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Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has appointed Christophe Lavigne as Operating Partner.
Founder, chairman and CEO of LDR Medical, a former portfolio company, Lavigne led the strong growth of the company from its creation in 2000 and its establishment in the United Sates to the successful IPO on the Nasdaq, followed by its sale for USD1.1 billion. Supported by Keensight Capital throughout this remarkable journey, he is very close to the teams and has perfect knowledge of Keensight Capital’s growth buyout strategy and the portfolio companies’ challenges.
Based in the US, Lavigne will
RFA, an IT service, financial cloud and cyber security provider to the alternative finance sector, has made two strategic hires aimed at enhancing the team leading its operations in Europe.
Jon Melville, appointed Head of Client Relations in Europe, has over 20 years’ experience, including Director level roles within strategic IT and the service delivery landscape. He helps clients ensure that their business goals and technology strategies are aligned and the RFA partnership remains transparent.
Amar Shah, appointed Head of Client Services in Europe, is responsible for ensuring a seamless client service experience across all RFA delivery teams. Amar has over 20 years’ experience including C-suite roles with alternative
Monroe Capital has expanded its direct originations team with the addition of seven experienced investment professionals – David Fischer and Nick McDearis in the firm’s Atlanta office, Dan Letizia and Tommy Ryan in the firm’s Chicago office, and Jack Bernstein in the firm’s New York office.
In addition, recently hired Stewart Hanlon is in the firm’s San Francisco office and Alex Patil is in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
“We are very fortunate to continue to attract the very best talent to our investment team with the addition of these seven experienced professionals,” says Tom Aronson, Managing Director & Head
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), an independent commercial finance provider, has appointed John Allbrook as Non-Executive Chairman.
Allbrook replaces Matt Cooper, who, during three years as Chairman, helped IGF transition from a small financier to a major independent asset based lender.
Since leaving GE Capital in 2004 Allbrook has built an impressive track record working with private equity and AIM-listed businesses in both the financial services and technology sectors. As CEO of GoIndustry plc, John was instrumental in helping the company to secure an AIM listing. As Executive Chairman of Syscap, he grew revenues and EBITDA significantly. Enabling the successful sale of the business to
Dillon Eustace has appointed Shane Coveney as a Partner in the firm’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Practice.
With over 10 years’ experience, Coveney’s practice focuses on the structuring, establishment and operation of Irish regulated investment funds with particular expertise in exchange traded funds, UCITS and alternative investment funds and advising on the significant legal and regulatory developments impactingasset managers and fund promoters.
Coveney’s promotion to Partner builds on the Firm’s position as one of the largest and most experiencedlegal advisor to Irish domiciled investment funds with 16 Partners and an additional 20 lawyers advising global and domestic asset managers and fund promoters. The appointment is
EY has appointed Paul Ahern as Partner to lead its mid-market Private Equity team.
Ahern rejoins EY – having previously led the firm’s Parthenon UK strategy business for a number of years – following a period supporting an early stage technology business where he successfully supported growth as well as a number of fundraising cycles.
At EY, Ahern will be focused on developing the firm’s mid-market private equity business, supporting clients across their life cycle, driving maximum value for their investments and assets.
Commenting on his appointment, Ahern says: “Mid-market remains the area where the greatest volume of
SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services has appointed Malcolm Hassan as managing director of business development and marketing.
Based in SANNE’s London office, Hassan will oversee business development alongside brand & market positioning across its global platform.
Hassan will focus on achieving SANNE’S growth strategy of supporting the ambitions of fund managers with investment strategies that span the alternatives asset class through its professional services offering and jurisdictional reach.
With more than 23 years of industry experience, Malcolm joins SANNE from RBS where he was responsible for building and growing RBS’ Funds Banking business to be
KGAL Capital GmbH & Co, a sales company of independent investment and asset manager KGAL Group, has opened an affiliate in London.
KGAL Group, which has assets under management of EUR20.5 billion (GBP18.2 billion), focuses on long-term capital investments for institutional and private investors in the real estate, infrastructure and aviation asset classes.
Florian Martin, Managing Director of KGAL Capital and member of KGAL Executive Board, says: “We believe that London will remain the financial hub of Europe. We see representation there as a key part of our international strategy, providing us with more direct access both to professional clients
BGF has adds to its Quoted team with the appointment of Simon Blackaby as an investor.
Blackaby joins from the EMEA Equity Capital Markets team at Jefferies International and will be working with Tom Jenkins, Matt Singh and Paul Stevens in BGF’s Quoted team, specialising in funding options for AIM-listed businesses.
BGF’s Quoted team has invested almost £200m into more than 40 quoted companies since inception. In addition to supporting businesses with initial investments, such as Manchester’s genedrive, the team have also made follow on investments into several current portfolio companies to support their growth, including Accsys Technologies and Inspired
Augusta & Co (Augusta), a specialist financial advisory and investment firm for the renewable energy industry, has appointed Axel Narváez Kirkpatrick as Managing Director, Head of Spain.
Narváez will be responsible for bringing Augusta’s extensive advisory and deal making capability, as well as its equity placement power, to the very active Spanish market. In this role he will be developing both Augusta’s advisory business and its bespoke investment management strategies in Spain.
Axel brings a wealth of experience in Spanish renewable energy finance to the Augusta team. Previously, he served as CFO for solar company Torresol, a Spanish firm with
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