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Hewitt EnnisKnupp, an Aon Hewitt company, has hired Karen Rode as the leader of its global private equity group.
In this role, Rode will be responsible for leading a team of professionals that help Hewitt EnnisKnupp’s clients build global private equity programmes.
Rode has nearly 20 years’ experience in the private equity market and has held a variety of senior positions, including sourcing, underwriting and portfolio management. Prior to joining Hewitt EnnisKnupp, she was the senior managing director of funds at GE Capital, where she led the company’s global fund investment activities and co-led the GE Healthymagination fund.
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The post of director of investment business at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will be advertised locally and in the Financial Times this week.
Peter Moffatt (pictured), the current director who joined the Commission in 2000, will retire from the role early next year.
Nik van Leuven, the director general of the GFSC, says: “I have known Peter since he joined the Commission. He brought to the role of director his own inimitable style, reinforced by a keen intellect and challenging approach. The high respect with which the funds sector is held externally owes much to his thought and care.”
Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in California, has promoted Tom Beerle, Jeff Giles and Tim Heston to vice president.
The promotions follow the closing of Bertram Capital’s second fund, Bertram Growth Capital II, with USD500m in limited partner commitments.
"Tom Beerle and Tim Heston have made significant contributions to our investment team in a very short period of time, playing key roles in our recent acquisitions of One Distribution and Stoffel Seals," says Jeff Drazan, managing partner. "As the founding member of our business development team, Jeff Giles has been integral to building the Bertram brand and establishing
UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital has hired Luke Kingston, Jonathan Marlow, Jonathan Kay, Ross Coull and Elizabeth Buckle.
Kingston joins Sovereign’s deal team from Ernst & Young. He has significant buy-side advice experience having completed numerous transactions with a variety of private equity houses. He also brings six years of support services focus to Sovereign as well as more than a decade of advising entrepreneurs in the UK lower mid-market.
Marlow joins Sovereign’s deal team from Barclays Ventures. Marlow has principal investing experience having completed a number of deals across a variety of sectors, including most recently, two
Michel Davy has been appointed as managing director for Ipes in Guernsey.
The appointment, which is an internal promotion, was approved by the GFSC earlier this month.
Davy will spearhead the development of the Guernsey business, overseeing key client relationships and taking a lead role in building relationships with the professional community.
He will work closely with group chief executive Kevin Brennan.
“As Ipes has grown here in Guernsey and expanded into other jurisdictions, we now have a requirement for someone at a senior level to head up our Guernsey business,” says Brennan. “Michel’s experience on the operational side of
Throgmorton, a UK accountancy and professional services provider to the hedge fund, private equity and corporate finance industries, has appointed Adam Hewitson as internal legal counsel and corporate financier Roger Looker to the board as a non-executive director.
Looker has a long track record working in the corporate governance arena over the past three decades and will act as a senior adviser for Throgmorton in company best practise.
Hewitson (pictured) has been appointed to further strengthen the management team. He will support all business areas.
Having begun his career at County Bank, Looker co-founded Gilbert Elliot Corporate Finance in
Greylock Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has appointed entrepreneur and former Skype chief executive officer Josh Silverman to the position of executive in residence.
Prior to joining Greylock, Silverman was the chief executive officer of Skype. Previously he was the chief executive officer of Shopping.com, part of eBay.
Before Shopping.com, Silverman led the development of eBay’s EU classifieds business.
Silverman began his relationship with Greylock as the chief executive officer and co-founder of Evite, a social event planning web service.
“Josh was the chief executive officer and co-founder of Evite, which was one of our first consumer internet
Climate Change Capital Private Equity, a EUR200m fund which invests in later stage European cleantech companies, has appointed a panel of energy and cleantech professionals to advise its investment team.
The advisory panel includes: Peter Jones, former Biffa director; Lord Oxburgh, former non-executive chairman of Royal Dutch Shell; Dr Gayle Jackson, president and chief executive officer of Energy Global; Thomas Seibold, partner and member of the board of the Base Group; and Dr Anthony White, adviser to Climate Change Capital and founding member of the UK Government’s Energy Advisory Panel.
The panel will act as a sounding board for CPE’s
Genstar Capital, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in the life sciences, healthcare, financial services, software and industrial technology industries, has appointed David J. Golde and Brett J. Shobe as senior associates.
They will help the firm identify, evaluate and execute acquisition and investment opportunities.
"We continue to strengthen our existing team of talented professionals and are pleased that David and Brett have joined Genstar. As we continue to build on our success as a leading middle market private equity investment firm, they will fit well with the management-centric and entrepreneurial culture of the firm and
Olympus Partners, a Connecticut-based private equity firm, has promoted several staff members to principal and vice president levels.
The following have been promoted to principal: Evan J. Eason, David M. Haddad, and Michael D. Horgan.
Vice president promotions have been given to Jason M. Miller and Sean P. Whiteley.
Olympus Partners focuses on companies in the business services, transportation and logistics services, healthcare manufacturing and services, financial services, consumer and restaurant and software and IT services sectors.
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