Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has appointed Eric Kump as a managing director for leveraged buyouts at Carlyle Europe Partners. Kump (pictured) joins Carlyle from Dubai International Capital where he was head of the European private equity team. He brings more than 15 years of experience in the private equity industry to Carlyle.  Kump is based in London.   William E. Conway, co-founder and managing director, The Carlyle Group, says: “With huge experience in private equity and a track record of successful investments spanning various sectors, investment sizes and geographies, Eric will be an excellent addition to our strong European

Law firm Dechert is hiring Jonathan Angell as a partner in its corporate and securities practice in London. Prior to joining Dechert, Angell was a partner in Ashurst’s London office. Angell will focus his practice on advising companies – both listed and unlisted – and equity finance providers on large and complex cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions and joint ventures, especially in the private equity and energy sectors. His expertise in the energy sector extends to downstream oil and gas, coal bed methane, solar, carbon credits and energy regulation. He also has extensive experience advising clients on fund structures. Angell is

European private equity investor Silverfleet Capital has hired Joanna Smith as head of marketing across Europe. Smith, who will be based in the London office, joins from Bridgepoint Development Capital.  Neil MacDougall, managing partner, says: “Joanna’s appointment is part of Silverfleet Capital’s strategy to raise its profile across Europe. With only ten per cent of our new fund invested we want to ensure the market is aware that not only have we money to invest but that we are very actively looking for new investment opportunities.” Before working at Bridgepoint, Smith was head of global private equity marketing at KPMG

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has hired Robert Bowen to help the firm identify and grow investments in the education and training industry.   Bowen comes to Riverside with more than 40 years of experience, currently as chairman of the board at Scientific Learning after serving as chief executive there. Bowen will work closely with Riverside’s global education and training team as senior adviser, helping to identify investment opportunities as well as providing support to existing investments in the sector. “Bob is an education and training guru,” says Riverside co-chief executive Stewart Kohl. “Overnight, Riverside adds four decades of

Law firm Sidley Austin is adding Alex Lloyd to its Hong Kong office as a partner in the US corporate finance practice, effective 1 May 2010. Lloyd’s practice focuses on debt and equity capital markets, including high yield debt offerings and IPOs.  He has represented issuers and underwriters in a number of high yield offerings in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea and China.  On the equity side, he has primarily focused on Hong Kong IPOs with a Rule 144A tranche, as well as other global equity issues listed in Singapore.  Lloyd’s practice covers a wide area of other capital markets activities

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Ian Goldin as a non-executive director. Goldin (pictured) replaces Jonathan Kydd who is retiring after 13 years as a director.   CDC chairman Richard Gillingwater says: “I am delighted to welcome Ian Goldin to the CDC board. Ian brings valuable experience and skills which will complement our board. He will be a vital asset to CDC as we continue to take on the challenge of supporting economic growth in developing countries.   ”I would also like to thank Jonathan Kydd who has given over a decade of dedicated service to CDC,

Law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Matthew J. Rizzo as a partner based in the New York office. Rizzo (pictured) focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and restructurings, involving public and private companies across a wide range of industries. “Matt Rizzo’s addition to our New York office is a further step in the strategic plan for McDermott’s transactions business unit, as we expand the firm’s capacities in mergers and acquisitions,” says David Goldman, partner in McDermott’s New York office and head of the corporate practice. “Our group had a banner year among global

Johannes Huth, head of the European operations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, has been appointed to the board of the Private Equity Foundation.  Huth (pictured) will join PEF’s existing trustees in taking responsibility for driving the work and development of the venture philanthropy fund.  The industry initiative donates financial contributions and pro bono business expertise to youth and children’s charities to enable them to scale up to help more disadvantaged young people. Huth says: “I am truly grateful to the foundation for giving me this unique opportunity. Empowering young people to reach their full potential is something that I feel passionate about

Eurazeo has appointed Fabrice de Gaudemar as a member of the executive board. De Gaudemar, 35, joined Eurazeo in 2000. While at Eurazeo, he participated in venture and growth capital transactions before taking part in the structuring or the oversight of the investments in Eutelsat, Cegid, Rexel, Europcar, Apcoa and Elis. He has been a member of Eurazeo’s executive committee since 2007, and is a member of Europcar Groupe’s board of directors as Eurazeo’s representative. Before joining Eurazeo, de Gaudemar was a project manager for the French Ministry of Defense, where he was responsible for the architecture and the roll

Benchmark Capital, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, has appointed Sam Pullara as an entrepreneur-in-residence.  Pullara (pictured) was most recently at Yahoo! as chief technologist, where he was responsible for Yahoo!’s product and technology strategy across the organisation.  Pullara has also spent a significant part of his career building successful start-up companies. "I am very excited to work with Benchmark Capital, and with Peter Fenton again," says Pullara. "It is an amazing time to be starting a new venture and advising great entrepreneurs. Working closely with exceptional investors and advisers who are deeply committed to the entrepreneur’s success was an