Montagu Private Equity has become the latest firm to make changes to its senior management, with Chris Masterson, the current chief executive, becoming chairman, and Jason Gatenby succeeding him as chief executive.

Mark Blower has joined Gresham’s Manchester team as an investment partner.

Ibersuizas partner Ramón Cerdeiras has been appointed as the new president of Spanish private equity association ASCRI, in place of MCH partner Jaime Hernández-Soto.

BLM Partners has appointed former Nomura executive Jeffrey Iverson as general counsel and principal.

Christophe Ambrosi has joined French turnaround house Perceva Capital from out-of-court receiver Maitre Regis Valliot.

HarbourVest has made a series of promotions within its senior management team.

EVCA has appointed Mark Roberts to the newly created position of chief commercial officer.

Indigo Capital has promoted Adrian Lurie, Cyril de Galea and Nicole Waibel to partner.

First Reserve Corporation has promoted Anastasia Deulina to director.

Mid Europa Partners has made six promotions, including those of Nikolaus Bethlen and Stefan Tzvetkov to directors.

Credit Suisse has appointed Boon Sim, currently head of Americas M&A, as its global head of M&A.

Riverside has made two promotions, appointing Karsten Langer as transacting partner for Benelux and France, and Juan Barnechea as head of the European origination team.

Yorkshire Bank has appointed Andy Taylor to lead its corporate and structured finance division in the North West
and the Midlands.

The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) has made two appointments, bringing in Mike Lynch and Matthew Mead.

Latham & Watkins has appointed Graeme Ward to its London office as a partner in the corporate department.

3i chairman Baroness Hogg is to chair the Financial Reporting Council, the quango that sets corporate governance and financial reporting standards, from next May.

Elevation Partners, the private equity firm headed up by U2 frontman Bono, has expanded its team with the addition of former eBay executive vice-president Rajiv Dutta as a managing director.

Stockholm-based venture firm Creandum has promoted Fredrik Cassel to general partner.

Enterprise Investors has promoted five partners to its board.

Law firm Dechert has named Olivier Dumas as a partner in its financial services practice group in Paris.

Georgy Kalashnikov has joined Hogan & Hartson’s Moscow office as a partner.

Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced that Barry Wolf has been elected to become executive partner.

RISK CAPITAL PARTNERS has appointed Bowmark’s Michael Simmonds as a senior investment partner with a focus on sourcing and managing investment opportunities for the firm’s new £75m (€83m) fund.

Max Burger-Calderon, the chairman of Apax Partners in Asia, has retired from his position.

Lyceum Capital has appointed Martin Wygas as an investment executive.

Foresight Group has made a further addition to its solar team, with the appointment of Humberto Santillana as investment director.

The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association has appointed Sev Vettivetpillai, chief executive of Aureos Advisers, to its board of directors

Close Brothers Corporate Finance has announced a management reshuffle that will see UK and European chief executive Simon Aulsebrook pass on his UK leadership role to Richard Madden

Credit Suisse has appointed Michael Ingelog as its chief executive in the Nordic Region.

Permira has named Benoit Vauchy as head of its Paris office, replacing Philippe Robert, who will retire from the firm at the end of the year to pursue other interests.

Capital for Enterprise has appointed Richard Hepper as deputy chief executive, as the government body ramps up its activities.

Capstone Partners has recruited Louis de Saint-Marcq to its European office.

Peter Comb has stepped down as head of Permira Debt Managers, an independent business formed by Permira Advisers in 2007.

Law firm Covington & Burling has appointed Fred Knecht as a partner in the firm’s securities and corporate finance practice group.

Kaisa Arovaara, the chief financial officer of CapMan and a member of the firm’s management group, will resign from her role with effect from 31 January 2010.

Paul Shephard has become the new head of Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank’s corporate and structured finance division.

Benchmark Capital has welcomed back Michael Wolfe as entrepreneur-in-residence, a position he previously held at the firm.

BLM Partners has appointed Gary Long as a president and chief operating officer.

Yorkshire Bank has expanded its corporate and structured finance team in Manchester with the appointment of Wesley Mort as associate director.

Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, the private equity fund of funds arm of Morgan Stanley, has appointed Erin Sarret to its London team as a vice-president.

Demeter Partners has appointed Detlef Steinmann as an investment director, based in the firm’s Berlin office.

Ogier, the offshore law firm, has appointed five new partners

Oil and gas services investor Epi-V has expanded its team with the appointment of Kevin Forbes as an investment partner.

Close Brothers Corporate Finance has appointed Will Thompson to head its support services sector team.

Filippo Gaggini has been appointed to Investindustrial’s Milan advisory team.

Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Owen Wilson as vice-president. Palamon has hired Wilson from troubled Candover, taking its team of investment professionals to 17.

Martin Bolland, the co-founder of Alchemy Partners who left the firm two years ago, is set to return to the firm on an advisory basis, as exclusively revealed by Real Deals.

KKR has appointed Arun Sarin, a former chief executive of telecoms giant Vodafone, as a senior adviser.

Media and technology growth capital and early-stage investor DN Capital has appointed Tom Bradley as a principal.

Apax Partners has reshuffled its senior management team following two departures.

Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Angela Galbraith as origination executive.

Directorbank has strengthened its German presence with the appointment of Dorothea Kronenberghs as European account director.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Cologne partner Ludwig Leyendecker as the new head of its global private equity practice.

Endless has promoted Warwick Ley to the role of partner.

Foresight Group has appointed James Samworth as investment manager of its environmental investment team.

Langholm Capital has hired Anthony Sills and Erik Blomberg as associates.

OBITUARIES

Richard Kennerley, head of Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank corporate and structured finance, has been appointed to a senior position with the bank’s parent company National Australia Bank.

Advent International has appointed Tom Ehret to its operating partner programme as an adviser on investments in the oil and gas services equipment sector.

Frédéric Chiche has joined the Paris office of Silverfleet Capital as an executive

Peter McKeown has joined Clearwater Corporate Finance as a senior consultant, where he will help businesses with reviewing their funding structures, assist with negotiations with their banks and find new sources of funding

Sovereign Capital has appointed Ed Goddard to its research and direct origination team.

Former Northern Rock chief executive Adam Applegarth has been appointed as a senior adviser by Apollo Management.

American Capital, the parent company of European Capital Financial Services, has announced the closure of its Frankfurt office “in response to the global downturn in the private equity markets”, said the firm in a statement.

CapMan has appointed Teuvo Salminen, deputy to the president and chief executive of consulting and engineering group Pöyry, to its adviser network.

Oak Hill Advisors has appointed Alexandra Jung as co-head of its European business.

Rachael Whittaker has joined Graphite Capital as investment manager.

CBPE Capital has hired Rob McCombie as an investment manager. McCombie joins the firm from BC Partners in London, where he worked on large buyouts in Europe and North America.

Clearwater Corporate Finance has boosted its debt advisory and restructuring team with the appointment of Chris Smith as its new head and as a partner in its London office.

Carlo Bonomi, senior principal of Investindustrial, and Nikos Stathopoulos, managing partner of BC Partners, have joined the board of the Private Equity Foundation

Luca Destito is joining Investindustrial’s investment team. Destito joins from lnvestitori Associati, where he was a partner.

Impax Group, the AIM-listed specialist investment manager focused on the environmental sector, has appointed Vince O’Brien as a non-executive director.

CapMan has appointed Jerome Bouix, previously a senior partner and head of investor services, as its deputy chief executive.

Advent International has made two appointments to its teams in the US and India.

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Robert Jenkins and Jim Sutcliffe as senior advisers on the firm’s global financial institutions advisory board.

LDC has appointed Tony Norwood as an investment director at its Yorkshire office

LMS Capital has appointed David Verey as a non-executive director.

Yorkshire Bank has promoted Guy Taylor to the role of director within its corporate & structured finance team in Manchester.

Foresight Group has strengthened its solar team with the appointment of Diomidis Dorkofikis as investment manager.

123 Venture has added three new members to its management team.

Richard Allsopp is to join Campbell Lutyens as a partner with a particular focus on raising private equity and infrastructure funds.

Candover veteran Colin Buffin is to leave the firm he has served for almost 25 years, while Malcolm Fallen has been appointed as chief executive of the firm's listed private equity company Candover Investment.

PAI Partners’ two top senior executives are stepping down from the firm ahead of schedule, following heavy losses suffered by the French private equity firm.

Duncan Johnson, one of the founding partners of mid-market firm RJD Partners, has resigned.

Richard Baker, formerly chief executive of Alliance Boots, has joined Advent International as an operating partner focused on the retail sector.

Gresham has appointed Anthony Bull as a partner in its investment team.

Deloitte has bolstered its UK debt advisory practice for the second time in the past year.

Capstone Partners has opened an office in Shanghai to be headed by Sheng Lu, a former partner with Heidrick & Struggles.

YFM Group has appointed David Bell as a portfolio director.

Ernst & Young has appointed John Harley, the current chief of private equity for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, to head its private equity division, replacing Simon Perry.

Shuaa Capital has appointed Dubai International Capital’s Sameer Al Ansari as its new chief executive.

Enterprise Investors has opened an office in Prague, which will be headed by Ivan Jakubek.

Vision Capital has made a number of new hires, recruiting Johan Van de Steen from KKR-Capstone as an operating partner and Matt Schafer from Nomura Interational

Wellington Partners has appointed Christian Reitberger as a general partner, with a focus on extending the firm’s cleantech activities.

Cleantech fund of funds Osmosis Capital has appointed Gerrit Heyns as a partner.

The Carlyle Group has named Debra Pedersen managing director

Sir David Cooksey, the founding father of the UK’s venture capital industry, has been named as the new chairman of UK Financial Investments (UKFI).

Alvarez & Marsal has appointed Mark McMenemy and Anthony Lucas to its European performance improvement practice.

Close Brothers Corporate Finance has appointed Jonathan Tyler as managing director to head its chemical sector team, based in London.

Foresight Group has appointed Meredith Lee to focus on fundraising for the firm’s solar funds.

Hermes Fund Managers has appointed John Mould as its chief operating officer.

Hermann Hauser, a partner at Amadeus Capital Partners, has been appointed to a new UK advisory panel on industry by business secretary Lord Mandelson.

Climate Change Capital has appointed Shaun Mays, who was made chief investment officer last year, as chief executive officer.

Paul Capital has strengthened its secondaries team with the appointment of nine professionals in five countries.

Marwan Naja, the head of private equity at Swiss independent private bank Pictet & Cie, has left his position to pursue direct investments.

Shaun Holmes has been appointed a director of Hawkpoint in the restructuring advisory team.

Palamon Capital Partners managing partner and co-founder Louis Elson is joining the board of trustees at venture philanthropy group Impetus Trust.

Professional services firm RSM Bentley Jennison has appointed Stuart Marcy as corporate finance partner.

Former Dow Jones chief executive Richard Zannino has joined CCMP Capital Partners as co-head of its consumer, media and retailing team.

Arcapita Bank has appointed Simon Dudley as executive director with responsibility for global capital markets.

Ian Berry has been hired by Aviva Investors as a fund manager with responsibility for infrastructure and renewable energy.

Clayton Dubilier & Rice has appointed Paul Pressler as an adviser.

Clydesdale Bank has appointed Sam Barker as an associate director in its corporate & structured finance team in London.

Curzon Park Capital has appointed Peter Gangsted as advisory partner.

HIG Capital, and its debt affiliate Bayside Capital, have appointed Appu Mundassery as a managing director based in London

Advent International has appointed former Axis Bank chairman P Jayendra Nayak as an operating partner to advise on Indian investment opportunities, with a particular focus on the financial services sector.

Former chief executive of Fannie Mae Daniel Mudd has been named as the new head of Fortress Investment Group.

Five months after appointing a new chief executive, Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings has staged a U-turn, announcing that it will keep incumbent Ho Ching at the helm.

Synova Capital has hired Ben Barnett as investment director.

Cinven has appointed Hugh Langmuir as its new managing partner to replace Robin Hall, who has occupied the post for 22 years.

Index Ventures has appointed Mike Volpi as a partner, to be based in the firm’s London office.

3i has appointed John Allan and Alistair Cox as non-executive directors, to join the board on 1 September 2009 and 1 October 2009 respectively.

Clydesdale Bank has appointed Graham Cunning as the new head of its corporate and structured finance team in Scotland following Jack Ogston’s decision to retire.

Zurmont Madison Management is expanding its investment team with the appointment of Andreja Solar as an investment manager.

The Blackstone Group has appointed Philip Levinson as managing director in charge of capital-raising and client relationships for the Asia-Pacific region

Target Partners has hired Felix Schollmeier as an associate in Germany.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has appointed Stephen Kessler as deputy executive officer of operations and Kathleen Hamilton as deputy executive officer of benefits.

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has appointed two private equity and venture capital partners.

Osmosis Capital has expanded its investment team with the appointment of Monica Pradhan as an investment manager.

General Atlantic has appointed David Langstaff, the former chief executive of Veridian, as a special adviser to the firm.

Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Richard Wolman to its board of advisers.

21 Partners has hired Marco Guglielminetti and Nicolas Marien in Italy and France respectively.

Mourant International Finance Administration has appointed Matthew Wood as managing director of its Guernsey office.

Bridgepoint has named Stephen Green as partner and head of its European financial services sector team. He succeeds John Davison, who is leaving Bridgepoint after six years to pursue other interests.

Stephen Dawson has stepped down as chairman of Impetus Trust to focus on a new initiative, Jacana Venture Partnership.

Jean-Louis de Bernardy has been elected chairman of the French Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, AFIC.

Paul Bramley has joined Osmosis Capital as its chief financial officer.

Sovereign Capital has appointed Richard Taylor as an assistant director in its investment team.

Alexis Thieriet has returned to Hawkpoint partners as a director.

Former 3i chief executive Philip Yea has been appointed as a senior business adviser to the Duke of York.

Christian Purslow, an executive board member and co-founder of Mid Ocean Partners, has been appointed to Liverpool FC’s board of directors.

Philip Dougall, the managing director of Sun European Partners, is to leave the firm in August.

Alvarez & Marsal has hired two advisers in its European financial industry advisory services team.

UFG Asset Management has hired Robert Sasson as senior managing partner of UFG Private Equity.

David Mosher, a co-founder of Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, is retiring from the firm.

Damon Buffini is to step down as chairman of buyout house Permira next year, instead focusing on troubled companies in the firm’s portfolio. The decision, announced at a Permira investor meeting, ends speculation that Buffini would retire. A successor will not be appointed.

EVCA has proposed Richard Wilson, a senior partner of Apax Partners, as its successor to chairman Jonathan Russell.

Former Merrill Lynch veteran Bob Wigley has joined Advent International as operating partner, and will advise the firm on financial services opportunities in Europe.

Two senior European partners at US buyout house Cerberus Capital Management have left the firm.

Zeus Private Equity has appointed Johnathan Massey as business development director.

Renewable energy investor Impax Asset Management has appointed Daniel von Preyss as managing director of private equity for the Impax New Energy Investors LP fund.

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust, the listed investment vehicle managed by private equity firm Dunedin, has appointed Federico Marescotti as a director.

LDC has hired Coutts legal counsel John-Paul Preston to join its legal and risk team.

Bill Morrow, managing director and chief operating officer of Mid Europa Partners, is set to retire in July.

JPMorgan Chase has dissolved its principal investment management group, including its private equity and hedge fund operations.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Company has rebranded as Invest AD, at the same time as launching four new funds.

South-east Europe focused private equity firm GED has announced three appointments to its teams in Bulgaria and Romania.

The BVCA has established a responsible investment advisory board to provide
strategic guidance to the association’s members.

The management company of the Siparex Group has named Bertrand Rambaud as its next CEO, effective from 31 July.

Houlihan Lokey has appointed Justin Abelow as a managing director of the financial sponsors coverage group

Scottish Equity Partners has appointed Andrew Buchan to the newly created position of general counsel.

Distressed and special situations firm Butler Capital Partners has appointed Lise Nobre as a partner.

Investment banking boutique Perella Weinberg Partners has made its second senior appointment in a month, with the recruitment of Robert Maguire.

Barclays is set to recruit up to 65 bankers for its European mergers advisory business this
year.

Kroll has appointed Tom Hartley as regional managing director of consulting services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Arcano Capital has appointed Jorge Vasallo as partner in charge of corporate finance.

SVG Capital has appointed Lynn Fordham as its new CEO, with Tony Dalwood becoming CEO of SVG Advisers.

Global M&A has appointed Allison Dent as chief executive of its international partnership,
with immediate effect

Cleantech fund of funds Osmosis Capital has appointed Jim Totty as partner and senior investment manager.

Argos Soditic has promoted Frédéric Quéru to associate in the firm’s Paris office.

Pantheon has recruited Brian Lim as a principal to its Hong Kong office.

Listed asset manager Brookfield Asset Management has appointed Leo van den Thillart to the position of managing partner of private institutional equity, based in London.

Gustav Öhman has stepped down from his position as managing partner at IK Investment Partners, to be replaced by Michael Rosenlew as of 1 July.

Gerry Grimstone, the chairman of listed investment trust Candover Investments, has been re-elected to the post with 95 per cent of shareholder votes, despite facing fierce criticism
from investors.

August Equity has grown its investment team with the appointment of Mehul Patel and Ranji Goodwin.

Catalyst Corporate Finance has appointed two new partners, Jamie Hope and Mark Wilson.

Octopus Ventures has appointed Jo Oliver as investor director.

Clifford Chance’s Adam Signy has quit the firm to join New York-based Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has dropped the position of global head of financial sponsors – a role overseeing the bank’s private equity advisory operations.

Greenpark Capital has promoted Naoki Ohta to associate investment director.

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Ross Pillari to its advisory board, working with the US investment team to help develop investment opportunities in the energy sector.

Pomona Capital has appointed Oliver Gardey as a partner.

Law firm Ashurst has promoted David Arnold to partner in its private equity practice in London.

IDeA Alternative Investments has appointed Lino Benassi as chairman.

Roger Johnson has joined Hannes Snellman as a specialist partner in the firm’s transaction practice in Stockholm.

Outsourced fund administration services provider Ipes has appointed Richard Grainger as its new chairman and Gavin Hayman as chief financial officer. Connie Helyar, Ipes’s co-founder and former chairman, has stepped down, but will remain involved as a consultant to the firm.

Andrew Hartley, the former managing director of August Equity who stepped down from his position at the firm last year, has resurfaced at Chamonix Private Equity.

Stephan Kruemmer, group partner and managing director of 3i’s German-speaking business, has decided to leave the firm “for personal reasons”.

Turnaround professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal has continued its expansion in 2009, appointing Nedim Cen as a managing director and co-head of restructuring in Germany.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Arthur Brohinsky, a former executive at software
and consulting services company SmartOps, as a director at KKR Capstone, the firm’s portfolio operations arm.

Cleantech fund of funds manager Osmosis Capital has appointed Carl-Henrik Bengtsson as partner, with a focus on investor relations.

SJ Berwin plans to open an office in Dubai later this year.

China Investment Corporation, the $200bn sovereign wealth fund, has appointed a new private equity head as part of its latest restructuring.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Company has hired Alex Carré de Malberg as head of investment banking to lead its advisory business for M&A and capital-raising.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has appointed Claudia Annacker as a partner in Paris.

John Milad has joined the investment team of London-based medical technology-focused venture firm NGBI Ventures.

Finama Private Equity, a subsidiary of Groupama, has changed its name to Groupama Private Equity.

Lincoln International has hired Mark Barrow as managing director and head of its UK private equity advisory business. Barrow joins the firm from Dresdner Kleinwort, but previously spent ten years working alongside the UK chief executive of Lincoln, Darren Redmayne, at Close Brothers Corporate Finance.

Johan Bennarsten has taken over as head of the life sciences division at CapMan, after former head and senior partner Jan Lundahl resigned from the firm.

Bridgepoint has taken over management of Hermes Private Equity’s £550m direct investment business.

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Kamil Salame as a partner and US head of the financial institutions group.

Advent Ventures’ general partner Patrick Lee is understood to have left the firm.

The European Venture Philanthropy Association has hired Beate Trück as its first managing director.

Palamon Capital Partners has appointed former Goldman Sachs associate Pascal Jean-Noël Noth as a vice-president.

The Carlyle Group has promoted 24 professionals to senior positions, with six moving
to managing director and 18 to director. Five of the new managing directors are based in Asia, with the remainder based in Washington DC.

Turnaround specialist Alvarez & Marsal has hired nine advisers for its European financial institutions advisory services team

Stuart Salt is to take over as managing partner of emerging Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at Linklaters, after Nick Eastwell retired from the firm.

Portfolio management specialist Principal Investment Management has appointed Hugh Titcomb as chief executive.

Foresight Group has promoted Russell Healey to partner.

The Blackstone Group has expanded its international corporate M&A and restructuring advisory team with the opening of a Paris office and the appointment of Jean-Michel Steg as a senior managing director.

Philip Price, formerly with hedge fund SRM Global, has joined troubled listed investor Candover Investments as general counsel.

Target Partners has appointed Olaf Jacobi as a partner.

Investindustrial has appointed Marco Pierettori as its internal legal counsel.

Deutsche Bank’s Nick Gaynor has moved to the bank’s alternative asset management unit to help expand its private equity business.

Guy Hands has stepped down from his position as chief executive of Terra Firma, handing over responsibility for the day-to-day running of the firm to Tim Pryce.

Permira chairman Damon Buffini is set to step down from the board of SVG Capital

Macquarie Capital has hired Robert Redmond as a vice-chairman. 

Hugh Lenon, managing partner of Phoenix Equity Partners, has been named as the the new deputy chairman of the BVCA.

The Riverside Company has made four new appointments to its European team and 12 promotions to global operations.

Mike Turner, a 3i partner who joined the group in 1997, has left the firm following the cessation of the quoted private equity fund division in which he worked.

Ten of Candover’s 43 investment professionals have been made redundant.

HIG Europe has hired Alastair Mills as a director in its London office, joining the firm from rival Gresham Private Equity.

Dag Strømme will leave Herkules Capital, the Nordic buyout house, after a two-year spell as a partner at the firm.

Kennet Partners has hired Hillel Zidel as director.

Creandum has promoted Daniel Blomquist from associate to principal.

Secondaries firm Greenpark Capital has appointed Eric Pathé as an investment director.

Banexi Capital Partners, the French mid-market firm, has been acquired by its management team and renamed Azulis Capital.

Berwin Leighton Paisner has recruited ex-Kirkland & Ellis partner Raymond McKeeve as a private equity partner.

All private equity activities within the newly merged Lloyds Banking Group will report to Graeme Shankland, formerly managing director of UK integrated, structured and acquisition finance within Bank of Scotland Corporate, as exclusively revealed to Real Deals.

Andrew Williams, one of two executive directors at SVG Capital, is to leave the company “by mutual agreement”.

Oliver Gardy has left Adams Street Partners after five years.

Real Desrochers, the long-standing head of private equity at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, has left the organisation.

Silver Lake has appointed Didier Bench as an adviser to Silver Lake Sumeru, the firm’s mid-market investment fund.

Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Ricardo Caupers as a vice-president in London.

Amanda Capital has appointed Martin Paasi as chief executive.

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Sir Julian Horn-Smith as a senior adviser.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Company has hired Anders Ljungqvist and Thierry Gimonnet as chief investment officer and head of finance respectively.

Adveq has recruited Darren Wong as executive director and promoted Tim Creed to the same position.

Business angel syndicate Hotbed has appointed Steve Howard as head of business development.

The Blackstone Group has appointed Gérard Errera as a special adviser in Paris, to sit on the firm’s international advisory board.

HarbourVest Global Private Equity has appointed Amanda McCrystal as head of investor relations and communications.

Index ventures  has promoted Ben Holmes to partner in its London office.

Angel investors Andrew and Robert Rickman have launched a new venture capital firm, the Rockley Group.

The BVCA has announced the launch of a body to provide guidance and advice to government, investors and companies active in the cleantech and renewable energy sectors.

3i has appointed headhunters to hire two new non-executive directors to pave the way for Baroness Hogg to step down as chairman.

Gresham Private Equity managing director Mike Henebery, who led the firm’s London investment team, has left to pursue other interests.

LDC has appointed Catherine Houghton as an investment director in Manchester.

Gimv has appointed Peter Maenhout as an executive vice-president, taking responsibility for its XL fund and Belgian buyout and growth capital activities.

Silverfleet Capital has recruited Klaus Maurer as an executive. 

Permira has augmented its global technology team with the appointment of former Adobe Systems chief executive Bruce Chizen as senior adviser.

Temasek Holdings has appointed Charles Goodyear to succeed Ho Ching as chief executive.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Suzanne Donohoe to its global capital and asset management group as managing director and global head of the client and partner group.

Good Energies has appointed Hugh Frater as chief operating officer.

21 Centrale Partners has expanded its team with two appointments and one promotion.

Lincoln International has expanded its European debt advisory and restructuring team with the appointment of Etienne Lacault and Aurélien Loszycer in Paris.

Bruce Amlicke, the chief investment officer of the Blackstone Group’s fund of funds business, is leaving the firm to spend more time with his family.

Management Capital has appointed David Wisowaty as partner.

CDC Group has appointed Shonaid Jemmet-Page as chief operating officer.

Per Etholm has joined FSN Capital as an executive adviser to assist in sourcing debt and subordinated capital for investments.

Philip Yea has stepped down as chief executive of 3i  – a role that he has held for four and a half years – handing the reins over to managing partner Michael Queen.

Advent International has expanded its Central and Eastern Europe team with the appointment of Peter Nachtnebel as a partner based in Prague.

Sylvain Denis and Alan Hyslop, two key member of Dubai International Capital’s senior team, have left the firm with immediate effect to “pursue other interests”.

Jonathan Gillbanks, Sebastian Sibb and Vikram Krishna have all received promotions
at GMT Communications Partners, with Gillbanks becoming managing director, Sibb moving to principal and Krishna becoming a senior associate.

BerchWood Partners has appointed L Charles Bartz as a partner. He joins after 11 years
at CP Eaton Partners, where he oversaw the firm’s new business and origination efforts.

UK venture philanthropy firm Impetus Trust has appointed former Goldman Sachs executive director Meredith Niles as an investment manager.

LDC has appointed Ronald Verhoef as director of its Netherlands operation.

Vestar Capital Partners has made three promotions, with Daniel Boege moving to executive director, and Andrew Cavanna and Brian O’Connor being promoted to principal.

French mid-market private equity house Activa Capital has appointed Jean-Hugues Verdu as chief operating officer.

EasyJet chief commercial officer Saad Hammad is leaving the budget airline after just over
three years to become European managing director at private equity firm Gores Group.

TVM Capital has promoted Peter Neubeck, who joined the firm’s life sciences practice in early 2008 as a senior associate, to principal.

DWF has appointed Peter Allen as a corporate partner in its Manchester office.

Data platform PEREP Analytics has added three new board members to its governing board – Sergey Sheshuryak, Sophie Manigart and Peter Rosenhoom – bringing the total number of board members to nine.

Close Brothers has recruited David Benin as a managing director in its French office.

James Wheeler and Michael Gebauer have spun out from interim management provider Ashton Penney to launch Pilot Partners.

Justin Chang, a partner at US buyout house TPG, has left the firm after 16 years of service.

Hermes Private Equity has appointed Lynsey Register as an investment manager.

Permira has appointed Keith Jones, the former chief executive of Morley Fund Management, as a senior adviser.

As the spate of recent appointments in the turnarounds space proves, European private equity’s job market is not entirely stagnant.

Candover has announced the appointment of Fredrik Arp as a senior adviser with a focus on the Nordic region.

CVC Capital Partners has recruited Larry Klane as a senior adviser.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has appointed Joseph Dear
as its next chief investment officer.

Sal Oppenheim Private Equity Partners has expanded its sales force with the addition of Jan Graf von Bassewitz as partner.

TPG Capital is restructuring its emerging market operations and appointing a new boss for eastern Europe, India, China and South-East Asia.

Gérard Lamarche, a general partner at KKR Private Equity Investors, has resigned from
the company.

Foresight Group has appointed Giovanni Terranova as an investment director in its Rome office.

3i has appointed Anil Ahuja as head of its Asian operations.

Phoenix Equity Partners has appointed David Burns and Richard Daw to the company’s management committee with immediate effect.

Close Brothers Corporate Finance has appointed John Paul McGrath as a managing director to expand its European financial services sector coverage team into the UK.

Christian Claussen has joined Crédit Agricole Private Equity as a senior partner in
the firm’s venture capital team.

Ventizz Capital Partners has hired Christian Sarwa as an investment professional based in the firm’s St Gallen office.

The Amsterdam and Cambridge-based venture capital firm Prime Technology Ventures has expanded its team with the appointment of two new partners

The BVCA has launched a research advisory board to provide guidance and advice to the private equity industry.

HgCapital has made two appointments to its renewable energy team, bringing in Luigi Pettinicchio and Luis Quiroga.

Main Capital Partners has appointed Paul Zekveld, the chief financial officer of venture-backed software company Q-go, as a partner.

Terra Firma is set to part company with senior members of the team it brought in to manage EMI.

Denham Capital Management has appointed Bert Koth to its London-based natural resources team.

Close Brothers has appointed Laurent Camilli and Gwénael de Sagazan as co-heads of its French business.

Duke Street has recruited Jean Garbois as an operating partner.

Pohjola Group has appointed Jouko Pölönen as its chief financial officer.

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Neil Petroff to succeed Bob Bertram as its chief investment officer and executive vice-president of investments.

Two members of the senior team at Hotbed have announced their departures from the business.

Swedish early-stage venture firm Creandum has promoted Fredrik Cassel to partner.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Ludo Bammens as director of European corporate affairs and brought in Sanjay Nayar to run its operations in India.

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Charles-Henri Filippi as a senior adviser in France.

Foresight Group has opened an Italian office to dedicate resources to its new European solar fund.

RJD Partners has appointed turnaround specialist Paul Woodley as a consultant.

LDC has appointed Martin Rowland as an investment director.

The Carlyle Group has hired Christopher Dodds as a senior adviser to its global financial services group.

Duke Street has hired Miles Cresswell-Turner as a partner specialising in financial services.

Andrea Davi has been appointed as a partner at UK-based cleantech investor Amplio Partners.

Accountancy and advisory firm PKF has appointed Andrew Lock as a director.

Advent International has appointed Paolo Cantarella as an operating partner with a focus on investment opportunities in the industrial sector.

Braveheart has appointed Richard Nunneley as a director of marketing, a position the firm has created to help fulfil its growth strategy outside Scotland.

Foresight Group has appointed Sonia Powar as an investment director in its management buyout team.

Close Brothers has appointed Luke MacKenzie as a director in its European restructuring and debt advisory group.

The two Leeds-based staff leaving Octopus Private Equity have been revealed.

Nova Capital Management has appointed David Carman to its board.

Baird has appointed Steve Holt as a director.

Privately owned Dutch bank Rabobank has appointed Ronil Sujan as managing director and head of mergers & acquisitions and corporate advisory for the Asia Pacific region, with immediate effect.

CMS Derks Star Busmann has hired Bauke Falkena and Eduard Scheenstra.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Jesús Olmos Clavijo as a managing director and head of infrastructure in Europe.

Gamma Capital Partners has appointed clean technology expert and entrepreneur Jürgen Wahl as a venture partner.

EVCA has appointed Fabio Brunelli as the new chairman of its tax and legal committee.

Octopus Investments has closed its satellite office in Leeds, resulting in the loss of four staff.

Truffle Capital has appointed Gwen Chapman as chief financial officer.

Permira has appointed James Fraser as head of financial services.

Close Brothers has opened a new office in Zurich, Switzerland, and appointed former BNP Paribas banker Jürg Glesti as managing director of the operation.

UK development finance institution CDC Group, a state-owned emerging markets fund of funds business, has appointed Richard Gillingwater as its chairman.

Deloitte has appointed Tim Armstrong, formerly of Morgan Stanley, as a director, and Floris Hovingh, previously of HBOS, as an associate director.

Pomona Capital has appointed three senior professionals to its global team.

HgCapital has promoted Justin von Simson to partner in its Munich office.

TowerBrook Capital Partners has appointed automotive sector experts Gerd Siekmann and Olivier Roux as advisers to the firm.

LDC has appointed Daniel Sasaki as a director in its London office

Thomas Kunder has been appointed as chief financial officer of listed private equity company Heliad.

Cognetas has appointed David Pusinelli as a senior adviser focusing on financial services, based in London.

Avida Group, the German mid-market private equity firm, has been forced to rebrand as a result of trademark issues.

Clydesdale Bank has expanded its corporate and structured finance team in London with the appointment of Andy Oates as a director.

Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, the private equity arm of the collapsed investment bank, is set to spin out at the start of November.

Zurich-based private equity firm Zurmont Madison Management has appointed Daniel Anliker as an investment director.

Kirkland & Ellis has expanded its European restructuring group with three appointments.

Apax Partners is to open an office in Shanghai later this year and a second office in Beijing in 2009.

EQT has opened an office in Poland, its first in Central and Eastern Europe, and hired local telecoms veteran Piotr Czapski to lead the team.

European Capital has seen the departure of two senior staff, with Julian Masters and Johannes Huttunen leaving the firm.

Pinsent Masons has appointed Gregg Davison, a senior partner in Hammonds’ corporate finance and strategy department, to its private equity team.

Matthew Layton is to become global head of Clifford Chance’s corporate practice from November 2008.

EVCA’s venture capital platform chairman Patrick Sheehan has been appointed by the association to head up a team of prominent venture capitalists formed to investigate and
improve the reporting of European VC houses’ performance.

CAM Private Equity has bolstered its sales team with the addition of Andrés Ebhardt as a partner.

Braveheart Investment Group has appointed Colin Grant as chief financial officer

Impax Group, a specialist environmental investment company, has appointed Charlie Ridge as chief operating officer.

Matteo Carlotti, head of Italian operations at Argos Soditic, is to leave the firm following strategic disagreements relating to the scope of the firm’s future operations in the Italian private equity market.

Permira has appointed former international vice chairman of KPMG Hiroaki Yoshihara as a senior adviser.

Barclays Private Equity has appointed Steven Whitehead as an investment manager in its Manchester team.

Following the recent appointment of associate director Mark Tooth, Baker Tilly has appointed Adam Fraser-Harris as a director in its southern region corporate finance team.

Andrew Hartley has stepped down from his role as managing director of August Equity after 13 years with the firm.

Dubai International Capital has made two senior hires to its private equity team. Eric Kump joins as managing director from Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, while Marc Hollander joins as finance director from Investor AB. Both will report to Sylvain Denis.

Endless has appointed Lucia Villamor as an investment executive in its Leeds office.

Roger Kelly, formerly a research adviser to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, has joined the BVCA as chief economist.

Apax Partners has appointed Bernard Bourigeaud as a senior adviser in France.

Foresight has made two further appointments to its environmental team, bringing on board Mike Rand as investment director and Tom Thorp as investment manager.

Arcapita has hired John O’Donoghue as a director in its London office.

Claret Capital has recruited Dermot Hanley and Yuki Narula to its new private equity funds team.

Inflexion Private Equity has hired LDC’s Richard Swann as an investment director.

Phoenix Equity Partners has appointed Clarissa Beresford as an investment manager.

Sovereign Capital has appointed Jon Edington as assistant director to its portfolio development team.

Life Sciences Partners has appointed Geraldine O’Keeffe as a senior investment manager.

Alpha Associates, the Zurich-based private equity fund of funds manager has appointed Kurt Geiger as a special adviser and chairman of its advisory board

Investcorp has appointed James Tanner as its head of placement and relationship management, and as a member of its management committee, based in Bahrain.

Lyceum Capital has appointed Simon Hitchcock, a director of rival firm Sovereign Capital, as a partner. He will join Lyceum in March 2009 at the end of his notice period.

Edward Liddy, a partner at Clayton Dubilier & Rice, has been hired by the US government to run troubled insurance company American International Group.

Vision Capital has strengthened its investment team with the appointments of Lorenzo Russo as partner and Daryl Cohen as associate.

Electra Partners has appointed Monique Dumas as investor relations and corporate communications partner

Dow Schofield Watts has established a corporate debt advisory business, which will be led by new partners Joanne Dodd and Paula Jones.

Veronis Suhler Stevenson has made two new additions to its European investment team.

Providence Equity Partners has appointed Sean Tong as managing director in the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Peter Currie to its board of advisers.

Directorbank, the UK executive search agency, has ramped up its global growth plans with the appointment of Daniela Romano as international account director.

Key Capital Partners has increased its national footprint, launching an office in Birmingham.

HarbourVest has promoted Brett Gordon, Alex Rogers and John Toomey to managing directors.

Investment firm WP Carey has appointed Tom Quigley as managing director of its London subsidiary.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Makram Azar as managing director and head of the Middle East and North Africa.

Close Brothers has made two appointments to its recently established Manchester office.

Liam Camburn has joined Deloitte’s private equity transaction services team as a director.

Serge Raicher has taken over as chairman of the European Venture Philanthropy Association.

Turnaround specialist Thesan Capital has appointed four new executives.

Indigo Capital has appointed Monique Deloire as partner.

CapMan has promoted Jan Mattlin to partner and Sebastian Schauman to investment manager within the firm’s buyout team.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has appointed Randall Mullan as senior portfolio manager for infrastructure investments and promoted Dan Bienvenue to Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Equity.

Permira has appointed David Williams as a senior adviser.

Ross Butler has joined EVCA as head of communications. 

Private equity consultant PCG Asset Management has appointed Jean-Noel Odier
as managing director.

Quadrangle Group has opened an office in Hong Kong, to be headed by Edward Sippel.

Greenpark Capital has appointed Robert Savage as an investment director based in London.

American Capital has opened an office in Hong Kong – its first in Asia.

Graham Dewhirst has been appointed chairman of Spirit Capital Partners, a spin-out from Aberdeen Asset Management.

Charles Allen, former chief executive of ITV, has been appointed as a senior adviser to the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs.

Summit Partners has appointed four vice-presidents to its offices in London and Boston.

DFJ Esprit has appointed William Reeve as a venture partner.

Darwin Private Equity has expanded its investment team with the appointment of Katie Beck

David Wardrop and Tristan Craddock have joined Rutland Partners as investment manager and investment executive respectively.

Jefferies International has appointed 25 ex-Bear Stearns staff to its global equities business.

LDC has added to its team in Scotland, recruiting Steven Gray. Gray will be based in Aberdeen.

3i’s deputy finance director Julia Wilson has been appointed to the board of the firm and made finance director designate.

Stephen Campe has been appointed as president of Investor Growth Capital, the wholly-owned venture capital arm of Investor AB, following the retirement of current president Henry Gooss.

Alvarez & Marsal has bolstered its team in Europe, the Middle East and India with new appointments.

HSBC has hired Basil Sakellis as an investment manager. He joins from European Capital, where he worked in the UK buyout team.

Clearwater Corporate Finance has appointed financier Graham Hallworth, a former partner in private equity firm Alchemy, as its non-executive chairman.

Ivan Brockman has joined the Blackstone Group as a senior managing director in the firm’s corporate advisory business.

Cinven has hired Joseph Wan as a partner and Richard Cheung as a principal in its Hong Kong office.

Dunedin has appointed Simon Rowan as an analyst.

Pantheon has made three appointments to its investment team in Hong Kong.

Burdale Financial has appointed a new management committee.

Tom Quigley has been appointed managing director of WP Carey & Co, the UK arm of the investment firm.

Alliance Trust Equity Partners, the private equity arm of Alliance Trust, has appointed Layla Fear as investment manager.

TVM Capital has promoted Steffen Schuster to general partner.

Ambient Sound Investments has hired Margus Uudam, the former CEO of the electricity distribution arm of Estonia’s energy utility, to head its private equity investments.

Heiner Braun, a private equity and M&A specialist and partner in the corporate practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, is to relocate from Frankfurt to the firm’s Shanghai office

Bear Stearns Private Equity, the London-listed buyout arm of the US investment bank, is to be renamed JPMorgan Private Equity (JPEL).

BDO Stoy Hayward has appointed Neil McDaid as a debt advisory director in its corporate finance team.

CVC Capital Partners has established a global financial institutions sector team, seeking to take advantage of volatility and depressed valuations in the financial services industry.

Bridgepoint has appointed Charles Barter, former head of private equity at UK law firm Travers Smith, as its general counsel.

HSBC Private Equity has appointed two new members to its investment team, bringing in Grant O’Neill as an investment manager and Helen Posner as an associate.

Richard Munton, a co-founder of Cinven, has retired after nearly 30 years with the firm but will continue to be listed as a partner working a few days a month.

Hans-Georg Köglmayr, managing director and founder of Leonardo Venture Capital, has resigned from his post for health reasons.

EVCA has appointed eleven members to its board of directors, replacing current members who have either reached the end of their tenure or are stepping down.

Louis Gerstner, chairman of the Carlyle Group, has announced his decision to retire from the firm.

Close Brothers has appointed Dan Sheahan as a director in its Manchester office.

Sovereign Capital has appointed Sarah Pratt as a researcher, bringing its investment team to 20.

Petteri Änkilä, chief executive of Finnish private equity firm Amanda Capital, is to step down from his role. Chief financial officer Petter Hoffström will serve as acting chief executive.

Finance Wales has appointed Ian Johnson, the former chief executive of Biotrace International, as chairman.

Aurora Russia has appointed Dan Collinson Koch as a non-executive director.

David Inman is to replace Mauro Biagioni as financial controller at NVM Private Equity

GIMV has appointed Hansjörg Sage as a partner.

The Blackstone Group has created a practice for investments in the clean technology sector.

LDC has promoted Jon Andrew to its board as chief operating officer following the appointment of previous incumbent Candida Morley as chief portfolio officer.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has hired William Sonneborn to develop its asset management business.

Investec has appointed Gareth Taylor as a director in its corporate finance division and Matthew Wesley as an associate director in debt advisory.

Inflexion Private Equity has appointed two new members to its investment team.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, Credit Suisse’s private equity arm, has appointed Nicole Arnaboldi as chairman following the retirement of Steven Rattner.

BDO Stoy Hayward has expanded its corporate finance team with the appointment of four partners: Jamie Austin, Christopher Clark, Sam Surrey and Jason Whitworth.

Manchester-based private equity firm Infinity has opened a London office.

Ernst & Young has appointed Jason Talbot to its Manchester-based mergers and acquisitions team.

The Blackstone Group has opened a new office in Beijing, to be headed by Shan Fu.

Andrew Wall and Peter Barrand have joined HMT Corporate Finance’s Thames Valley team as partner and director respectively.

Haarmann has hired Michael Graf as partner in the firm’s Frankfurt-based tax practice, bringing the team up to seven members.

Jean Lemierre is to join the BNP Paribas Group as senior adviser to the chairman.

Initiative & Finance Gestion has promoted Jean-Michel Laveu and Arnaud Mendelsohn to associate directors.

Nova Capital Management has promoted Kathryn Jones and john llewellyn to associate partners.

Private Equity Partners has opened an office in Mumbai to support the development of portfolio companies in Asia.

Kate Goodall – Capital Dynamics’ vice-president and founder of the Private Equity Investor Relations Association – has left the firm to join SVG Capital’s investor relations
team.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has promoted Jochen Koenig to head of sponsor leveraged finance in Europe.

Julian Tunnicliffe has joined mid-market investment bank Lincoln International as a managing director specialising in industrials M&A.

Michael Klein, one of Citigroup’s most senior executives, has become the latest high-profile investment bank departure.

Jonathan Heathcote has joined Palamon Capital Partners as a partner in the firm’s London office.

JC Flowers has appointed David Morgan as an operating partner and chairman of the firm’s Australian operations.

SL Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Standard Life Investments, has hired Jamie Ebersole as a senior investment director for North America.

Ratos executive vice-president Thomas Mossberg is to retire from the firm. Mossberg, who has held the position since 1988, will remain with the firm as a senior adviser on a part-time basis.

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

Noble Group has opened a US subsidiary, Noble Corporate Advisory, in Houston, Texas.

Investment bank Moelis & Co has hired veteran private equity executive Greg Share to expand its buyouts practice.

Russell Read, chief investment officer at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, has quit the pension fund after less than two years in the job.

Former BVCA chief executive Peter Linthwaite has joined CT Investment Partners as managing partner.

LGV Capital chief executive Adrian Johnson is to leave the firm.

Kenneth Mehlman has been appointed managing director and head of global affairs at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

Robin Henshall is to head European Islamic Investment Bank’s new private equity and corporate advisory team in London.

Veteran investment banker David Verey has left the Blackstone Group, which he joined in 2003 as a senior adviser in Europe.

The Blackstone Group has appointed Kemal Kaya as a senior adviser in the firm’s Turkey office.

Octopus Ventures has appointed Alliott Cole as an investment manager.

Partners Group has opened an office in Luxembourg to be headed by Jerry Ludig.

BNP Paribas Private Equity has appointed Daphné Dussauge as head of corporate development.

Butler Capital Partners has appointed two new directors to its team.

TowerBrook Capital Partners has recruited John Sinik as a managing director in London.

Lovells’ Italian head of private equity is poised to leave the firm to join Simmons & Simmons in Milan.

Randy Parker has been appointed as a principal at HarbourVest Partners.

Private Advisors has appointed three managing directors to its London office.

Glitnir Total Capital has expanded its London team with the appointments of Paul Brown and Emily Bushby as investment managers.

Lorne Somerville has joined CVC Capital Partners’ London office as head of the firm’s TMT investment activities.

Tony Horspool has joined Weil Gotshal & Manges as a partner in the global restructuring group.

Kevin Dunn has been appointed as 3i’s general counsel and company secretary, following Tony Brierley’s retirement.

Wanching Ang, chief executive of Allianz Private Equity Partners, has resigned from
her position at the firm

HIG Capital has made two turnaround appointments to its recently formed European team.

Vestar Capital Partners has expanded its presence in Europe, opening an office in Germany.

Gresham Private Equity has appointed James Slipper as a partner in its investment team.

DLA Piper’s joint head of private equity is leaving the firm to head Hill Dickinson’s Manchester corporate practice.

Morgan Stanley has recruited Michael Hehn and Eric Fry as managing directors of Morgan Stanley Private Equity,

Sara Halbard, senior fund manager at Intermediate Capital Group’s fund management subsidiary ICML, is to retire from the firm in June 2008.

Foresight Group has appointed Russell Healey and James Livingston as portfolio managers.

Purvi Sapre has joined Octopus Investments’ private equity team as an investment manager.

Baird Capital Partners Europe has promoted Andrew Ferguson to managing director, Dennis Hall to director and Simon Coote to manager.

SVG Advisers has appointed two directors to its London team.

Panu Routila is to succeed Jan Inborr as president and chief executive of Ahlström Capital.

New Venture Partners has recruited David Tennenhouse to head its new Silicon Valley
office.

Pantheon has recruited Dennis McCrary as a partner in its global investment team.

Tim Bunting (pictured), a former vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs, has joined Balderton Capital as a partner.

The BVCA has appointed Simon Walker as its new chief executive with effect from the beginning of November.

SVG Advisors has recruited three new members to its private equity fund selection team.

Duke Street Capital has appointed Thierry Paternot as operating partner in its Paris office.

Sovereign Capital has recruited Tim Whittard from Gresham

HgCapital has made two appointments and two promotions to its renewable energy team.

Livingstone Partners has promoted Alex Sheffield, Richard Fetterman and Phillip McCreanor to partners.

Gerrit Zalm, former deputy prime minister and minister of finance in the Netherlands, is joining Permira as an adviser.

After 15 years as head of investor relations at ECI, Janet Brooks has left the firm to join placement agent Monument Group’s London office

AIG Capital Partners has appointed Serkan Elden as managing director in charge of the firm’s activities in Turkey and the surrounding areas.

Norwegian energy investor HitecVision has recruited Atle Eide as a partner based in its Stavanger office.

Simon Palley has resigned from BC Partners and will leave the firm at the end of September.

Riverstone Holdings has appointed BP veteran Ralph Alexander as a managing director at the firm’s New York office.

David Marchick will join The Carlyle Group as a managing director and global head of regulatory affairs based in the Washington DC office.

Lord Browne, the former chief executive of BP, has taken up a permanent role at specialist US energy investor Riverstone Holdings.

3i’s co-head of Asia, Jamie Paton, has resigned after 20 years at the firm.

3i has also strengthened its healthcare team with the appointment of Peter Chambré as industrialist in residence.

Maurice Moses has joined AlixPartners from Alvarez & Marsal.

BerchWood Partners has recruited Robert Moreland as director

Stephen Aulsebrook is to become the new chief executive at Close Brothers Corporate Finance

The Blackstone Group has hired Goldman Sachs media relations veteran Peter Rose

The Carlyle Group has launched a team in Central and Eastern Europe

Conor Venture Partners has recruited Jari Mieskonen.

Lars Eriksson has joined Riverside and will be based in Stockholm.

Helmut Schühsler (pictured), managing partner of TVM Capital, has been elected as chairman of EVCA.

NBGI Private Equity has recruited former Octopus Asset Managers director Joseph Bergin as a director.

E-Synergy has recruited Sam Richardson as an investment director.

Peter Linthwaite has resigned as chief executive of the BVCA with immediate effect.

Activa Capital has recruited Julien Di Marco as an investment analyst.

A group of Valencia-based businessmen have launched a €40m private equity fund, Tandem Capital Gestión.

Geneva-based asset manager Unigestion has appointed Paul Verhoeven to manage its new Munich office.

Gamma Capital Partners has recruited Horst Gaisbauer as a senior associate and investment manager at its Vienna office.

The Carlyle Group is to set up a financial institutions group to invest in banking, insurance and other financial services sectors.

Inveni Capital has raised more than €20m for the first close of its debut fund, which will make life sciences investments in northern and central Europe.