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Dunedin appoints new fund manager

The UK private equity firm has hired Peter Smaill to replace Brian Finlayson, who is retiring.

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Dunedin Capital Partners, the independent UK private equity firm, has hired Peter Smaill as a director and principal fund manager for Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust, the firm’s buyout and buyin fund.

Prior to Dunedin, Smaill was at LICA Development Capital in London where he was a managing director overseeing the company’s IT strategy and tax related products.

Before joining LICA, he was a Director of Bridgepoint Capital, formerly NatWest Equity Partners, where he established a new Scottish office in 1989. At Dunedin, he takes over from Brian Finlayson, who is retiring from Dunedin after a career in financial services spanning almost four decades.

Dunedin Capital Partners is an independent private equity company. It specialises in MBOs and MBIs in the range of £10 to £25m.  Dunedin operates throughout the UK from its offices in Edinburgh and London.