Growth private equity specialist Keensight Capital has appointed Nicolas Ulrich as an Analyst in the firm’s investment team. Prior to joining Keensight Capital, Nicolas worked as an M&A Analyst within the investment bank Natixis Partners, formerly Leonardo & Co France.   He also worked as an Auditor at EY and is a graduate of Paris-Dauphine University and ESCP Europe.

Blueprint Capital Advisors, an investment firm focused on manager sourcing, due diligence and the structuring of opportunistic investments, has appointed John McAvoy as a Partner. At Blueprint, McAvoy is involved in the execution of all investment activities and responsible for the Firm’s strategic investments. He is also a member of the Blueprint Investment Committee.   “John is a highly-accomplished industry executive with extensive alternative investment management, equity and debt capital markets experience,” says Jacob Walthour Jr, Chief Executive Officer of Blueprint. “At Blueprint, we are levelling the economic playing field by structuring investor participation more creatively to best align the

BGF has appointed Andy Watts to its Talent Network team. Watts will provide support to BGF-backed companies by further expanding BGF’s network of non-executives, interim managers and experienced finance directors.   Watts has more than 13 years’ recruitment experience, including most recently as a partner with Boyden UK. He has worked with blue-chip and smaller, high-growth clients across the consumer, retail, hospitality, technology, support services and industrial sectors. Before Boyden, Andy worked at Whitehead Mann as part of the Industry team, covering London and the Midlands. His early career was as a fully qualified Solicitor.   In his new role, Watts

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with USD30 billion of assets under management, has expanded its Private Credit team with the addition of Justin Lawrence as a Principal. Lawrence joins a growing team led by Bill Sacher and Shahab Rashid, former Oaktree Capital executives, who co-founded Adams Street’s Private Credit strategy in January 2016.      Prior to joining Adams Street Partners, Lawrence was a Vice President in the Direct Lending Group at Ares Management, a global alternative asset manager. While at Ares, he was responsible for providing debt financing solutions to private equity backed middle-market companies and also played a lead

Private equity investor, Ardenton Capital, has made a key appointment to its UK team with the appointment of Allan Dunn as Head of Strategic Development. Dunn joins Directors Mike Bradbury and Iain Marlow and will be responsible for working closely with the management teams of Ardenton’s UK investments. He will help drive quality and performance, boost operational efficiency and overcome any obstacles to long-term sustainable growth. Dunn will also be responsible for building out Ardenton’s strategic and operational teams in the UK.   Dunn brings with him extensive knowledge and experience that will be of significant benefit to both the

Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Simon Tilley as Partner in the firm’s Partnership Capital team and Ben Long as Investment Director in the Enterprise Fund team. Tilley brings a wealth of experience to our unique minority investment fund, Inflexion Partnership Capital. Offering investment between GBP10 million to GBP150 million in high growth companies, Partnership Capital provides patient equity capital through tailored solutions. Most recently, Tilley was Managing Director and Head of European Financial Sponsors at DC Advisory. His seniority and track record in advising successful private equity backed transactions such as Oasis Healthcare, Zenith, Southern Dental and Park Holidays brings

SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceutical sectors, has expanded its team with the addition of Edward Donkor as a Principal, and Simon Dowker as Director of Business Development. Prior to joining SK Capital, Donkor was a Principal at Pine Brook Partners, where he played a significant role in sourcing and executing a variety of energy investment opportunities as well as holding active board-level responsibilities for several of Pine Brook’s portfolio companies. Before joining Pine Brook, he was an investment professional at First Reserve Corporation and an investment banker