Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Tom Green as Value Enhancement Director. He starts with immediate effect and will work alongside Jon Andrew to support strategic and operational value creation within Inflexion’s portfolio. Green’s appointment strengthens Inflexion’s existing value creation team which includes international portfolio support offices in Brazil, India and China, and in-house digital expertise.   Green joins Inflexion from CPA Global, where he was Corporate Development Director of the Cinven-backed IP legal services business, focused on driving growth both organically and through the origination and execution of bolt-on acquisitions across North America and Europe. Tom started his career in

Hall Capital, a family-owned private investment company based in Oklahoma City, has added T Clark Akers as a member of the boards overseeing Hall Capital’s private equity and automotive ventures. Akers will act as an advisor to Hall Capital Partners, the private equity affiliate of Hall Capital that has USD250 million in capital under management. Akers will also join the oversight of Hall Capital’s automotive affiliate, The Fred Jones Companies, a pioneer in the automotive industry. Akers joins other notable Nashville figures in Hall Capital’s board structure, including real estate veteran Patrick Emery and healthcare entrepreneur William “Billy” Webb.  

Private investment firm Saban Capital Group has promoted Philip Han to Executive Vice President. Han, who has been with SCG since April 2002, most recently served as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. In this new role as Executive Vice President, Han will continue to oversee the strategy, design and implementation of the firm’s investment portfolio across equities, fixed income and alternative investments globally. Furthermore, Han will continue to lead the firm’s real estate division, which currently manages a portfolio of self-storage, student housing, retail and government office assets exceeding four million square feet in 18 states.

Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), the specialist engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has appointed the Right Honourable the Lord Peter Hain, formerly Secretary of State for Wales, and General Sir Peter Wall, formerly Chief of the General Staff, to CIM’s Advisory Board. Peter Schwabach, Managing Partner of CIM, says: “We are very pleased to welcome two such distinguished figures to our Advisory Board. As an active investor in British Engineering with a focus on strategic businesses in the Aerospace, Defence and Security industries General Sir Peter Wall and Lord Hain bring to Cyrus a wealth of knowledge and relationships that benefit

Hercules Technology Growth Capital is changing its name to Hercules Capital effective February 25, 2016. The company will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the HTGC ticker symbol. Hercules’ founding mission was to create an opportunity for individual and institutional investors to gain exposure to high-growth, technology-based companies, while also providing entrepreneurs with an alternative source of growth capital that complemented their existing venture capital financing. Since its founding in December 2003, a cumulative USD460 billion has been invested in US-based venture-capital backed companies, according to Dow Jones VentureSource Q4 2015 report, highlighting the vibrancy of

Arma Partners has expanded its Internet and Digital Media advisory capabilities with the appointment of Simon Carmichael as a Partner. Carmichael will work alongside Eric Lawson-Smith and the team, who have successfully built Arma’s presence in this sector over the past seven years. He will be based in Arma’s London office and begins his role immediately.   Carmichael has nearly 20 years of investment banking experience, with a strong focus on advising high-growth consumer Internet businesses on both M&A and capital raisings. Prior to joining Arma Partners, Simon was a Managing Director at Torch Partners, where for over seven years he advised

HIG Capital has appointed Stuart Aronson, former Head of GE Capital’s Sponsor Finance Group (GSF), as head of the US Direct Klending team at HIG WhiteHorse. Aronson served as the President and CEO of GSF and was an Officer of the General Electric Company. From 2010 to 2015, GSF was the leading provider of debt financing to U.S. sponsor middle market companies.   HIG WhiteHorse is a provider of customised financing solutions to performing small and middle market companies including senior secured loans, unitranche loans, second lien loans and structured equity. Also joining HIG WhiteHorse are several senior originators from

LeapFrog Investments has announced the leaders of a global team to spearhead the firm’s expansion into healthcare investments. LeapFrog’s companies so far serve 52 million people across 21 markets with financial services, and the firm intends to achieve similar large-scale results in healthcare.  This announcement follows OPIC’s recent announcement of a commitment to LeapFrog of up to USD200m for investments in healthcare and financial services.   African healthcare investments will be led by Dr Felix Olale, MD, PhD, who joins LeapFrog as a Partner. Dr Olale is an entrepreneur, innovator and physician-scientist with wide experience building businesses and investing in