ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has named Steve Tudge as non-executive Chair. He will be taking over from Ken Landsberg on his retirement.  Landsberg has been non-executive Chair for the last six years, and his retirement sees Steve Tudge transition from Managing Partner. Landsberg has played an active role in guiding ECI’s development since the mid 1980’s and its successful investment and support of over 260 companies including past investments such as Guardian IT, Highway Services, NCC, Bloomsbury Publishing, National Express, Nuaire, Hoseseasons and Games Workshop.  As a result of his track record and leadership at ECI

Cowen Inc has appointed Kenneth Garnett as a Managing Director in the Special Situations Group in the firm’s Investment Banking.Garnett, who will be based in New York and report to Lorie Beers, Cowen Managing Director and Head, Special Situations & Restructuring, brings over two decades of experience in special situation private investing, restructuring investment banking and turnaround consulting.     “We are very happy to have Ken Garnett join Cowen’s Special Situations and Restructuring team. His professional background, industry knowledge and relationships, especially around complex investments, restructurings and M&A transactions, will give our clients a key advantage across asset classes and

Cavendish Corporate Finance, the UK’s leading mid-market M&A firm and part of the finnCap Group, today announces that it has appointed highly experienced M&A specialist Karri Vuori as a Partner.  Over his career to date, Vuori has developed particular expertise in working alongside ECM colleagues to offer clients a seamless service covering M&A, IPO and debt advisory including dual track processes. Prior to joining Cavendish, Vuori was Head of M&A at investment bank Liberum Capital where he founded Liberum’s integrated M&A and sponsor coverage practice. Before this, Vuori was Head of M&A at Panmure Gordon & Co, developing a fully integrated

Seaford Finance, a real estate debt consultant, has appointed Jon Warman as managing director of loan origination and execution. Warman joins the partnership with a focus on accelerating the growth of the business in the UK and Europe.With more than 12 years’ experience in the real estate sector, Warman joins Seaford Finance from Spring11, where he spent five years as co-head of the European real estate advisory business. Prior to this, he was a director in LNR Europe’s investment management and NPL advisory division, where he was responsible for underwriting more than GBP70 billion of NPL transactions. During his career,

Ara Partners, a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments, has hired Manoj Sahoo as Operating Partner.Sahoo brings more than 20 years of experience across commercial, operational, and technical functions in the food & agriculture sector.   “We’re very happy to add Manoj to the Ara Partners team,” says Cory Steffek, Managing Director of Ara Partners.” Manoj has a long and distinguished history as a prominent executive in food & agriculture. His experience leading growing, technology-focused organisations makes him an excellent fit for Ara Partners’ investment model, and we look forward to benefiting from his expertise and deep industry

Alternative asset investment management company, Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street), has appointed David Jones as Operating Partner for Technology.  The newly created role marks a wider strategic focus at Pollen Street on accelerating the progress of the financial and business services industry across Europe through digital innovation, at a pivotal time for the sector.   In his role, Jones will be developing Pollen Street’s digital transformation capability, working collaboratively with its private equity and credit portfolio to realise the business benefits of technology transformation. This will be realised through a strategic and tactical analysis of portfolio companies’ use of digital technology

Tim Davies has been appointed Head of Financial Design at Blackstar Capital, a specialist structured finance and working capital solutions provider with expertise in origination, structuring, placement, and management of transactions globally.Davies has more than 25 years of experience in the global capital markets, having spent the previous five years focussing on generating financing options for FinTech origination in the trade receivables and payables space. In this newly created role at Blackstar Capital, he will be responsible for the design and execution of programmatic financial structures to back receivable and payable platforms.  This capability aligns perfectly with the global drive

Bailey Southwell & Co (Bailey Southwell), a Nashville-based healthcare and tech-enabled services merchant bank, has appointed a new managing partner to lead BSC Capital Partners (BSCCP), the firm’s affiliated principal investment fund that makes minority investments in growth and late-stage healthcare and tech-enabled services companies. New managing partner Tim Scallen has over a decade of experience in portfolio management, fundraising, and deal execution – complemented by his focus across the healthcare technology and information analytics sectors. Most recently a principal at TripleTree’s TT Capital Partners, Scallen has a broad set of M&A experiences ranging from growth-equity investing, late stage buyouts, and

Skadden has appointed Bruce Embley as an M&A partner in the firm’s London office. Prior to joining Skadden, Embley was global co-head of M&A at another highly regarded global law firm. He has over 25 years’ experience advising on private equity and public and private M&A transactions in all sectors, including financial services, energy and telecommunications; and he is ranked in Chambers UK for Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability, in Chambers Global for Corporate M&A (International & Cross Border) and as “notable practitioner” in IFLR 1000.   “Bruce has led some of the largest and most complex private equity and M&A deals