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Amanda Capital CEO Petteri Änkilä to step down
21/08/2008. Petteri Änkilä, the CEO of Finnish private equity firm Amanda Capital, is to step down. The firm's CFO, Petter Hoffström, will serve as acting CEO, the firm said.

Carlyle chairman Louis Gerstner, Jr steps down
19/08/2008. The Carlyle Group chairman Louis V Gerstner, Jr is to step down from the post which he has held since January 2003. He will become a senior advisor to Carlyle's Asia, Europe, Japan and US buy-out funds. A successor has not been named, according to the firm.

Evergreen hires Edward Whatley as senior vice president
19/08/2008. Seattle, US-based mid-market buy-out firm Evergreen Pacific Partners has hired Edward A Whatley, Jr as a senior vice president. Whatley will be responsible for originating investment opportunities throughout the Western US and Canada as well as participate in all activities of the firm throughout the entire investment cycle.

EVCA announces new board members
18/08/2008. The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association has appointed 11 new members to its board of directors. They replace members who have either reached the end of their mandate or are stepping down for other reasons.

Researcher Sarah Pratt joins Sovereign from Citigroup Global Markets
18/08/2008. UK lower mid-market private equity firm Sovereign Capital has hired Sarah Pratt as a researcher. Sovereign now has a 20-strong investment team. Pratt will be responsible for supporting Sovereign's ongoing research in its defined service-based sectors of education and training, healthcare and support services.

Maveron hires consumer brands and digital media specialist Amy Errett as partner
15/08/2008. Seattle, Washington-headquartered venture capital firm Maveron has appointed Amy J Errett as a partner. Errett will focus on consumer digital media, internet services and e-commerce ventures. She will be based in the firm's San Francisco office.

Permira hires Henry Chen as head of Greater China
14/08/2008. Permira has appointed Henry L Chen as head of Greater China. He will be responsible for running the firm's new Hong Kong office and for developing Permira's activities in the region.

Wynnchurch hires Frank Feraco as industry operating partner
13/08/2008. Chicago-based mid-market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has appointed Frank J Feraco as an industry operating partner. Feraco will work with portfolio companies and advise on new platform investment opportunities.

Avista hires healthcare veteran Dr Patrick O'Neill as industry advisor
11/08/2008. New York-headquartered private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has hired Dr Patrick J O'Neill as a healthcare industry advisor. Dr O'Neill worked for Johnson & Johnson from 1976, until his retirement in 2006.

Apollo hires Gary Stein as director of investor relations
08/08/2008. Apollo Global Management has appointed Gary M Stein to the newly created position of director of investor relations. Stein will be responsible for establishing and maintaining interactions with current and prospective investors, research analysts and the general investment community.

Shailendra Bhandari joins Tata Capital
07/08/2008. Shailendra Bhandari has reportedly joined Mumbai-based Tata Capital. Bhandari will lead the firm's private equity division.

Ratos executive vice president Thomas Mossberg retires
06/08/2008. Thomas Mossberg, executive vice president of Swedish private equity firm Ratos, has retired, having reached his contractual retirement age of 62. Mossberg has held the position since 1988.

Blackstone opens Beijing office, appoints Shan Fu as chief representative
04/08/2008. The Blackstone Group has established a representative office in Beijing, to be headed by Shan Fu, who has joined the firm as its Beijing chief representative.

Inflexion adds two investment professionals, promotes three
04/08/2008. UK mid-market buy-out firm Inflexion Private Equity has added two new professionals, Andrew Leek and Clara Chen, to its investment team.

Hudson Clean Energy Partners hires wind energy executive Mike O'Neill
01/08/2008. Teaneck, New Jersey-based renewable energy-focused private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners has hired Mike O'Neill to assist the firm in the launch of the newly formed renewable energy company Element Power. He will take on a senior leadership role in Element.

Piper Jaffrey hires cleantech specialist Doug Cameron
01/08/2008. US financial house Piper Jaffray has appointed Doug Cameron, former chief scientific officer at Khosla Ventures, as managing director and chief science adviser.

Resilience Capital adds three professionals
01/08/2008. US private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners has expanded its Cleveland, Ohio-based team, appointing Michael Lundin as operating partner, Michael Merriman as operating advisor and David Blank as investment associate.

DLJ MBP appoints Nicole Arnaboldi as chairman
30/07/2008. DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, the private equity investment arm of Credit Suisse, has appointed Nicole Arnaboldi as chairman of the firm and its investment committee. The move follows the retirement of Steven Rattner, former head of DLJ MBP.

Palamon appoints Jonathan Heathcote as partner
30/07/2008. UK-based mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Jonathan Heathcote as a partner. He joins the firm's London-based team, which will focus on further developing investment opportunities across the UK.

GIMV hires Hansjörg Sage to focus on ICT sector
29/07/2008. Belgium-based private equity and venture capital firm GIMV has appointed Hansjörg Sage as a partner. He will head the firm’s information and communication technology investment activities in the German-speaking region.

J.C. Flowers appoints Dr David Morgan as operating partner
25/07/2008. New York-based buy-out giant J.C. Flowers & Co. has appointed Dr David Morgan as an operating partner and chairman of the firm's Australian operations.

Walden International appoints three managing directors in China
24/07/2008. Venture capital firm Walden International has appointed Bill Li as a managing director, based in the firm's Beijing office. In his new role he will focus on opportunities in the internet and communications sectors.

Millennium appoints Jonathan Glass as CFO
23/07/2008. New York-based Millennium has appointed Jonathan Glass as CFO. He will serve the firm's Millennium Technology Value Partners and Millennium Technology Ventures funds, as well as related entities.

KKR hires former TWC president William Sonneborn
22/07/2008. US private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has hired TWC Group's William Sonneborn as it seeks to further develop its asset management business.

Avista Capital Partners hires energy veteran John Huff
18/07/2008. New York-headquartered private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has hired John R Huff as an industry advisor.

GEF hires Raj Pai as managing director for India, South Asia
18/07/2008. Washington, DC-based private equity firm Global Environment Fund has appointed Raj Pai as a managing director for the firm's investment activities in India and South Asia.

Hudson Clean Energy Partners hires Terry Jester as entrepreneur-in-residence
18/07/2008. Renewable energy-focused private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners has hired Terry Jester as an entrepreneur-in-residence. In her new role with Hudson, Jester will collaborate with investment professionals Daniel Gross and Craig Cornelius in evaluating investment opportunities in the solar sector.

Henry Potter joins Alpha Associates
16/07/2008. Alpha Associates has appointed Henry Potter, senior private equity banker at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. Potter will join the Zurich-based private equity fund of funds firm as partner in September 2008.

GIMV appoints Koenraad Dejonckheere as CEO
15/07/2008. Belgian venture capital firm GIMV has appointed Koenraad Dejonckheere as its new CEO, replacing Dirk Boogmans.

PCGI adds two managing directors, senior associate
15/07/2008. Washington, DC-based private equity fund of funds manager PCG International has hired two new managing directors, Charles Toy and Bernard McGuire, and a new senior associate, Amit Chandra.

Blackstone appoints Richard Jenrette to board of directors
14/07/2008. The Blackstone Group has appointed Richard H Jenrette to the firm's board of directors. Jenrette founded investment banking firm Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. in 1959 with William Donaldson and Dan Lufkin, and served as DLJ's chairman and CEO.

Bessemer Venture Partners sets up India advisory group
11/07/2008. US venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has set up an advisory group for its Indian investment team. The advisors will support the team in both deal origination and working with portfolio companies.

Jay Powell joins GEF as managing partner
10/07/2008. Washington, DC-based private equity firm Global Environment Fund has appointed former Carlyle partner Jay Powell as a managing partner. Powell will be responsible for growth capital and private equity investments in North America.

Sovereign Capital hires two new investment professionals
10/07/2008. UK lower mid-market private equity firm Sovereign Capital has hired two new investment professionals, Taha Hasan and Tom Matthews. The appintments bring the number of people in the investment team to 19.

Carlyle appoints David Balint as director, Carlyle Asia Leveraged Finance Group
09/07/2008. The Carlyle Group has appointed David Balint as a director of the Carlyle Asia Leveraged Finance Group, based in Sydney. He will manage the team's investment strategy in Australia and New Zealand, reporting to Eric R Mason, head of the Carlyle Asia Leveraged Finance Group.

CVC opens Beijing office, appoints Zhu Wei managing director
08/07/2008. CVC Capital Partners has established an office in Beijing, to be headed by Zhu Wei, who has joined the firm as a managing director.

J Mikesell Thomas joins Castle Creek as principal
08/07/2008. US private equity firm Castle Creek Capital has appointed J Mikesell Thomas as a principal.

NGP Energy appoints Dr Anas Alhajji as chief economist
08/07/2008. NGP Energy Capital Management has added Dr Anas F Alhajji, an economist specialising in the energy sector, as chief economist in its investment team. Dr Alhajji will lead the firm's macro-analysis of the oil, natural gas and related markets.

Technology investment specialist Mike Chalfen joins Advent Ventures
07/07/2008. European mixed stage venture capital firm Advent Venture Partners has appointed Mike Chalfen as a general partner in the technology sector team. Chalfen will join three other partners in the team: Peter Baines, Frédéric Court and Martin McNair. The firm said that the latest hire would complete 'the process of generational change' in the technology team and that it was planning to further expand the team later this year.

Wellington Partners hires LinkedIn co-founder Eric Ly as venture partner
04/07/2008. European venture capital firm Wellington Partners has hired LinkedIn co-founder Eric Ly as a venture partner. Ly will work with Wellington portfolio companies, principally in the field of internet services, focusing on social networking and social media applications, product development, technology scalability and viral marketing strategies. He will also be involved in business development and deal origination.

Swiss firm Capital Dynamics opens office in Munich
03/07/2008. Capital Dynamics, a Zug-headquartered asset management firm with an exclusive focused on private equity, has opened a new office in Munich to expand its activities in the German market. Dr Katharina Lichtner, one of the founders of Capital Dynamics, will lead the German team as managing director.

DIC hires Smoot from Morgan Stanley Private Equity
01/07/2008. Dubai International Capital has appointed David Smoot, co-founding partner of Morgan Stanley Private Equity, as managing director, private equity.

Blackstone hires financial services specialist Thomas Stoddard
30/06/2008. The Blackstone Group has appointed Thomas D Stoddard to the firm's corporate advisory business as a senior managing director.

UK firm Rutland hires Kajen Mohanadas as investment analyst
30/06/2008. UK firm Rutland Partners has appointed Kajen Mohanadas as an investment analyst.

Carlyle hires James Burr as managing director, Global Financial Services Group
27/06/2008. The Carlyle Group has appointed James F Burr, the corporate treasurer at Wachovia Bank, as a managing director in its Global Financial Services Group. Burr will be based in New York City.

DBL Investors appoints Cynthia Ringo as managing partner
27/06/2008. San Francisco-based venture capital firm DBL Investors has appointed Cynthia Ringo as a managing partner. In her new role, she will help manage all aspects of DBL Investors' operations and investing activity.

General Atlantic hires Robert Callahan, Dinvar Devitre
26/06/2008. General Atlantic has appointed former ABC president Robert F Callahan and former Altria Group CFO Dinyar S Devitre as special advisors to the firm. Both will provide strategic counsel to GA and its portfolio companies.

Oxford Capital hires Richard Hoskins as private client services manager
26/06/2008. UK venture capital firm Oxford Capital Partners has appointed Richard Hoskins, a former retail sales manager at Noble Fund Managers, as private client services manager to develop the distribution of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Funds through the intermediary sales channel.

Boris Johnson launches London financial services review, with Philip Yea
25/06/2008. Boris Johnson, the new mayor of London, has launched a review of London's financial services to examine how the city can sustain its position as major international financial centre. The review group includes 3i Group chief executive Philip Yea.

Spanish firm SI Capital appoints Guillermo Briones as chairman
24/06/2008. Barcelona-based cleantech private equity firm SI Capital Partners has appointed renewable energy entrepreneur Guillermo Briones as chairman. Briones will take a minority stake in the fund management company.

Facebook senior executive Matt Cohler joins Benchmark as general partner
23/06/2008. US early stage technology venture capital firm Benchmark Capital has appointed Matt Cohler as a general partner. Cohler will continue to work with Facebook, serving as special advisor to the company's management.

3i´s Jonathan Russell takes over from Helmut Schühsler as EVCA chairman
20/06/2008. Jonathan Russell, managing partner buy-outs at 3i, was named the new chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association at the EVCA Symposium in Madrid last night. Russell succeeds TVM Capital chairman Helmut Schühsler, who has held the position since June 2007.

Aquiline hires Mark Rodrigues
19/06/2008. New York based private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners has hired former Oliver Wyman managing director Mark S Rodrigues. Rodrigues was also global head of strategic information technology and operations at Oliver Wyman, where he advised financial institutions on operations, risk management, sourcing and technical innovation.

Carlyle appoints Sunil Kaul as senior director
17/06/2008. The Carlyle Group has appointed Sunil Kaul to join Carlyle Asia Partners as a senior director, financial services. Based in Singapore, he will focus on expanding the firm's activities in the financial services sector across the region.

Venture Investment Associates hires Cliff Gilman, Jennifer Acker Ayer
17/06/2008. US private equity fund of funds Venture Investment Associates has appointed Cliff Gilman and Jennifer Acker Ayer to the firm's investment team and general partner. In their new roles, they will both have responsibilities across all aspects of VIA's business, including working with its managers and limited partners.

Hermes Private Equity adds Peter Gissel, Mark Nunny to direct investment team
16/06/2008. Hermes Private Equity, the private equity arm of Hermes Fund Managers, has appointed Peter Gissel as partner and Mark Nunny as investment manager. The two appointments bring the number of investment professionals within the direct investment team at Hermes Private Equity to nine.

Laurence Tosi to join Blackstone as CFO
10/06/2008. The Blackstone Group has announced that Laurence A Tosi will join the investment and advisory firm as a CFO. Tosi will serve on Blackstone's executive committee.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice hires manufacturing industry veteran Fred Kindle as partner
06/06/2008. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed former ABB president and CEO Fred Kindle as a partner.

Fidelity Equity Partners hires Bain Capital's Ian Blasco as partner
05/06/2008. Mid-market private equity firm Fidelity Equity Partners has appointed former Bain Capital principal Ian Blasco as a partner. Based in the firm's Boston office, Blasco will focus on the technology, communications and business services sectors.

Björn Savén appointed executive chairman at Industri Kapital
04/06/2008. European mid-market private equity firm Industri Kapital has appointed Björn Savén as its new executive chairman.

Gresham hires Dan Hatcher as investment partner
02/06/2008. UK mid-market buy-out firm Gresham has appointed Dan Hatcher as a partner in its investment team, based in the firm's London office.

Henri-Paul Rousseau to step down as CEO of Caisse
02/06/2008. Canadian institutional fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has announced that its president and CEO is to step down to go into the private sector. Henri-Paul Rousseau will join Power Corporation of Canada. He has been with the Caisse since September 2002.

Duke Street appoints Mitchells & Butlers deputy chairman Hall as operating partner
30/05/2008. London and Paris-based mid-market buy-out firm Duke Street Capital has appointed Drummond Hall as a new operating partner. In his new role, Hall will work on deal origination and assist the Duke Street team with due diligence and the monitoring of portfolio investments.

Synova hires Paul Myners as investment committee chairman
30/05/2008. UK lower mid-market private equity firm Synova Capital has appointed Paul Myners as chairman of its investment committee.

Teachers' Private Capital hires Rakesh Gangwal as senior advisor
29/05/2008. Teachers' Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, has hired Rakesh Gangwal as a senior advisor. In his new role, Gangwal will be primarily responsible for sourcing and evaluating technology and business services transactions. He will provide both strategic counsel and portfolio support.

GGV hires IT expert Jeff Richards, consumer sector specialist Jia Fen Wang
28/05/2008. US and China-focused expansion stage venture capital firm GGV Capital, formerly Granite Global Ventures, has hired two operating executives to its investment team. Jeff Richards, most recently vice president of digital content services at VeriSign, joins the firm as a partner, while Jia Fen Wang, chairperson of Bright Dairy & Food Company in China, will be a venture partner at GGV.

Balderton Capital hires Dharmash Mistry as partner
27/05/2008. London-based venture capital firm Balderton Capital has hired Dharmash Mistry as a partner. In his new role, he will focus on new investment opportunities in the media, retail and consumer goods sectors, and will also work with the firm's existing portfolio companies.

Boris Johnson names CVC's Tim Parker deputy mayor
23/05/2008. Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, has appointed Tim Parker, industrial partner at CVC Capital Partners, as deputy mayor and chief executive of the GLA Group. Johnson will also nominate Parker to be chairman of Transport for London from September. Parker has agreed to take no salary.

Battery hires Gautam Patel to strengthen India team
22/05/2008. Technology venture capital and private equity firm Battery Ventures has hired Gautam Patel as a partner. Patel will focus on investments in India, alongside investment professional Ramneek Gupta and Battery general partner Mark Sherman.

Permira hires Riccardo Ruggiero as senior adviser
21/05/2008. Permira has appointed former Telecom Italia CEO Riccardo Ruggiero as a senior adviser. In his new role, Ruggiero will support Permira in identifying investment opportunities across a number of sectors with a specific focus on the technology, media and telecommunications industry (TMT). He will also advise the firm on maximising value creation in its existing portfolio companies.

Macquarie Funds Management hires cleantech expert Kurt Faulhaber
20/05/2008. Macquarie Funds Management has appointed Kurt Faulhaber as vice president, Macquarie Funds Management (USA). In his new role, Faulhaber will assist in the management of Macquarie's cleantech private equity portfolios.

Sustainability expert Adam Black joins Doughty Hanson as associate
12/05/2008. European private equity firm Doughty Hanson & Co has appointed Adam Black to take on responsibility for addressing sustainability matters within the firm and, in particular, for advising portfolio companies on environmental, social and governance issues to enhance the value of those investments.

GMT hires Ian McKenzie, Maria Trokoudes
09/05/2008. Communications-focused private equity firm GMT Communications Partners has appointed Ian McKenzie as senior advisor and Maria Trokoudes as a senior associate.

Sterling Stamos hires Robert Goodman to head private equity activities
09/05/2008. Sterling Stamos Capital Management has appointed former vice chairman of Deutsche Asset Management Robert Goodman as global head of private equity and real assets.

LGV appoints Ivan Heywood as chief executive
08/05/2008. UK mid-market buy-out firm LGV Capital has appointed Ivan Heywood as its new chief executive. Heywood will succeed Adrian Johnson, who has been chief executive of the firm since July 2000.

Sameer Gandhi joins Accel Partners
08/05/2008. Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners has appointed former Sequoia Capital partner Sameer Gandhi as a partner in its Palo Alto office.

Actis adds three to infrastructure team
07/05/2008. Emerging markets private equity firm Actis has appointed three new directors to its global infrastructure business. Robert McGregor will be based in the firm's Singapore office to head the South East Asia region, where he will be joined by Vivek Dixit. Sanjiv Aggarwal will join the firm's Delhi office to lead Actis's infrastructure business in South Asia.

DIC appoints Mark Lunn as managing director, corporate communications
07/05/2008. Dubai International Capital, the international investment arm of Dubai Holding, has appointed Mark Lunn as managing director, corporate communications.

Bowmark hires Paraag Davé, promotes Mark Salter
06/05/2008. UK mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has appointed Paraag Davé as an investment manager. The firm has also announced the promotion of healthcare and leisure sector expert Mark Salter to senior partner.

Morgan Stanley PE's European team hires Jean-Philippe Barade, Alasdair Thomson
06/05/2008. Morgan Stanley Private Equity has hired Jean-Philippe Barade and Alasdair Thomson to join its London office as executive directors.

Tony Florence, Paul Walker join NEA's venture growth equity investing practice
02/05/2008. Venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates has appointed Tony Florence and Paul Walker as partners. Florence will focus on growth stage IT investing activities, while Walker will concentrate on later stage biotechnology and life sciences investments.

Palamon appoints new CFO
01/05/2008. European mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Gary Pritchard as CFO. Pritchard joins from specialty insurance and reinsurance group Catlin Group.

BCP hires three new operating partners
30/04/2008. Tom Hodson, Harry Schulman and AJ Wasserstein have joined Baird Capital Partners, the US-based buy-out fund of Baird Private Equity, as operating partners. They will work with BCP’s sector-focused teams in sourcing, evaluating and overseeing portfolio company investments.

Bancroft raises €250m third fund, hires Agis Hiliarhopoulos
28/04/2008. CEE and Turkey-focused private equity firm Bancroft Private Equity has confirmed that it is raising its third fund, Bancroft 3. The fund has a target of €250m and is expected to hold a first closing shortly.

Darby hires David Hudson to lead Asia operations, global infrastructure
28/04/2008. Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of investment management group Franklin Templeton Investments, has appointed David Hudson as senior managing director to lead the firm's Asia operations and its global infrastructure initiatives. Hudson will be based in Hong Kong.

Morgan Stanley Private Equity hires Aluri Rao to head new India team
25/04/2008. Morgan Stanley Private Equity has hired former ICICI Venture director of private equity Aluri Srinivasa Rao to lead the firm's newly established India presence.

Paine & Partners hires Bjarni Ármannsson, Frank Reite
23/04/2008. San Francisco and New York-based private equity firm Paine & Partners has hired Bjarni Ármannsson and Frank O Reite as operating directors. Ármannsson and Reite will focus on opportunities in the Nordic region, with an emphasis on the seafood, energy and financial services industries.

Private Advisors adds three professionals to Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen's team
21/04/2008. Private equity and hedge fund investment firm Private Advisors has appointed Matthew Baker, Jennifer Buckley and Rickard Fischerstrom as managing directors in the firm's London office, which is led by Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen, the former CEO and managing partner of ATP Private Equity Partners who joined Private Advisors in July 2007.

KKR appoints Kenneth Mehlman as managing director
18/04/2008. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has appointed Kenneth B Mehlman as managing director and head of global affairs. In his new role, Mehlman will focus on constructive outreach to stakeholders and portfolio companies, including relationships with governments, third parties and non-governmental organisations, according to the firm.

Blackstone appoints Kemal Kaya as senior advisor in Turkey
17/04/2008. The Blackstone Group has appointed Kemal Kaya as a senior advisor based in the firm's Turkey office. As part of Blackstone's global private equity team, Kaya will focus principally on developing business initiatives and advising the firm on potential transactions in the region.

Partners Group opens Luxembourg office, hires Jerry Ludig
16/04/2008. Zug, Switzerland-headquartered alternative asset manager Partners Group has added a new location to its office network. The Luxembourg office is Partners Group's ninth office.

TowerBrook appoints John Sinik as managing partner
14/04/2008. London and New York-based private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners has appointed John Sinik as a managing director. Sinik will be based in the firm's London office.

BNP Paribas Private Equity appoints Daphné Dussauge
10/04/2008. BNP Paribas Private Equity has appointed Daphné Dussauge as head of corporate development. In her new role, Dussauge will be responsible for ensuring the development of the offering and the selection and distribution of private equity in France and overseas.

EIF appoints new CEO and deputy chief executive
08/04/2008. The European Investment Fund has appointed Richard Pelly as CEO and Jean-Marie Magnette as deputy chief executive. Pelly succeeds Francis Carpenter, whose term of office ended in February.

Luiz Eugenio Figueiredo takes over as chairman of ABVCAP
08/04/2008. The Brazilian venture capital and private equity association ABVCAP has appointed Luiz Eugenio Figueiredo as its chairman for the 2008-2010 period. He has succeeded Marcus Regueira of FIR Capital.

John Coyle co-heads Permira's New York office
04/04/2008. John Coyle, formerly global head of JP Morgan Securities' Financial Sponsor Group, has joined Permira as a partner and co-head of the New York office. Coyle will be responsible for running the office together with Tom Lister, the co-managing partner of Permira and co-head of the New York office.

Actis hires Chris Coles as senior consultant
03/04/2008. Emerging markets private equity investor Actis has appointed Chris Coles as senior consultant to enhance the firm's existing risk management capabilities, assist with larger deal sourcing and debt financing and provide ongoing portfolio management support.

Partners Group opens Sydney office, appoints Martin Scott, Mike Siebert
03/04/2008. Zug, Switzerland-headquartered alternative asset manager Partners Group has opened an office in Sydney. Former Zurich Financial Services head of investment sales Martin Scott has been appointed to the new office.

Darby hires Sean Glodek as senior vice president in Warsaw office
02/04/2008. Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of investment management firm Franklin Templeton Investments, has appointed Sean Glodek as senior vice president in the firm's Warsaw office. In his new role, Glodek will source and execute new investments from the €248m Darby Converging Europe Mezzanine Fund.

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