TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has appointed Jeffrey A Del Papa as a Senior Vice President in the Services Group.  He will focus on recapitalisations, management-led buyouts and growth capital investments in business services companies. Del Papa joins TA from Thoma Bravo, where he served as a Vice President, originating, evaluating and executing investments and consolidations in the software sector. He was previously an Associate with Summit Partners, focused primarily on investments in the software, healthcare, consumer and financial services sectors.  He also served as an Analyst with UBS Investment Bank. Del Papa received a BS in Finance from

Octopus has appointed George Whitehead (pictured) as venture partner manager. Whitehead joins from NESTA Investments where he held the position of Business Development Director for their GBP50 million fund and supported a number of programmes targeted at early stage growth businesses. These programmes ranged from investments in company accelerators like Springboard, Seedcamp, Design London and the Microelectronics Academy to supporting networks such as the British Business Angels Association and the Business Leaders Network. Prior to NESTA, Whitehead set up a biotechnology incubator, and managed an ICT incubator in Canada on behalf of the University of Toronto. He began his career as an Investment Manager at Oxford Innovation, where he built up one

International law firm Stephenson Harwood has appointed James Tinworth as a corporate partner to the firm’s funds practice in London. Tinworth joins from Simmons & Simmons LLP in a further boost to the corporate funds practice, following the appointment of Patrick Mousset in Paris from Mayer Brown in July.   He joins a team of five partners with specialist skills in investment trusts, property funds, open-ended investment companies (OEICs), hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, renewable energy funds and other investment vehicles in the UK and offshore jurisdictions.   Tinworth specialises in investment management and investment funds work, with a

Rockefeller Financial has appointed Jeffery Moy as Head of Private Equity with effect from 1 August, 2011. Moy will be responsible for oversight of Rockefeller Financial’s private equity and venture capital program, including the selection and review of third-party managers, the review of client private equity portfolios and new business development.   Reuben Jeffery, Chief Executive Officer, says: "We are pleased to welcome Jeff Moy, a seasoned private equity professional, to Rockefeller Financial.  With more than 20-years of investment management experience, Jeff brings extensive knowledge and key relationships to our long-established private equity and venture capital business.  We look forward

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Dan Haxby as Head of Realisations within RBS’s Strategic Investment Group (SIG). SIG is responsible for all aspects of the equity positions that the bank takes through debt for equity swaps and new money investments in restructuring situations. It sits within RBS’s Global Restructuring Group. Haxby used to work as the Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage at JP Morgan, before moving to the same role at RBS’s Global Banking and Markets business (GBM). In the new role Haxby will work the lifecycle of a SIG investment from the identification of equity opportunities through to their

Private equity fund-of-funds manager SL Capital Partners has haired Thomas Chevalier as Investment Director, bringing the total number of investment professionals at the firm to 20 – 16 in Edinburgh and a further four based in Boston, USA. In his new role, Chevalier will provide guidance on legal and regulatory issues, both internally and to clients. He will be an integral part of SL Capital’s deal teams as they invest and monitor primary funds, secondary investments and direct co-investments. David Currie, Chief Executive of SL Capital, says: “The private equity industry is facing strong regulatory headwinds, not least through the potentially

The chief executives of some of Britain’s best-known companies have agreed to lend their expertise to the new Business Growth Fund (BGF) as non-executive board members. Audrey Baxter, the CEO of Baxters Food Group, Stephen Murphy, Group CEO of Richard Branson’s Virgin group of companies, Neil Johnson, Chairman of aviation and defence engineering company Umeco plc, toy model company Hornby Plc and Motability Finance, the car scheme set up to help disabled drivers, and John Burgess, Co-founder and Managing Partner of European equity investment firm BC Partners and Non-executive Director of C&C Group plc which manufactures and markets the Magners

Composition Capital Partners has expanded its European deal team with the appointment of Danish national Julie Helweg as of 1 August 2011.   Helweg’s role within the team will be to manage existing investments within Composition’s Europe Funds I & II, and to undertake research & due diligence for the selection of new investment opportunities for Composition’s Europe Fund III. Julie makes her move to Composition from Property Group in Copenhagen where she was responsible for acquisition and management of commercial real estate in the Nordics. Prior to this, she spent time with McKinsey & Company in Denmark. Composition’s European

Proskauer has expanded its global Private Investment Funds Group and London office with the addition of Nigel van Zyl, Kate Simpson and Oliver Rochman as Partners. Van Zyl and Rochman will join the firm from SJ Berwin, and Simpson will join from Kirkland & Ellis. They bring deep experience in the full range of matters related to the establishment and operation of private investment funds, and related investments and transactions. “Nigel, Kate and Oliver are a tremendous complement to our private investment fund capabilities in London and around the world,” says David W Tegeler, global co-head of Proskauer’s Private Investment