UK private equity and sustainable energy investor Foresight Group has recruited a new investment manager. Based in Foresight’s Sevenoaks office, James Samworth will provide support to the firm’s environmental portfolio. Prior to Foresight, Samworth spent 10 years at Corus where he was responsible for operations management and commercial accounts supplying steel construction and manufactured goods […]
Graphite Capital, the UK mid-market private equity specialist, has hired Rachael Whittaker as investment manager. Whittaker joins Graphite from pan-European private equity house, Cognetas, where she was an associate focusing on healthcare and financial services. She began her career in LEK Consulting in London and Sydney where she was an associate working on private equity […]
UK mid-market buyout firm Langholm Capital has made two new hires. Anthony Sills and Erik Blomberg have joined the 10-strong team as associates. Prior to Langholm, Sills spent four years at McQueen, a mid-market corporate finance advisory firm based in London. Blomberg spent three years at Citigroup in London where he was part of the […]
Lionel Pincus, founder and former chairman of buyout firm Warburg Pincus LLC died on Saturday, Oct. 10 in New York after a long illness, the firm said. He was 78. Pincus led efforts in the 1970s to change regulations that allowed pension funds to invest in venture capital and private equity funds, bringing new capital […]
Adam Applegarth, former CEO of failed U.K. bank Northern Rock, has joined Apollo Management as a senior advisor to the firm’s European fund. Akhil Awasthi has joined Tata Capital as managing partner of its new private equity fund. He previously was a partner with Baring Private Equity Partners India. Alvarez & Marsal has added nine […]
Craig Johnson, founder of Virtual Law Partners, dies
Noted angel investor dies at the age of 72
UK investment firm LMS Capital has appointed David Verey as non-executive director. Verey was previously chairman of Blackstone Group UK where he remains as a member of its international advisory board. Prior to Blackstone, he worked for Lazard Brothers for 28 years, becoming chief executive in 1990 and chairman two years later. He is also […]
Merrill Lynch’s private fund placement team is to spinout to launch Mercury Capital Advisors next month. The departure of the three executives, namely, Michael Ricciardi, Enrique Cuan and Alan Pardee, comes following the decision by Bank of America to wind down the placement business. Mercury Capital will comprise of 24 executives and be led by […]
PE firm recruits healthcare and financial services exec