Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Daryl Cohen as an investment director within the partnership capital team, focused on minority investing. He starts with immediate effect.   Cohen has over 10 years’ investment experience in the UK and Western Europe, completing numerous transactions, add-on acquisitions and refinancings across a range of sectors and businesses.   Most recently at Vision Capital, his transaction highlights included the acquisition and IPO of Nordax Bank in Stockholm, as well as the acquisition of Bormioli Rocco and disposal of its various divisions; he held directorships at both businesses.   Prior to this, Cohen spent time at

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has expanded its Manchester-based team with two appointments. Paul Dolyniuk joins as an investor after 10 years at KPMG while Daniel Beckett, who joins from Bureau van Dijk, will focus on business development across the North West, Yorkshire and North East.   Most recently, Dolyniuk worked on a number of transactions in KPMG’s corporate finance team, including advising the board of BDP Holdings on the sale of the business to Nippon Koei.   Beckett has nine years’ experience in business development, including seven years spent at Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing where he focused on corporate

Caledonia Investments has appointed Alex Mills as an investment manager in the firm’s unquoted pool.  Mills joins from Graphite Capital where she worked on the recent New World Trading Company and Aero Technics Group acquisitions as well as representing Graphite on the board of the Groucho Club.    Prior to joining Graphite, she was with KPMG working in the transaction services and restructuring divisions.   Duncan Johnson, head of unquoted investments says: “We are delighted that Alex has joined us at Caledonia. Alex’s background at KPMG and more recent experience at Graphite will add enormously to our business. We all look

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Harris C Siskind as the global head of its corporate and transactional practice group, effective immediately. Siskind replaces Ira J Coleman who will take over as the chair of the firm as of 1 January 2017.   Siskind advises clients on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. He has handled many complex transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures on behalf of private equity sponsors. He has also represented numerous strategic buyers, public corporations and private companies in connection with acquisitions, sales and a broad range of other corporate

RueOne Investments, an alternative asset manager that offers institutional asset owners and family offices direct investment opportunities on a deal by deal basis, has appointed Tracie Ahern and Hoyt Stastney to the firm’s board of directors. Ahern (pictured), who is currently a principal at Danesmead Partners, a fund fiduciary services firm, will serve on the board's audit committee.   Stastney, currently the general counsel at Bronfman EL Rothschild, a wealth management firm, will chair RueOne's legal, compliance and cybersecurity committee. A focus of the compliance and cybersecurity committee will be ensuring that RueOne adopts and maintains best-in-class policies and procedures

US Capital Partners has appointed Britt Doyle as senior vice president (SVP). Headquartered in San Francisco, US Capital Partners is a private investment bank that makes direct debt investments, participates in debt facilities, and has wide distribution for debt and equity private placements for small and medium-sized businesses.   A 30-year veteran of the capital markets, Doyle started his career as an institutional fixed-income salesman for Security Pacific Asian Bank in Singapore directly out of college.   After receiving an MBA in the late 1980s, Doyle moved to the private client side of the business, working for various large investment

Palladium Equity Partners, a private investment firm with approximately USD2 billion in assets under management, has promoted three investment professionals to the position of managing director and three to the position of principal. Marcos Rodriguez, chairman and chief executive officer of Palladium, says: "We are pleased to announce well-deserved promotions that broaden our leadership team and our firm as a whole. The promotions reflect years of service to Palladium and our investors, and significant accomplishments in sourcing new investments, creating value at our portfolio companies and exemplifying the values of our firm."   "It is gratifying to recognise the contribution

Private equity firm NorthEdge Capital has strengthened its new business team in the north with the appointment of Nicola McQuaid as investment manager and Greg Holmes as investment executive. McQuaid spent 10 years working at PwC in the firm’s corporate finance division before joining JLA, an HgCapital backed business, where she was corporate development director for three years, specialising in M&A.   At NorthEdge, McQuaid will work alongside John Rastrick, partner and head of Yorkshire & North East, at the firm’s Leeds office to help drive new business efforts across the region.   Holmes joins NorthEdge after five years at