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Laure Villepelet - Quadriga Capital

Jim Strang - Hamilton Lane

David Conlon - Foresight

Patrick Hofmann - Afinum

David Andrews - LDC

Katarina Kramplova - Campbell Lutyens

Min Ong - Caledonia Investments

Sumeet Pillai - Tata Capital

Melissa Lawton- Capital Dynamics

Martin Thogersen - Stepstone Group

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Sunil Jain - Sovereign Capital

London, January 2012

"Sovereign Capital, the UK private equity Buy & Build specialist, today announces the appointments of Sunil Jain as Investment Manager. This hire further strengthens the investment team.

Prior to joining Sovereign, Sunil was an Investment Manager at Blenheim Chalcot, the investment group, where he predominantly focused on education, technology and financial services. Previously Sunil spent five years at Oliver Wyman Financial Services, where he specialised in financial services strategy, working predominantly with insurance and private equity companies. Sunil holds a Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Sunil will focus on executing Sovereign’s proven Buy & Build growth strategy which has seen 24 transactions completed over the past year. Recent investments include the bolt-ons of Springbank Community Care to domiciliary care provider City & County Healthcare Group and Drury PSM to risk management, compliance and certification service provider Alcumus Group. In November Sovereign was named ‘Investor of the Year’ at the 2011 Education Investor awards; this is the second year running that Sovereign has received the accolade."

Private Equity Recruitment is delighted to have supported Sovereign Capital in this recruitment and wishes Sunil well in his new position.

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Laure Villepelet - Quadriga Capital

London, December 2011

We are delighted to announce that Quadriga Capital has hired Laure Villepelet as a Portfolio Controller. Laure will play a crucial role in the Portfolio team.

PER wishes Laure all the best and we look forward to hearing all about the exciting investments that she will be involved in as a part of Quadriga Capital.

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Jim Strang - Hamilton Lane

London, November 2011

Hamilton Lane adds to London team

Hamilton Lane has hired Jim Strang as a principal in its London office.

Jim is joining Hamilton from UK mid-market Dunedin Capital Partners, where he was a director and head of fund investment. Prior to this Jim was head of European buyouts at Gartmore Private Equity and a consultant at Bain and Company.

Hamilton Lane is a private, independent firm providing private equity investment management to investors around the world. Based in Philadelphia, with offices in several US cities, London, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong, Hamilton Lane offers a full range of investment products and services that enable clients to participate in the private equity asset class on a global and customised basis.

PER wishes Jim every success with his new role.

David Conlon - Foresight

London, November 2011

David Conlon has been appointed as director of Foresight’s environmental team with a focus on secondary PFI projects. He joins the eight-strong team from Aleltho Energy where he was transaction director, responsible for originating, structuring and negotiating renewable energy deals. Previously, David financially directed a number of renewables and infrastructure investments in the PFI/PPP sectors as investment director at the Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund and has held project finance roles for both KPMG and Grant Thornton.

PER wishes David every success and long term career progression within Foresight.

Patrick Hofmann - Afinum

Munich, October 2011

Afinum Management, the leading German mid market private equity fund, has appointed Patrick Hofmann to join their investment team based in Munich Patrick joins after previous roles with Vestar Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs.

PER is delighted to have supported Afinum in this recruitment and wishes Patrick well in his new position.

David Andrews - LDC

London, October 2011

David Andrews recently joined LDC, the leading mid market private equity house, as an Investment Manager reporting to Daniel Sasaki (Managing Director for London).

David is delighted to join the team and is looking forward to exciting challenges ahead.

Katarina Kramplova - Campbell Lutyens

London, September 2011

We are delighted to announce that Campbell Lutyens has hired Katarina Kramplova as an Executive. Katarina will play an important role in their leading Secondaries teams.

PER wishes Katarina all the best and looks forward to hearing all about the exciting transactions that she will be involved in as a part of Campbell Lutyens.

Min Ong - Caledonia Investments

London, September 2011

We are delighted to announce that Caledonia Investments Plc has hired Min Ong as an Investment Executive. Min will play a crucial part in originating, screening and monitoring fund investments across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Prior to joining Caledonia, Min was at Nomura where she focused on investment banking in the financial services sector. Before this, Min was at PSA International, which is one of the world’s largest port operators. Min has an MBA from INSEAD and a Masters in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College.

PER wishes Min all the best and looks forward to hearing all about the exciting investments that she will be involved in as a part of Caledonia.

Sumeet Pillai - Tata Capital

London, September 2011

We are delighted to announce that TATA Capital has hired Sumeet Pillai as Vice President from Lloyds Bank.

Sumeet will be based in London and reporting to Amit Mehta. His role will be to assist in cross border acquisitions between Europe and India as well as fund raising for Indian Corporates in the International markets.

PER wishes Sumeet Pillai all the best and looks forward to hearing all about the exciting acquisitions that he will be involved in as a part of TATA Capital.

Melissa Lawton - Capital Dynamics

London, September 2011

We are delighted to announce that Capital Dynamics has hired Melissa Lawton as an Associate in the Investor Relations team. Melissa will play a crucial part in the London based IR team.

PER wishes Melissa every success and long term career progression.

Martin Thogersen - Stepstone Group

London, August 2011

Martin Thogersen recently joined StepStone Group as an Associate reporting to Blair Jacobson, Partner in the London office. Martin will work closely with the London based team executing investments across primary, secondary, equity co-investment and mezzanine opportunities.

Martin is delighted to join the team and is looking forward to exciting challenges ahead.

PER wishes him a successful career.