Magnus Christensson has joined Jefferies as a managing director and European head of the firm’s fund placement group. He previously was with Atlantic-Pacific Capital. Bob Deutsch has joined GCP Capital as a managing director. He previously was CEO of GCP portfolio company Ironshore Inc. Paul Donofrio has been named head of global corporate banking at […]
Top private equity dealmaker Edd Hendee died while skiing at Stratton Mountain in Southern Vermont
Co-founder of BluePoint Venture Marketing dies at the age of 60
In a bid to simplify and shorten decision-making lines, EVCA have announced a wave of changes to its model of governance. Under the new structure venture capital, mid-market and large buyouts platform councils have become the most powerful bodies in EVCA. As EVCA’s executive committee is disbanded, elected members of each platform council will constitute […]
Advent International has added Harry Sachinis to its operating partner programme to advise on investment opportunities in the media sector. As part of his new role, he will specifically target the media sector and focus on publishing and information services. Up until recently, Sachinis was president of the McGraw-Hill Companies’ Business Information Group. Prior to […]
Independent placement agent Capstone Partners has appointed Louis de Saint-Marcq to associate partner. Based in Europe, he will be responsible for managing investor relationships and fund manager clients in Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Belgium and Scandinavian countries. Prior to joining Capstone, de Saint-Marcq was executive director at Goldman Sachs International in London. At Goldman, he led […]
British private equity group Permira has announced that Philippe Robert is to retire at the end of the year ‘to pursue other interests’. Robert will be succeeded by Benoit Vauchy, a TMT specialist, who will head up the firm’s Paris office. Permira has also hired Jean-Marc Espalioux as senior advisor and Simon Marc has been […]
UK corporate finance partner Close Brothers Corporate Finance has reorganised its senior management team. Stephen Aulsebrook, current CEO of CBCF and CEO of UK business will now exclusively be CEO of European business. The aim of this move is to drive the firm’s European growth as it continues to be supported by Daiwa Securities. In […]
Suni Goonetillake appointed as partner
Global private equity firm Advent International has added a second person to its operating partner programme focusing on the oil and gas services and equipment sector. With over 30 years of experience, Tom Ehret will lead the European deals team in the offshore and subsea sectors. Prior to Advent, he was CEO of Acergy, an […]