NatWest has announced the appointment of Solange Chamberlain as Chief Operating Officer for its Commercial Banking arm. 

Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has reinforced its portfolio performance team with the recruitment of Stéphane Jamin as Director.

The Development Bank of Wales has further expanded its technology investments team with the appointment of Colin Batten.

Luke Johnson, the entrepreneur, investor and Sunday Times columnist, is investing in the British Design Fund and will be joining its Investment Panel. He is currently Chairman of private equity house Risk Capital Partners LLP, Chairman of Gail’s Artisan Bakery chain and on the board of Brompton Cycles.

The SidebySide Partnership has expanded its management team with the appointment of James D’Mello as Head of Business Development. 

Growth capital investor VGC Partners has promoted Andrew Lister to partner. This promotion further strengthens VGC’s leadership team in order to support investment of its main £50m fund, which backs high-growth consumer, media and technology businesses.

The Angel CoFund has appointed Dr Olivia Nicoletti to the team as Senior Investment Associate. Joining from Cambridge Enterprise, where she worked on technology transfer for innovations from Cambridge University, Olivia will focus on deep tech investments for the fund.

As of 1 July 2020, the Aston Lark Financial Institutions team will join the Protean Risk brand, making the combined team one of the largest dedicated brokers servicing UK and European financial services firms.

Edge Investments, the leading growth investor in the UK creative economy, has appointed an Advisor Panel to provide specialist industry expertise and advice to assist Edge in helping UK’s creative economy to innovate, prosper, and grow.

Downing Ventures has appointed Warren Rogers as a Partner to its 14-strong team. Prior to joining Downing Ventures, Warren was a Ventures Partner at Airbus, where he led investments in various sectors related to aerospace, defence, and space technology.  Warren brings much of this experience to the Downing Ventures team, with his new role focusing on early-stage deep tech companies in quantum, cyber, enterprise, and materials.

Foresight Group's Nick Mettyear, an Investment Manager responsible for the £100 million Foresight East of England Fund, has been appointed to the delivery board of the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor.

The Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor is one of Europe’s most exciting growth opportunities, home to the people and businesses tackling the grand challenges facing humanity and shaping the future of food, energy, medicine and mobility.

So far this year, Antler has invested in 58 startups across seven countries. The companies funded represent over twenty sectors, ranging from fintech and deep tech to food delivery and gaming. 43% of these companies have at least one female co-founder. This activity brings the total amount invested by Antler since launch to $25m.