RLJ Equity Partners has promoted Jerry L Johnson to managing director.   He will continue to work from the firm’s Bethesda-based office and report to Rufus H Rivers, managing partner. Founded by Robert L Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, together with The Carlyle Group, RLJ Equity Partners invests in middle-market leveraged buy-outs, recapitalisations, and growth equity. "Jerry brings a wealth of talent and experience to our team, and I am pleased to announce his promotion to Managing Director of RLJ Equity Partners," says Rivers. "He has consistently shown exceptional leadership in deal origination, investment acumen, portfolio management

CVC Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has appointed Eric Daniels to its global financial institutions advisory board. Daniels’ (pictured) appointment is effective immediately.   Daniels, who is based in the UK, was formerly group chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group. Prior to this, he was group chief executive of Lloyds TSB, a position he took up in June 2003. Daniels joined Lloyds in 2001, when he was appointed to the board as group executive director with responsibility for the retail banking division. He began his career with Citibank (Citigroup today) where he spent 25 years and held a number

Osborne Clarke has hired Mark Spinner, a former head of the UK private equity practice and the UK corporate practice at Eversheds. Spinner (pictured) joins the Osborne’s Clarke’s private equity team in the firm’s London office. Spinner has a strong track record of private equity transactions, acting for both institutional investors and for portfolio companies, with over 25 years’ experience in the sector. In addition to the financial services sector, he brings experience of the leisure, software and support services industries. He also brings an international element through his prior role as commercial director at a technology company, responsible for its

Advanced Capital, the European alternative investment specialist founded by financier Robert Tomei, has appointed Robert Berlé as the firm’s new chief executive officer. Berlé has over 30 years’ investment and corporate banking experience alongside considerable experience in private equity gained at some of the leading names in the industry. For the past 15 years he has focused on mergers and acquisitions and private equity deals, managing transactions across Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific region.   He has been managing director of Rothschild, Barclays de Zoete Wedd and Kidder Peabody and has held a senior banking position at JP Morgan.

RLJ Equity Partners has appointed Jack Isaacs as director of business development to coordinate corporate initiatives and investor relations. Isaacs has more than 20 years of experience in private equity and as an attorney and will report to managing partner Rufus H Rivers. "Jack has a tremendous amount of experience on the West Coast and in the middle market," says Rivers. "I’m sure he will be successful in this new role which will allow us to more effectively source investment opportunities throughout the western US." "RLJ Equity Partners has a solid reputation and proven track record in its leadership and

Ampersand Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused middle market private equity firm, has made three additions to its management team. Eric Lev has joined Ampersand as a partner, bringing over 12 years of middle market healthcare investing experience. Lev was most recently at Water Street Healthcare Partners where he served on the investment team since Water Street’s formation in 2005.  While at Water Street, Lev played a key role in helping to build the firm’s practices in life sciences and diagnostics. Prior to Water Street, he worked at Beckman Coulter and at One Equity Partners. Dana Niles has joined Ampersand as the

JP Morgan has appointed Jose Berenguer as senior country officer of Brazil, effective 1 April 2013. Berenguer (pictured) will report jointly to Mary Callahan Erdoes, chief executive of JP Morgan Asset Management, and Martin Marron, chief executive of JP Morgan’s Latin America franchise. "We are thrilled to build on the success of our Gavea partnership and welcome Jose to JP Morgan in an expanded role," Erdoes says. "Jose brings more than two decades of local and global experience across wholesale banking, a client-first mindset, and a proven track record of leading and growing organisations." Senior country officers are responsible for building

Element Partners, an energy, industrial and environmental technology private equity firm, has promoted Sam Gabbita to managing director and Charles A Silio and Nitin Gupta to principal. David Lincoln, managing partner of Element, says: "We are pleased to recognise Sam’s, Charlie’s and Nitin’s contributions with these promotions.  Over the past several years, they have all played increasingly key roles for the firm: sourcing and closing new investments, working with the management teams of our portfolio companies, and taking on increasing responsibilities and leadership roles within the firm. These promotions reflect our continued commitment to them and the development and growth