Foresight Group (Foresight) has appointed Ray Harris to its Private Equity Investment team, following Ben Dawson’s appointment earlier this year. Harris joins Foresight as a Principal on the recently awarded GBP35 million equity fund (for the East and South-East Midlands) from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) delivered by the British Business Bank. He will be based in Foresight’s Nottingham office and the recently opened Leicester office. Harris’s appointment adds strength to the senior investment team in the region after Ben Dawson joined the team as Senior Investment Manager in January this year.   Previously a Director at Odyssey Corporate

King & Spalding has appointed Thomas (Ted) E Keim, Jr as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in Chicago. Keim will focus on mergers and acquisitions, and corporate representation for the firm’s public and private company, and private equity clients.   “Ted is the consummate team player with experience across a diverse range of industries, including pharmaceuticals/life sciences, manufacturing/industrials, and automotive, making him the ideal cornerstone for the transactional practice in the Midwest,” says Todd Holleman, head of the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group. “Adding depth to our corporate bench is a key part

Signal Capital Partners (Signal), a London-based private asset management firm, has appointed Sarbjit Nahal as its Chief Strategist.
 Nahal joins Signal from Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch where he headed the thematic investing strategy team within its global research department, based in London and New York. He was also a member of BofA Merrill Lynch’s Global Wealth & Investment Management impact investing core council. 

   Prior to joining BofA Merrill Lynch in 2010, he was Head of Thematic Investing at Société Générale and Crédit-Mutuel-CIC, and held positions at Vigeo, the International Council on Human Rights Policy, and Pensions Investment Research

Global law firm K&L Gates has appointed David A Bronner and Todd R Southwell as partners in the firm’s corporate/M&A practice in Los Angeles and Chicago, respectively. Bronner joins the firm from Nixon Peabody, while Southwell arrives from Clark Hill.   Bronner advises private equity funds, emerging growth companies, family-owned businesses, and public companies on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, industry consolidations, equity and debt financings, and securities transactions. He counsels entrepreneurs and executives on a broad range of corporate and business matters and has served as an expert witness in high-profile law cases in the United

Energy Capital Partners (ECP) has appointed Kevin Clayton as Partner and leader of the firm’s Investor Relations team. Doug Kimmelman, Senior Partner of ECP says: “We are delighted to welcome Kevin to ECP. We have known him for many years and he brings tremendous private equity and credit investor relations experience to our firm. We look forward to benefitting from his deep expertise in investor relations and fundraising and adding it to ECP’s robust capabilities in these important areas.”   Clayton adds: “I am excited to join ECP, a firm I have respected for its energy industry expertise and success in investing in energy assets

Carlson Private Capital Partners (CPC) has formed its first committed investment platform and appointed Andrew Cantwell as President, CEO and Managing Partner. CPC Partners builds on the successful legacy of its founders, the Carlson family, by leveraging the family’s experience, entrepreneurship and relationships. Through a committed investment platform, the firm will target businesses from USD5-USD50 million in EBITDA and equity investments from USD20 to USD100 million. CPC Partners will also consider larger investments and partnerships with other family investment firms.   Cantwell, formerly a Partner at Norwest Equity Partners, joins CPC Partners with a proven track record of exceptional middle-market