Grant Thornton has named Carlos Ferreira as its national managing partner for Private Equity, effective 1 August, 2020. He succeeds Doug Gawrych, who will retire at the end of this fiscal year in accordance with Grant Thornton’s mandatory retirement policy. In his new role, Ferreira will lead the strategic direction for a range of private equity services designed to generate value across the investment life cycle, including areas such as growth, transformation, operations, resilience, compliance and diligence. Additionally, he will serve on Grant Thornton’s National Leadership Team, and he will retain his role as the global co-leader for Transaction Advisory Services

Schroder Adveq, an asset manager investing in private equity globally, has appointed Christiaan van der Kam as Head of Secondaries. Van der Kam will be joining Schroder Adveq from Unigestion, where he was Co-Head of Secondaries and instrumental in building their secondaries platform. Starting on 1 September, Christiaan brings over two decades of experience in global secondary markets with Unigestion, New Amsterdam Capital and ATP Private Equity Partners. Earlier this year, Schroder Adveq also appointed David Guryn as Senior Investment Director for its secondaries practice in New York. David joined from Evercore, a leading advisor for secondary transactions. He has

FFL Partners (FFL), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has promoted Chris Harris and Cas Schneller to Managing Partner.Harris and Schneller, who have both been with FFL for more than a decade, will join existing Managing Partners and co-founders Spencer Fleischer and Tully Friedman in overall management of the firm. They will have responsibility for overseeing the firm’s investments, operations, investor relations and strategic growth activities, while continuing to lead their respective investment strategies.   “These promotions reflect the invaluable contributions Chris and Cas have each made to FFL over the years. This new

Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) has appointed Adam Feigenbaum as a senior advisor.Feigenbaum joins SGE following nearly 20 years at iCIMS, Inc. (“iCIMS”), where he helped to develop the company’s go-to-market strategies and operations infrastructure that led it to become the world’s leading, best-in-class talent acquisition software provider. As Chief Customer Officer, he worked to ensure sales and customer service delivery strategies were aligned, integrated and optimised to create optimal customer experience.   “SGE has created a unique culture internally and among its portfolio companies that is collaborative, creative and forward-thinking. I am thrilled to join the team and look forward

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has appointed R Todd Bradley as an Operating Partner. Bradley will have a broad mandate as an Operating Partner, where he will bring his extensive executive experience to bear working with OEP’s investment teams to identify operational excellence opportunities within the firm’s portfolio and with respect to new investments. As an executive with decades of governance, senior leadership, strategic growth and operations experience, Bradley will serve as both a board member and executive resource for OEP’s portfolio companies.   “As a firm focused on helping our investments achieve the highest levels of

IQ Capital, a deep-tech venture capital firm based in Cambridge and London, has appointed Simon Hirtzel as General Partner.Hirtzel, alumnus of the University of Cambridge holding a degree in Natural Sciences, served as Chief Financial Officer at PA Consulting Group until 2007, then as Chief Operating Officer of Kreos Capital, Europe’s leading growth debt provider for high-growth companies. In his new role at IQ Capital, Hirtzel will focus on building LP relationships to further IQ’s ambitions of taking companies through their entire growth cycle, from seed to exit. Hirtzel brings to IQ his experience of managing operations, finance and compliance

Consonance Capital Partners (CCP), a US healthcare focused private equity firm, has promoted Javier Starkand and Sean Breen Partner. Both joined CCP in 2012 and had previously worked with the Founders prior to CCP.Stephen McKenna, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CCP, says: “We’re thrilled to recognise these two impressive individuals who have contributed substantially to the firm’s success.”  Benjamin Edmands, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, adds: “Javier and Sean joined our firm during its formation and have grown to take significant responsibility within the firm and provide great leadership. Steve and I and our other Managing Partners and Co-Founders, Nancy-Ann DeParle

Fund+, an VC investment firm focused on innovative European Life Sciences companies, has added Luc Debruyne and Gérard Lamarche to its B hard of Directors. In accordance with the Company’s governance charter, Honorary Chairman Désiré Collen, Arnoud de Pret, Pierre Drion and Hilde Laga have stepped down from the Board following expiry of the term of their office.  Désiré Collen, Honorary Chairman, will remain as a Board observer.   Chris Buyse, Managing Partner and Executive Board Member of Fund+, says: “We are delighted to welcome Luc Debruyne and Gérard Lamarche to the Board. Luc Debruyne brings outstanding scientific and commercialisation experience from

Innova Capital, a private equity fund in Central and Eastern Europe, has promoted Magdalena Pasecka to the position of Partner. As Partner, Pasecka will continue to fulfil the role of Innova Capital’s CFO.   “I am proud to have earned the trust of the Innova Partners and to have received this promotion. In the new role – alongside my existing activities in fund operations and portfolio monitoring – I will spend more time on the strategic outlook for portfolio companies with the intention of focusing on value and return enhancement opportunities” – says Pasecka. Pasecka joins Andrzej Bartos, Krzysztof Kulig and

Ed, a global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, has appointed Robert Coward, a qualified corporate lawyer, as divisional director in its professional and executive risk team, effective immediately. Coward will report to Niraj Perera, head of transactional risk. In this role Robert’s legal expertise will provide invaluable support in providing insurance solutions for M&A transactions, including warranty and indemnity, tax liability and contingent liability. Robert joins Ed from one of the leading law firms, Travers Smith, where, he was an associate working in the private equity team. Prior to this, Robert was an associate at McDermott Will & Emery, where he