7 April 

Intertrust has four new client-facing directors following a recent set of promotions within the firm. Roger Bolan, Alex Di Santo, Shane Hugill and Stephen Langan have all been promoted to directors across Intertrust’s Private Wealth, Funds, Capital Markets and Performance & Reward Management service lines.

28 March 

National law firm Shoosmiths has expanded its Venture Capital offering with the appointment of corporate partner Steve Barnett to its London office, from international law firm Orrick.

28 February 

• Former Chief Executive of Zurich UK General Insurance, Guy Munnoch, joins as Chairman;
• Former HSBC Senior Executive Alan Hughes, joins as deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director, and
• Anne Whitaker completes a trio of high-quality hires bringing 30 years' experience at EY together with other financial services and public sector roles as Chair of the Audit Committee and Independent Non-Executive Director;

22 February 

With the retirement of Rob Dick after eleven years as TRI Cap's Chairman, Jamie Andrew has been appointed with immediate effect.  Jamie has been an active TRI Cap member since 2005 and more recently a board member.

21 February

The UK’s first team of student venture capitalists are all set for their new role - scouting for businesses that could become the technology stars of the future.  The 18 students, who are all from The University of Sheffield, will be working with Campus Capital, the innovative venture capital firm that operates in partnership with universities.

6 February 

BGF has appointed Fiona Gibson to support its growing portfolio in the South West of England.  Fiona joins BGF from Lloyds Banking Group where she was Head of Equity Investments, responsible for the bank’s portfolio of more than 250 legacy equity assets. 

24 January 

Mobeus is delighted to announce that Justin Maltz has joined the team as Portfolio Director.  This is part of a significant expansion at Mobeus as the firm pursues a broader investment strategy which includes growth and buyout capital on behalf of retail and institutional investors. 

12 January 

Downing LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Lewis as an Investment Director. Richard joins from Radius Equity.

11 January

Foresight Group announces the promotion of Minal Patel, Ricardo Pineiro and Matt Smith to Partner.  The promotions follow continued expansion in the Group during 2016, which has seen staff numbers increase by 21% to more than 150 as Foresight opened two new offices during the year, and assets under management increase by 28% to £2.3 billion.