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Alternative investment firm MidOcean Partners has appointed Spencer Potts as head of business development and Ruth Lane as head of investor relations.
“Spencer and Ruth are both highly accomplished investment management industry executives,” says Ted Virtue, chief executive officer of MidOcean. “We are thrilled to welcome them to our team and look forward to leveraging their deep relationships and alternative asset management expertise as we seek to deliver a premier solutions-based experience to our investors and expand our client base globally.”
Potts joins MidOcean from CIFC, where he served as head of business development. Previously, he spent eight years
Venture capital firm e.ventures has appointed Arnulf Keese as general partner in the firm’s Berlin office.
Keese joins European partners Andreas Haug, Christian Leybold and Bernardo Hernandez, in addition to North American partners Mathias Schilling and Tom Gieselmann.
Keese, the former vice president and general manager of PayPal DE/AT/CH, brings over 20 years of experience in digital commerce and payments to the e.ventures partnership. Prior to his executive role at PayPal, he held senior roles at Bertelsmann, AOL, giropay and online auction group QXL Ricardo.de.
As an investing partner at e.ventures, he intends to focus on early stage
Bedell Cristin has appointed Kate Ovenden as managing partner in the firm’s Guernsey office.
An experienced corporate, banking and financial services lawyer who spent 10 years working at City law firm Withers, Ovenden (pictured) became a partner of Bedell Cristin in 2010, having returned to Guernsey to join the firm in 2006.
Ovenden also has extensive experience in advising all types of clients on banking, funds, corporate and commercial matters.
Advocate Mark Helyar, the former managing partner, will remain with the firm in an of counsel role.
Helyar, who has led the Guernsey office since it first
TPG Capital, the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, has appointed Jack Daly as a partner.
Daly most recently served as a partner and managing director in the principal investment area (PIA) of the merchant banking division at Goldman Sachs Group, leading the US industrials private equity team.
In his new role, Daly will be a sector leader with a focus on TPG Capital’s investments in the industrials space. He will be based in San Francisco.
“Jack’s experience as an investor and director in a variety of global industrial and technology businesses will be a
Castanea Partners has appointed Tom First as an operating partner focusing on opportunities in the branded food and beverage sector.
“We are thrilled that Tom will be joining our team,” says Brian Knez, managing partner of Castanea. “Tom is an extraordinarily successful serial entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. His deep passion and experience in the food and beverage space will bring a unique perspective to our existing portfolio and help us identify exciting new investment opportunities.”
Prior to joining Castanea, First was a managing partner at First Beverage Ventures, the investment arm of First Beverage Group.
He was also
Scipion Capital, a commodity trade finance investment manager, has appointed Paul Baker as head of trade finance to oversee all of the company’s trade functions.
In this newly created role, he will report to the firm’s chief investment officer, Nicolas Clavel.
Baker (pictured) brings to Scipion 30 years’ experience in identifying, structuring and closing trade finance facilities.
Before joining Scipion, Baker spent eight years at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe (SMBC), where he was an assistant general manager in the firm’s structured trade and commodity finance department. Prior to this, Baker was director for metals and mining in the
Kuber Ventures, an alternative fund investment platform offering access to EIS/SEIS portfolios and funds, has added Tim Thornton, Matt Lenzie, and Kate Hopkin to its team.
All three hires are newly created roles as a result of the continued growth across the business and geographic regions.
Hopkin’s role as business development associate is key to providing support to the business development managers increasing Kuber’s geographical distribution footprint. Prior to joining Kuber Hopkin worked at Brooks MacDonald and Fidelity International.
Lenzie and Thornton also work to increase Kuber’s distribution capabilities and geographical coverage. Both have been bought in because
International law firm Taylor Wessing has enhanced its London private equity practice with the appointment of Duncan McDonald as partner.
The appointment McDonald, who joins from Olswang, brings the number of dedicated private equity lawyers in Taylor Wessing’s London team to 20.
McDonald is a highly experienced international private equity lawyer with an extensive track record in advising sponsors, management teams and companies on management buy-outs and buy-ins, portfolio company transactions, exits and growth capital deals. He also specialises in domestic and cross-border M&A and joint ventures.
McDonald brings deep experience across a wide range of sectors, including
NorthEdge Capital has launched a specialist deal origination team as part of its ongoing investment to support the development and growth of the firm.
NorthEdge now has over GBP525 million in funds under management since the final close of NorthEdge Capital Fund II, which reached its GBP300 million hard cap in March.
Ray Stenton, partner and head of new business, will be supported by James Hales who joins as head of origination.
Hales spent seven years leading the origination activities of global corporate finance advisory business Clearwater International. He will be responsible for identifying new investment opportunities and management
Inflexion Private Equity has promoted Mark Williams from investment director to partner with immediate effect.
Williams joined the investment team in 2011 and has been involved in a number of transactions including the firm’s investment in corporate travel company Reed & Mackay last month; the carve-out of Kynetec; and the GBP92 million buyout of Alcumus.
Williams sits on the board of all three companies.
He was also closely involved in the buyout and subsequent exit of CTC Aviation Group, one of the world’s largest independent pilot training companies, which generated a 3x return in May 2015.
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