Activa Capital, a Paris-based independent private equity company investing in mid-market companies, has appointed three new partners – Pierre Chabaud, Alexandre Masson and Benjamin Moreau – and one operations partner Jean-François Briand. Created in 2002, Activa Capital is currently managed by four Partners: Charles Diehl, Michael Diehl, Philippe Latorre and Christophe Parier. Chabaud (36) joined Activa Capital in 2009 and has contributed to many transactions including Françoise Saget – Linvosges, Sport 2000, Albarelle, Abrisud, La Maison Bleue and Gaz Européen. Prior to joining Activa Capital, he worked for 5 years in Management Consulting at Bain & Company and Arthur D

Private equity firm Lotus Innovations has added Ommid Bavarian to its executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Bavarian joins Lotus as the firm continues its drive into the private equity market with a highly successful Fund I, and a tripling of its soon-to-close Fund II.  The addition of Bavarian, who brings a diverse mix of operational, technical and strategic accounting skills to the role, will help Lotus continue to acquire, grow, and exit undervalued software and services companies. Christian Mack, Managing Director of Lotus Innovations, is enthusiastic about the addition of Ommid to the team. “Ommid shares Lotus’ passion for

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has appointed Charles Winward to its investment team. Winward will be responsible for sourcing, transacting and managing VCT investments. Winward was previously a director at IP Group plc, where he was the Managing Director of its fund management and advisory subsidiary. Over seven years at IP Group (during which time they moved from AIM to the FTSE 250), he assisted in creating and developing several spin-out technology companies from university intellectual property, with notable successes being Tracsis plc (University of Leeds), Xeros Technology plc (University of Leeds), Boxarr Limited (Universities of Southampton and Bristol) and hVivo

Private debt specialist Old Hill Partners has appointed former GE Capital executive Shila Ray as Financial Officer. Ray will be responsible for overall finance and fund accounting functions at the company and has been named to the firm's investment committee. Ray has over 20 years of experience in finance leadership roles. He served as CFO and in various global leadership positions for businesses within GE Capital. He has extensive experience in scaling up enterprises and has been instrumental in leading the finance function for various global and domestic operations. After GE Capital, Shila served as CFO of an alternative finance

Richards Kibbe & Orbe has appointed Vincent Basulto as a partner in the corporate department of the firm’s New York office.  Basulto was previously Managing Director of Macquarie Group’s credit markets division and General Counsel for one of the investment bank’s investment advisers. Prior to joining Macquarie, Basulto was a Senior Vice President in the Office of the General Counsel at Lehman Brothers, responsible for fixed income credit products.   “Vincent brings with him 15 years of in-house experience and we are very happy to welcome an attorney of his reputation and background to Richards Kibbe & Orbe,” says firm

Aurelius Group has appointed Ben Paice as Operations Manager to its UK operational team. Paice begins his role at Aurelius with immediate effect where he will be placed at Allied Healthcare, the UK market-leading domiciliary care business acquired from Saga plc in December 2015.  This appointment, which is the third hire to Aurelius’ UK operational team in the last 12 months, gives Aurelius further operational expertise to commit to its growing portfolio of investee companies.   Paice has almost 10 years’ experience in advising businesses on restructuring and operational improvement. Prior to joining Aurelius Ben worked as an Associate Director

Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), the specialist engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has appointed Stuart Lawrence in the newly created role of Strategic Investment Manager, as well as Managing Director of Rhino Doors (Rhino), one of the UK’s leading high security door manufacturers and CIM investee company, effective 1 May 2016. Stuart’s previous role was at CNIM, the French multinational, where he was focussed on the nuclear and defence sectors. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of Booth Industries, Rhino’s largest competitor.  “I am delighted to be joining Cyrus Investment Management and I am particularly enthusiastic regarding the clear

Jeffrey Griffiths has joined Campbell Lutyens as Principal in the firm’s London office while Andrew Symons has been appointed as a Senior Vice President in the New York office.  Campbell Lutyens has seen growth across its private equity, infrastructure and private debt practices and has had a very successful year in both fund raising and secondary advisory. Over the last year the firm successfully raised over USD12 billion of primary commitments for its clients from investors globally with final closes on White Oak, Stonepeak, Everstone, ICON Infrastructure, Exponent, Old Ironsides, and I Squared Capital. It has also advised on over

NorthEdge Capital, a private equity house that invests in businesses in the North of England, has hired David Walters as its Digital and Data Director to help maximise online, data and technology opportunities for portfolio companies. Walters has over 25 years’ experience leading technology, digital, product and analytics teams across a range of sectors including media, automotive, marketing and insurance. Most recently, he held the position of Interim Group CTO at Watchstone Group, helping the organisation to launch the useage based insurance business Hubio in the UK and USA. In this role, he played a central part in developing outsourcing

Forum Equity Partners has named industry veteran Nikolas Novograd as Principal, Energy and Renewables, to be based in San Francisco, California.  In his role, Novograd will focus on new investment opportunities, furthering Forum Equity Partners’ commitment to the renewable energy industry in North America. “We are delighted to have Nik join our team. With his excellent reputation, deep industry relationships and broad experience across development, project & corporate finance, tax equity and M&A, we expect Nik to be a key driver of our future success in the renewable energy sector. Along with our recent acquisition of United Wind, this move