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FRP Advisory, the business advisory firm, has strengthened its UK operations with the promotion to director of Julie Humphrey. She will be based in the firm’s Essex office.
Humphrey brings to her director role appointment more than 13 years of restructuring and insolvency experience, having worked alongside FRP Advisory’s founding partners since the start of her business advisory career. Julie is a licensed insolvency practitioner and a qualified accountant and has deep-rooted connections to the Essex and wider South-East business and lender communities.
The promotion of Humphrey from senior manager to director, brings to seven the number of partners
Stanhope Capital has appointed Nigel Spray as Partner and Head of the firm’s Merchant Banking division. Spray joins Stanhope Capital from Kleinwort Hambros where he held the position of Managing Director – Head of Private Merchant Banking.
Prior to Kleinwort Hambros, Spray founded Frontiers Capital, a firm which acted as principal investor in, and adviser to, high growth businesses in consumer sectors. Prior to establishing Frontiers Capital, Mr. Spray had been a Managing Director at Credit Suisse jointly running its European Consumer Group and with over 30 years’ experience, Spray is an expert in strategic transactions including mergers, acquisitions, initial/public
JCRA Group has recruited former Cardinal Risk Advisors duo, Gina Sullivan and Peter Turk, who join the firm’s New York office and will be responsible for financial sponsors in private equity as well as the wider corporate client base.
The experienced pair will bolster JCRA’s expertise in the provision of independent hedging advice for interest rates and foreign exchange risk. JCRA Group recently completed an MBO and highlighted that these client sectors are a key opportunity for growth in the US market.
JCRA Group CEO, Jackie Bowie, says: “The demand for truly independent risk management advice across interest rates,
WhiteHorse Capital, the direct lending affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital, has promoted Gina Provenzale, Jeff Wells and John Yeager to the position of Managing Director.
Provenzale is based in Stamford and is responsible for structuring and executing financial solutions to mid-market and lower mid-market sponsors with a focus on providing senior debt, second lien debt, and unitranche debt products.
Wells, who is based in Dallas, is responsible for sourcing and executing middle market senior debt financings for non-sponsored borrowers. Jeff also provides coverage and support to a number of southwestern private equity clients.
Yeager is
Catapult Ventures has appointed Chris Spencer as a Venture Partner with the firm’s GM&C Life Sciences Fund.
Spencer, who becomes the Fund’s fourth Venture Partner, will assess investment opportunities and work with the Fund’s smaller investments to help companies successfully grow, with a particular focus on digital health.
Catapult CEO, Nick Wright, says: “I am delighted to welcome Chris to Catapult as a Venture Partner specialising in digital health. Chris has been working with Catapult as our Digital Health Advisor for several months and his insights were invaluable during our investment in Gendius in September this year. Digital convergence
Pan-African private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI) has appointed Takudzwa Mutasa as Principal.
As a deal lead, Mutasa will work with the team to source and manage investment opportunities and partnerships across the continent, as well as work with existing portfolio investments.
Mutasa will rejoin DPI from KKR and has over a decade of investment experience of which the majority has been in African Private Equity.
Mutasa’s private equity experience, outside of DPI, has been gained at firms including KKR and Helios Investment Partners where he was involved in sourcing, analysing and executing private equity investments across
Redpoint Capital Group, an alternative credit manager focused on providing financing solutions to companies across an array of industries, has expanded its investment team with the appointment of Spring Hollis as a Portfolio Manager.
Hollis, together with Dan Adashek, will be responsible for managing Redpoint’s investments and structuring future transactions.
“We are thrilled to add Spring to the Redpoint team. Her experience on Wall Street investing in and financing multiple asset classes is exactly what we were looking for as we continue to grow our portfolio,” says Alex Dunev, Managing Partner of Redpoint. “The addition of Spring emphasises our
UK lower mid-market investor, Tenzing, has appointed John Messer and Mike Reynolds to its investment team.
Messer has joined Tenzing from Alchemy Partners. He began his career as a consultant at AT Kearney undertaking due diligence and merger integration projects before studying for an MBA at London Business School, interning at Goldman Sachs and Inflexion Private Equity, prior to joining Alchemy.
Mike Reynolds joins the Tenzing team from Rutland Partners, where he spent over five years gaining investment experience in the industrials, financial services and consumer sectors. Prior to this he worked in mid-market M&A advisory at Hawkpoint, now
PPB Capital Partners, a designer and administrator of alternative investment funds for the wealth management industry, has appointed Frank Burke as chief investment strategist.
Burke (pictured), will advise PPB Capital’s network of investment advisors on selecting best-of-class alternative investment products for its clients.
“We are pleased to welcome Frank to our growing team,” says Brendan Lake, chief executive officer of PPB Capital Partners. “Frank’s deep knowledge of alternative asset classes will provide our platform of private investments services increased breadth and depth. As one of the lead portfolio managers of Hatteras Funds, Frank brings a wealth of experience sourcing
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has appointed Jeremy Kenley and Sandy Bhogal as partners in the firm’s London office.
At Gibson Dunn, Kenley will continue his real estate private equity practice, and Bhogal will continue his corporate tax practice. Both will join the firm from Mayer Brown International.
“We welcome Jeremy and Sandy to the firm,” says Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “Building out our transactional practice in London has been a strategic priority for the firm, and the office has developed a broad capability in public and private M&A, private equity, equity capital markets, real estate, and
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