Moore Group has strengthened its senior management team appointment of Jon Trigg as private equity director.   Trigg’s private equity expertise and knowledge spanning the whole client, technical and operational spectrum from over 13 years in the sector make him the ideal candidate for the new role at Moore.   A Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Trigg has joined Moore from State Street (Jersey) where he held the position of director. In his previous role he was responsible for relationships with mid-cap private equity clients serviced by a large administration team. He has extensive experience developing and

Lyceum Capital has expanded its investment team with the appointments of Matthew Norrington and Thomas Alldred as the UK lower mid-market growth investor prepares to deploy its third fund.   Norrington joins as an investment director from LDC where he spent over five years originating and executing buyouts with enterprise values (EV) of between GBP5m and GBP100m, as well as supporting the development of the firm’s portfolio companies. He worked on nine transactions during this time, including the buyout of mechanical engineering specialist PJD and exit from specialist retailer American Golf.   In 2006 Norrington joined Control Risks Group as

Karen Eliadis has joined venture capital firm Lux Capital as its chief financial officer based in Palo Alto.   Eliadis (pictured) was most recently the chief financial officer of BlueRun Ventures, a venture capital firm with more than USD1bn in assets, based in Menlo Park.   She was previously director of finance of Sofinnova Ventures, a Menlo Park-based technology and life science venture capital firm. Before joining Sofinnova, Eliadis was managing director, finance for a private equity firm and held senior finance positions at several large organisations.   Eliadis is actively involved in the venture community, leading as chair and

Sheryl Schwartz has joined Caspian Private Equity as managing director, investments and has also been appointed to Caspian’s investment and executive committees.   As part of Caspian’s investment team, she will lead investments in primary and secondary funds.   “We are very excited and confident that, with her knowledge and experience, Sheryl will be a great addition to our team,” says Nader Motamedy, partner and chief executive of Caspian.   Prior to joining Caspian, Schwartz (pictured) was a managing director at Perseus Finance in New York from 2010 to April 2013, where she was one of the partners responsible for

Three private equity and technology executives have launched Bridge Growth Partners, a growth-oriented private equity investment firm.   Bridge Growth will leverage the investment experience, strategic insight and operational expertise of its principals to focus on investments in technology and financial services as well as technology-enabled opportunities in other sectors.   The firm’s founding principals are Sander Levy, Alok Singh and Kevin Parker. Levy was a founding partner and managing director of Vestar Capital Partners, a private equity firm that manages over USD8bn of equity capital. Singh (pictured) was a managing director at New Mountain Capital, a private investment firm

Lars Nyberg, former president and chief executive officer of Telia Sonera, has been appointed as board member of Segulah Advisor.   Nyberg (pictured) is also chairman of DataCard and Autoliv.   Between 1995 and 2003, Nyberg was chairman and chief executive of NCR Corp, where he continued as chairman until 2005.   Previously, Nyberg held several managerial positions in Philips and was a member of Philips Group Management Committee. 

PwC’s US deals practice has grown to nearly 1,600 professionals, a 12 per cent increase, focused on assisting clients with strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) and capital raising efforts.   "As businesses seek to capitalise on the current economic climate and succeed in a highly competitive deal environment, we continue to invest in our deals team to help clients make better business decisions on their transactions and help them focus on the right deals at the right time," says Martyn Curragh, PwC’s US deals leader. "Our deals business has continued to grow amid the restrained M&A environment, showcasing dealmakers’ need