Idinvest Partners has appointed Alban Wyniecki as an investment director. Wyniecki will provide strategic direction and oversight of Idinvest’s Growth Capital Fund II, which recently held its first close at EUR250 million.   The fund’s first investment this year was in Vestiaire Collective, an online e-commerce marketplace for pre-loved clothes.   “We are very much looking forward to Alban joining the Growth team here at Idinvest,” says Benoist Grossmann, managing partner at Idinvest. “We are currently seeing a good amount of opportunity for European companies looking to scale-up, particularly in the tech sector and where Alban brings a huge amount

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) has appointed Michael Anstey as an investment director specialising in healthcare investments. Anstey says: “There is an abundance of impressive innovation in bioscience occurring in the Cambridge Cluster. We are on the cusp of something fantastic here. It's exciting to be part of an opportunity in a growth phase and I think it's the perfect time to join this world class team and build something great.”   Anstey was previously a principal in the Healthcare Practice of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Toronto, Canada. He brings experience in advising multinational healthcare businesses across North America,

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Fiona Gibson to support its growing portfolio in the South West of England. Gibson joins BGF from Lloyds Banking Group where she was head of equity investments, responsible for the bank’s portfolio of more than 250 legacy equity assets. Whilst at Lloyds, Gibson delivered a number of significant exits including the sale of Keepmoat and CALA Homes.   With 15 years’ private equity experience, predominately managing minority equity investments across a range of sectors, Gibson worked at 3i and HBoS Integrated Finance before moving into the equity investments team at Lloyds Banking Group following

Matthew Pohlman has rejoined law firm Goodwin as a partner in the hospitality and leisure practice in the London office. Pohlman brings extensive experience in the development, operation, management, acquisition, disposition and financing of hotels, resorts and other mixed-use hospitality assets around the world.   “We are delighted to welcome Matt back to Goodwin,” says Teresa Goebel, partner in the real estate industry group. “Merging his extensive international hospitality experience with our capabilities in Europe and the US will further expand our offering to hospitality and leisure clients, especially those with active interests in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and

Private equity and infrastructure investment specialist Omnes Capital has made a number of key promotions and appointments with Eric Rey appointed as managing partner, responsible for the firm’s mid-cap business. Rey also joins Omnes Capital’s executive committee.   In addition, Pierre-Axel Botuha and Etienne Chemel have joined the mid-cap team as principals.   The mid-cap team invests in SMEs offering strong growth potential via Omnes Croissance 4. This fourth-generation fund has just closed at EUR210 million (above its initial target size of EUR180 million) and has four investments in portfolio: Bimedia, Capcom, Cogepart and Dispam.   Laurent Espic, partner, has

Mourant Ozannes Hong Kong has appointed finance and restructuring specialist Claire Fulton to the global partnership, bringing the offshore law firm's total number of partners to 59. Fulton joined Mourant Ozannes from Hogan Lovells in 2014 and is based in the firm's Hong Kong office.   She specialises in advising clients on realising value in distressed situations, including security enforcements, special situations, debt restructurings and voluntary liquidations.   She is regularly approached to advise on offshore statutory merger regimes and has significant experience advising clients on a broad range of banking and finance transactions including cross-border leveraged finance buy-outs, public

Silverfleet Capital has appointed Andrew Harrison as head of investor relations, based in the firm’s London office. Harrison joins Silverfleet from Credit Suisse where he spent over 12 years, latterly as a member of the firm’s Private Fund Group (PFG).   During his time in the PFG, Harrison raised capital for a number of buyout, energy, credit and infrastructure investment strategies including Silverfleet’s second independent fund.    Most recently, Harrison was responsible for the PFG’s origination and due diligence activities across Europe and Asia.   Neil MacDougall, managing partner at Silverfleet Capital, says: “We are very pleased that Andrew has decided to

Independent trust, corporate and fund services company ZEDRA has expanded its team in the Channel Islands with three senior hires. Paul Nayar has been appointed finance director, Joe Donohoe as client director and Mark Cleary as head of relationship management and funds, Guernsey.   Nayar and Cleary have pan-island roles working across Jersey and Guernsey. Nayar is responsible for all financial procedures, policies, controls and reporting systems. He works alongside the managing directors and the CFO. Cleary is managing the relationship management of bespoke fund services, ensuring high quality service is provided to clients and he will also act on

New York-based private equity firm High Road Capital Partners has promoted Dan Gaspar to partner, Scott Rubino to principal, and Matt Hadley to associate, business development.   “Dan, Scott and Matt have excelled in their demonstrated knowledge, skill and judgement, and exemplify our ‘high road’ business philosophy,” says Bob Fitzsimmons, managing partner of High Road Capital Partners. “Their contributions in sourcing and closing deals have been instrumental in the growth and success of the firm and our portfolio companies.”   Gaspar joined High Road in 2011 as a vice president. He serves on the boards of directors of The Crown Group,