Angel backed novel diagnostic developer PBD Biotech has appointed new CEO Mark Hammond to drive the company’s expansion. 

Deepbridge Capital has appointed Samantha Piddington as its new Head of Corporate Finance. Deepbridge has also added three further individuals to its investment team.

The British Business Bank has appointed Dharmash Mistry as non-executive director (NED) to the board of British Business Bank.

London-based Venture Firm, Hambro Perks, has appointed ex-Morgan Stanley’s Svenja Grundmann as Investment Associate.

LONDON-based venture capital firm, Luminous Ventures has strengthened its advisory board further with the appointment of expert sales strategist, Ryan Ward.

London-based growth capital investor, VGC Partners, has appointed Andrew Lister as Investment and Portfolio Director as the firm looks to invest from its £50m Fund II 

NVM Private Equity continues to expand the VCT team with the addition of Alex Wilson and Stephen Johnson. NVM’s recruitment strategy has been to build on their existing strong regional presence with a growing VCT team to help develop the business in a changed environment by bringing in people with experience in new, fast-emerging technology, finance and life science sectors.

This week sees entrepreneurial icons flock to Scotland as the second edition of CAN DO Fest, Scotland’s festival of impactful entrepreneurship, kicks off with EIE 2019 - one of the UK’s leading events for tech entrepreneurs and investors, at the McEwan Hall in Edinburgh on 24 April.

Ingenious, the leading alternative investment manager that specialises in the Media, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Education sectors, has expanded its institutional funds business with the appointment of Luke Burdess as Business Development Director.

Ingenious, which has been growing its network of relationships in Asia and the Middle East for the last few years, will offer innovative institutional strategies for domestic and global institutions. The team will leverage their deep sector knowledge to access investment opportunities usually unavailable to institutional investors.

Berlin-headquartered investment firm Target Global has launched its first office in the UK. The firm has €700m under management across Europe. 

More than 800 London students have had their hard work and creativity celebrated by leading industry names after they were asked to devise solutions to real business problems.

After more than 23 years as Managing Director, and then Managing Partner of Albion Capital, Patrick Reeve has become Chairman of the business in a newly created role,