, Executive Chairman of one of the largest Planet Fitness franchise and Managing Director at Exaltare Capital Partners; Arnold Goldberg, former Senior Vice President and Senior Product Technologist at PayPal; Brendan Mulryan, Vice President at Etsy; and Jan Uhrich, former VP Services at Dell. The new directors add complementary skills to reinforce InXpress’s long-term commitment to provide world-class transportation and logistics solutions to small and medium sized businesses.   Last year Hudson Hill Capital (HHC) acquired InXpress. Eric

NorthEdge has made a series of appointments and promotions across its Manchester and Leeds offices. The lower mid-market private equity specialist, which manages more than GBP900 million of funds, has promoted Partner Prem Mohan Raj to Chief Operating Officer. Prem joined the business in 2016 as Chief Financial Officer and has since played a key part in the firm’s success. His new role will see him take on increased responsibility for Investor Relations and fundraising alongside his responsibilities for finance, operations and marketing. NorthEdge’s Manchester office has also appointed John Hammond as Director in the Portfolio team. Hammond has extensive

Manchester-based independent debt fund Tosca Debt Capital (TDC) has appointed Mat Deering as a partner to further develop and grow its investment portfolio. He will be working alongside founding partners Gary Davison and Richard Williams to strengthen the firm’s presence in the market and unlock growth for UK SMEs and lower mid-market corporates.     Deering joins TDC having had a successful career in both corporate advisory with EY and as a partner and original team member with Endless LLP. During his time at Endless, Deering led the Manchester office and was responsible for a number of successful investments including

As part of the continued expansion of Patrimonium Private Equity activities, private equity veteran Ulrich Mogwitz is joining the team headed by Werner Schnorf.  Specialised in lower mid-market companies in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), the Patrimonium Private Equity Team has another professional on board with Ulrich Mogwitz as Senior Investment Director, who has been involved in many platform and add-on acquisitions, that he led to success.    With a target size of EUR200 million, the Patrimonium Private Equity Fund already conducted its third acquisition in March 2021 with KTB, and is preparing another closing.     Mogwitz has

The XA Network, a member-based investment network of executives from prominent tech firms in Southeast Asia, has appointed an advisory board.  The appointments signal the organisation’s growth and reach, as the Southeast Asian digital economy proves resilient and is racing ahead at full velocity.    John Wood (ex-Microsoft, Room To Read), Steve Chen (co-founder of YouTube), Maya Hari (Twitter) and David Thevenon (Balderton Capital, ex-Google) have been appointed to advisory board positions. They will work directly with the members as the organisation scales and will champion the new purpose – to be an organisation that fosters inclusive innovation for the

Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a middle market investment firm founded in 1961, has appointed Eric Kau, a proven operating executive and CEO advisor, as an operating partner. 

Peter J Rooney, a seasoned M&A and private equity lawyer with nearly 30 years of experience, has joined Stroock’s national Corporate Group as a partner in the New York Office.  Rooney joins Stroock from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner.   Rooney’s practice centres on representation of US and multinational corporations, private equity firms and financial institutions in connection with leveraged buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and related financings.   “Pete is an incredible and dynamic addition to our firm,” says Jeff Keitelman, the firm’s co-managing partner. “In addition to his decades of experience representing clients in their critical

RealBlocks, an alternative investments platform that enables global distribution capabilities for fund managers, has appointed Michael Hanus, CFA as the firm’s new Senior Managing Director of Distribution. Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…