Pantheon has promoted two of its investment team principals – Imogen Richards, Global Head of Investment Structuring and Strategy, London and Kevin Dunwoodie, Secondaries Investment Team, San Francisco – to Partner.  The firm has also named Pantheon Partner, Robin Bailey as Chief Operating Officer (COO).   An additional 42 promotions have been announced, including 18 promotions in the global investment team of which five are to Principal: Alec Brown, Global Secondaries, New York; Samayita Das, Global Infrastructure and Real Assets, San Francisco; Dinesh Ramasamy, Global Infrastructure and Real Assets, San Francisco; Cecile Ross, US Primaries, San Francisco; and Ana Maria

Apex Group (Apex) has appointed Emmanuel Tuffuor as Head of Private Equity Business Development for the Americas and Global Head of Tax, supporting the Group in developing its private equity offering in North America in addition to building out its tax service capabilities globally. Tuffuor joins Apex from KPMG where he was a Partner for an impressive 21 years. While at KPMG he drove significant growth as the Partner-In-Charge of the Alternative Investment Tax Practice, leading all phases of domestic and international partnership plus corporate tax consulting for hedge and private equity funds in addition to broker dealers, investment banks

Frankfurt-based private equity firm VR Equitypartner and BIP Investment Partners of Luxembourg have sold their jointly-held portfolio company LEUNA-Tenside to US firm Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc. Homburg & Partner (H&P) advised VR Equitypartner and BIP Investment Partners as part of the transaction process and conducted the Commercial Vendor Due Diligence.   VR Equitypartner is an equity capital financier in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a focus on family-owned SMEs. BIP Investment Partners is part of the BIP Group and operates throughout Europe (particularly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Luxembourg) across a range of sectors.   LEUNA-Tenside is

Intertrust has made appointments to its senior team in Jersey with Tania Bearryman appointed as Executive Director, Trust & Company Services, and Shane Hugill promoted to Head of Performance & Reward Management. Bearryman (pictured), will have oversight of Intertrust’s Private Wealth, Treasury & Investments, Capital Markets, Corporate Services and Performance & Reward Management service lines.   As the previous Head of Performance & Reward Management, she takes on this expanded role to ensure that the service lines are aligned in realising Intertrust’s objectives and vision for its Jersey office.   Bearryman will further build on Intertrust’s client focus and ensure

International investment bank GCA Altium is opening a subsidiary in Paris under the leadership of Hugues Archambault. The launch of GCA Altium’s French operations is part of its global expansion strategy focussed on establishing a strong presence in all key markets in terms of corporate ecosystems and transaction dynamics. With numerous global leaders, fast-growing companies and a dense financial sponsor community, France is amongst these key markets. GCA Altium brings its global platform, deep sector expertise and top-level networks to help clients transact in and out of France.   Hugues Archambault will take charge of developing and managing GCA Altium’s

Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co, a pan-European, mid-market special situations investor, has added Paymon Daneshpay to its team in London. Daneshpay joins Aurelius’ ‘Task Force’ as an Operations Manager with immediate effect.   Daneshpay’s appointment follows that of Peter Wood, Daven Chopra and Philip Stoner, who joined earlier in 2018 as Principal, an Operations Manager and Investment Associate respectively, and further bolsters Aurelius’ UK capabilities providing additional strength to its specialist team of operations experts.   Prior to joining Aurelius Paymon Daneshpay was a Consultant at KPMG, where he led operational improvement projects specialising in process, performance and decision

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Gregory Laï as a Partner of the firm. Since joining the Firm in 2007, Laï has been actively involved in sourcing and evaluating investments across Europe, as well as working with portfolio company management teams on post-acquisition value-building strategies. He has played a leadership role with several of the Firm’s investments, including B&M Retail (2013), BUT (2016), Exova (2008), HD Supply (2007), Motor Fuel Group (2015), and Rexel (2005). In recent years, he has contributed to building CD&R’s Consumer/Retail franchise, as well as broadening the Firm’s coverage in France.    Laï worked in the

Legal & General has appointed Paul Miller, Group Strategy and M&A Director as Managing Director, Principal Investing in Legal & General Capital (LGC). Miller will report to LGC’s CEO, Kerrigan Procter (pictured) and will join the Executive team and Investment Committee of L&G Capital.   LGC is a growth business within L&G and also delivers strong cross-group synergies, investing L&G’s own balance sheet and working closely with other L&G divisions to source and develop investment opportunities and assets for the broader Group and its clients. At 30 June 2018, LGC’s direct investment portfolio was GBP2.0 billion, with areas of focus including

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has appointed Gareth Price as an investment director with responsibility for sourcing VCT opportunities, investments for Maven’s MBO fund, and its private equity co-investor partner network in the South West, as well as managing portfolio investments in the region. Price brings close to 30 years’ investment and corporate finance experience to Maven, having spent his career advising both privately-owned SMEs and companies listed on AIM and the London Stock Exchange Main Market across a range of transactions including acquisitions and disposals, IPOs and debt and equity fundraisings. Gareth is a qualified chartered