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Frette, the international luxury linen and home furnishings business, has appointed Hervé Martin as chief executive with immediate effect.
The move follows the acquisition of a majority stake in Frette by Change Capital Partners, the pan-European private equity fund investing in retail and consumer goods companies.
Change Capital Partners will make a significant investment in Frette to enable it to reach its full growth potential.
Martin has built an extensive career in leading a number of international luxury and fashion brands. He is the former chief executive of Baccarat, the luxury crystal manufacturer, where he oversaw the firm’s
The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has appointed Richard Young to the new position of director, BVCA Manchester.
Young is a private equity and venture capital veteran of almost 30 years. Previously with 3i and then founder of The Manchester Technology Fund, Young joins from venture capital house Enterprise Ventures where he has been fund manager for the North West Fund for Venture Capital since 2010.
Young will begin the role from 1 November and operate from Manchester to promote the role of private equity and venture capital in the North of the UK, and enhance
UK mid-market private equity firm Graphite Capital has strengthened its investment team with three new appointments.
Humphrey Baker has joined as an investment director from Lyceum Capital Partners, where he was involved in deal origination, appraisal and execution, as well as portfolio company management. Before that, he worked in financial services at Ernst & Young. Baker brings to Graphite particular experience of the IT services and software sectors.
Liam McGivern and Alex Mills have joined as investment managers. McGivern was previously with Pricoa Capital Group, where he worked on European mezzanine investments, and before that he was part of
Evercore has appointed Denis A Bovin as a senior advisor with a focus on the global technology and aerospace/defence industry sectors.
During his career, Bovin has advised numerous prominent management teams, boards of directors and senior leaders in the US Government on some of the most significant financial and strategic transactions in the government and commercial technology sectors.
Roger Altman, Evercore’s executive chairman, says: “Denis Bovin is one of the most highly regarded senior bankers in the global technology and aerospace defence sectors. His professionalism, knowledge and experience, coupled with his personal character and integrity have proven invaluable to
Emergence Capital Partners has promoted Santi Subotovsky to partner.
The firm has also promoted Joe Floyd to principal and is hiring three new team members: Jake Saper as senior associate, John Chen as associate and Julia Mailander as marketing manager.
"Emergence Capital is investing in the future of the firm, and we are thrilled to promote both Santi and Joe. They have both been with the firm for a number of years and have helped identify and build fantastic cloud companies," says Gordon Ritter, co-founder and general partner at Emergence Capital Partners. "We are also excited to welcome three new
Altium has appointed Simon Chambers and Richard Clark as managing directors of its new UK debt advisory practice.
Chambers and Clark, both previously at DC Advisory, join their former DC Advisory colleagues Johannes Schmittat, Norbert Schmitz, Gerd Bieding and Thorsten Weber, who have been leading Altium’s debt advisory practice in Frankfurt since 2012.
Prior to joining Altium, Clark spent 13 years at Close Brothers, Houlihan Lokey and latterly DC Advisory. He has advised both private equity and corporate clients on a range of transactions including acquisition financings, refinancings, dividend recapitalisations, staple debt financing, and restructurings across a variety of
Cayman Islands-based boutique corporate governance services firm Highwater has expanded its team of directors with the appointment of Yolanda Banks McCoy.
McCoy, who will be based in Cayman, has over 19 years of financial services experience.
Prior to joining HighWater, she was the head of investments and securities division of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) since November 2006. She was responsible for the regulation and supervision of hedge funds, fund administrators and securities investment companies operating in or from the Cayman Islands, as well as ensuring sound compliance and market conduct in accordance with Cayman Islands regulatory laws
RCP Advisors has promoted Raj Patel to vice president and hired Calvin Kleinschmidt as vice president and Colin Monasterio as investment associate.
Patel, who joined RCP as an associate in July 2013, is responsible for the identification and analysis of all private equity investments. Prior to joining RCP, he worked at Conversus Capital, where he focused on direct investments and secondaries.
Kleinschmidt worked at RCP from 2008-2012 as an investment associate before going to the University of Chicago to attend business school. He recently returned to RCP and is responsible for the identification and analysis of potential investments, as
Yukon Partners has appointed Robert (Bill) W Van Sant and Dr Brent Bauer as special advisors.
Van Sant will assist with investments primarily in the manufacturing, business services, and industrial sectors.
He is a seasoned operating veteran with over 40 years of senior leadership in both public and privately held companies. He is the former operating partner of Stone Arch Capital and Norwest Equity Partners.
“Bill Van Sant brings with him a wealth of industry knowledge and unmatched investment stewardship that will further bolster the Yukon investment platform. Bill's unique leadership style will enhance our strategic vision, and
Apex Fund Services has named Bill Salus as chief executive officer with immediate effect.
Salus will take over day-to-day running of Apex from current CEO Peter Hughes, who becomes chairman.
Hughes founded Apex 10 years ago.
Salus, based in the Apex New York office, will have a particular focus on the US market.
As chairman, Hughes will focus on building Apex’s Capital Introductory Service, which helps Apex clients access investor capital. Hughes will also manage Apex’s largest clients as well as concentrate on the company’s growth strategy including acquisitions and targeting large institutional funds.
Salus, who
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