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Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has appointed Donald Forsyth as a partner based in the firm’s Inverness office, with effect from 1 April.
Forsyth was most recently managing partner at EY’s Inverness office. He previously spent 17 years with Scott-Moncrieff, where he served as a commercial partner leading the firm’s business advisory group and served on the executive and strategy board from 2011 to 2014.
Following the recent announcement by EY to reduce the size of the Inverness office, Saffery Champness and Forsyth have worked closely together to be able to offer a continued service for a number of local
Greg Carter, founder of SME finance platform Growth Street, has replaced James Sherwin-Smith as chief executive officer.
The appointment of Carter – who has been Growth Street’s chief risk officer since its launch – represents a return to the company’s original founder.
Carter founded Growth Street while working at Arts Alliance, the venture capital investors in Graze, Shazam and Lovefilm, before appointing Sherwin-Smith as CEO to launch the company in 2015.
Carter says: “I would like to thank James for all the hard work he put in over the last two years in growing Growth Street. We would
Gresham House, an asset manager focused on alternative investment strategies and illiquid asset classes, has appointed Andy Hampshire to the newly created role of chief technology officer.
Hampshire (pictured) will develop and drive the implementation of Gresham House’s technology strategy, including the creation of a distinctive co-investment platform. This platform will provide a high quality service for investors and facilitate co-investment opportunities for clients, which will materially enhance the group’s client service proposition.
He will also advise investee companies on the use of technology as a driver of shareholder value creation.
Hampshire has over 10 years of experience
Silverfleet Capital has appointed Karl Eidem as co-head of the Nordic region.
Eidem will work closely with Gareth Whiley, partner, who currently heads the region to further develop the firm’s capabilities and help to build on Silverfleet’s track record in Scandinavia, where the firm has made three investments and achieved one exit since 2013.
Eidem joins Silverfleet from Swedish national pension fund AP6, where he was an investment director overseeing the development of an international investment programme through mid to large cap private equity firms and co-investments. Prior to that, he was a senior principal at Doughty Hanson in Stockholm and
Executive recruitment firm The McLean Partnership has hired Edward King as a partner to develop its private equity franchise.
King joins from executives in Africa’s London office where he has forged strong links with private equity organisations looking to grow their business interests in the region.
He has worked extensively with portfolio companies across a wide range of sectors. Most recently, he has been responsible for C-suite hires in Ethiopia and West Africa in banking, insurance, pensions, real estate, FMCG and agri-business. King will build on The McLean Partnership’s private equity offering, working with clients in the UK and in
HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) has appointed Francesca Barnes as a non-executive director of the company with effect from 3 April 2017.
Barnes brings a wealth of private equity, banking and finance experience to the HVPE Board.
Most recently she was non-executive director of Electra Private Equity, a FTSE 250 investment trust specialising in private equity investments – a position she held from 2013 to 2016.
Prior to this, Barnes spent 16 years at UBS, serving as global head of private equity for the latter seven years following on from senior positions in restructuring and loan portfolio management.
Maranon Capital has appointed Kyle Smith and Brian Pearl as portfolio analysts.
In this role, they will primarily be working with Maranon’s investment and loan operations teams on portfolio management activities.
Prior to joining Maranon, Smith was a commercial credit analyst at MB Financial Bank.
Pearl was previously at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was an assurance associate.
German law firm Noerr is opening an office in Hamburg and admitting three partners from White & Case to the partnership, effective 1 April 2017.
At the same time, four Noerr partners will be joining the team in Hamburg.
By the summer, more than 20 advisers will be working for Noerr in its Hamburg office, with further growth planned.
Three partners from White & Case’s Hamburg office – Kai-Michael Hingst, Volker Land and Matthias Stupp – will be moving to Noerr.
Their practice areas focus on banking and financial regulatory law and financing (Hingst), corporate/M&A and capital
Next Coast Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive ideas and marketplaces, has hired venture partner Zeynep Young.
With experience as the founder and CEO of ed-tech company Double Line Partners, portfolio director at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and an associate principal at McKinsey & Company, Young brings experience in entrepreneurship, technology and the social sector.
She is currently the CEO of milk + honey, a wellness and beauty company with a portfolio of day spas, salons and products in the organic, luxury market.
“I’m thrilled to bring my expertise to a forward-looking
Clessidra SGR’s board of directors has appointed Federico Ghizzoni as executive deputy chairman and member of its investment committee.
Ghizzoni joined Clessidra in September 2016 as an independent board member, following the change of ownership of Clessidra by Italmobiliare.
Clessidra’s shareholders also appointed Matteo Canonaco as independent board member of the firm. Canonaco has an extensive experience in international investment banking.
“Clessidra and its investment team will further benefit from the competencies and skills of Federico Ghizzoni, who in his new role will support in particular, the origination and selection of investment opportunities,” says Mario Fera, CEO of
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