Silverfleet Capital, the European mid-market private equity house, has increased the size of its investment team in Munich with the appointment of Klaus Maurer as an executive.

Piper Jaffray has strengthened its US investment banking group with the appointment of Larry Zimmerman as a managing director and head of the industrials and financial sponsor coverage

Permira, an international private equity firm, has strengthened its global technology team with the hire of Brian Ruder, formerly of Francisco Partners, as partner and Bruce Chizen, for

Edison Venture Fund has promoted Chris Sugden, the chair of Edison’s investment committee, to managing partner.

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has announced that Suzanne Donohoe will join the firm’s global capital and asset management group as managing director and global head of the

Nexus India Capital, an early stage venture capital firm, has appointed media professional and angel investor Pradeep Guha as a venture adviser.

RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, has appointed Sandy Thompson as a senior transaction adviser to assist in the ident

CDC Group, the UK government-backed private equity emerging markets fund of funds manager, has appointed Shonaid Jemmett-Page as chief operating officer.

Peter Maenhout will join Belgian private equity firm Gimv next month as an executive vice-president responsible for the recently-launched XL fund as well as Belgian buyout and growth ca