New Sparta Asset Management (NSAM), a specialist emerging market investment manager established by Dr Jerome Booth, has made three senior hires at New Sparta Energy (NSE), a fully owned subsidiary which specialises in the identification, development, construction and operation of power projects in Africa, with a focus on renewable energy. Its role is to advise NSAM on the management of the underlying assets and implementation of the investment strategy.   David Anson has been hired as Director and Head of Development, Richard Scott as Project Director and Camille Astier as Legal Director. All three are based in London and will

Capital Risks Limited (Capital Risks), a newly formed Transaction Liability Insurance Managing General Agency (MGA), has appointed Alex Smith as Underwriting Director.  Smith will be joining on 1st August 2017, as soon as he completes his notice period. With a first-class law degree and corporate finance experience, for the past four years Alex has served as an underwriter within AIG’s UK Mergers & Acquisitions Team.   Capital Risks was launched on 12 June 2017 and provides Transaction Liability Insurance for small and medium sized deals, which are currently underserved in the market.    “Alex has an excellent reputation and we are

Blue Sage Capital, an Austin, Texas-based private investment firm, has added Jonathan Kaskow and Alan Mire to its team. Kaskow joins Blue Sage Capital as a Senior Associate. He will assist with evaluating, structuring, due diligence, and financial modeling of investment opportunities. Prior to joining Blue Sage, Kaskow worked as the Director of Business Development for Construction Partners (CPI), a portfolio company of SunTx Capital Partners in Dothan, AL, where he led M&A and various strategic initiatives. Prior to CPI, Kaskow was an investment professional at SunTx, a middle-market private equity firm in Dallas, TX specialising in industrial, manufacturing and

European growth private equity firm Keensight Capital has appointed Rémi Louvel as Associate Director, in a move to strengthen the support of its portfolio companies. Louvel will be focusing on supporting the managers of the portfolio companies in their growth initiatives. Thanks to his dual career in the industry and the strategy consulting sector, Louvel has developed a very operational and international experience, key qualities for supporting Keensight Capital’s strategy. Alongside the investment team, he will be providing assistance and support to managers of the portfolio companies in dealing with specific matters, such as commercial strategy, pricing, and internationalisation, and

Mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Quayle Munro has added two new directors to the firm’s advisory team; James Local and Lalit Kasat.   Local has over ten years of corporate finance experience providing independent advice on acquisitions, disposals and fundraisings. He has worked with entrepreneurs, financial sponsors and global corporates across the B2B software and data, education and media sectors. Local joins from Livingstone Partners where he was a Director in the Business Services team, and has previously worked at UBS and EY. James is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MA from the University of Cambridge.   Kasat has

MPower Financing, a fintech company and provider of educational loans to high-potential, international students, has appointed Rohan Tibrawalla (pictured), to the position of Country Director-India to oversee the company’s operations in the region from its soon-to-be-opened office in Bangalore. In his new position, Tibrawalla is responsible for expanding and executing MPower Financing’s operations, marketing and business development strategies as well as for managing the loan portfolio and debt and equity capital sourcing. Among positions he held prior to joining MPower Financing, Tibrawalla was the chief financial officer at bhane, a fashion apparel brand actively supported by one of India’s largest

Pharos Capital Group, a physician-founded healthcare private equity firm based in Dallas and Nashville, has promoted Anna Kovalkova to Partner, effective immediately. Kovalkova is based in the firm’s Nashville office and was most recently a Principal. Concurrently, the firm promoted three Senior Financial Analysts to Associates. They are Lauren Gurley and Kevin Ryan, based in Nashville, and Jim Kerrigan in Dallas.   Kovalkova is responsible for leading the evaluation, due diligence and execution of investments as well as for overseeing portfolio companies. She currently serves on the boards of Back Yard Burgers, Beacon Specialized Living Services, Sona Dermatology & Medspa,

KL Outdoor-GSC, a New Water Capital portfolio company,  has named Charles L “Chuck” Smith as its chief executive officer. The company, believed to be the world’s largest manufacturer of paddle sports equipment, was created by the April 2017 merger of recreational products makers KL Outdoor and GSC/Future Beach.   New Water partner John Disa said Smith brings a rare combination of business and entrepreneurial experience that includes sales and market development, managing relationships with big-box retailers, and several years in the outdoor sports products industry. “Chuck has an impressive track record of increasing sales and expanding market share at several