GMT Communications Partners

According to an announcement on its site, European private equity firm GMT Communications Partners has promoted Jean-Sébastien Talbot to principal. Prior to joining GMT, Talbot worked at XAnge and TBWA\Paris. To read the post, visit here http://www.gmtpartners.com/News.aspx?id=2015&it=1000115

The promotions come as the firm is raising its next fund

GMT Communications Partners said Monday that Natalie Tydeman was promoted to Senior Partner, Vikram Krishna to Partner and Francois Stoessel to Principle. The changes were effective as of January.

GMT Communications Partners has appointed Jonny Maxwell as senior advisor. Formerly global head of private equity fund-of-funds at Allianz Private Equity Partners, Maxwell had overall responsibility for indirect private equity activities.

GMT Communications Partners has hired Jonny Maxwell as senior advisor. Previously, Maxwell served as global head of private equity fund of funds at Allianz Private Equity Partners. GMT Communications Partners is a Europe-based private equity firm focused on the media, information, entertainment and telecommunications sectors.

European media and communications focused private equity group GMT Communications Partners together with Veronis Suhler Stevenson have teamed up with management to provide growth capital to IT-Ernity, a provider of business critical managed services and shared hosting for SMEs in the Netherlands. Founded in 2002 by its managing director, Sebastiaan de Koning, and R&D manager Tom Pfeifer, IT-Ernity offers a comprehensive catalogue of standardised fully managed solutions, including system administration, protection, security, application management and other outsourcing services.

European media and communications private equity group GMT Communications Partners and Veronis Suhler Stevenson have teamed up with management to provide growth capital to IT-Ernity. Founded in 2002 by its managing director, Sebastiaan de Koning, and R&D manager Tom Pfeifer, the business is a provider of business critical managed services and shared hosting for SMEs in the Netherlands.

GMT Communications Partners' portfolio company, MeetingZone, has completed its third bolt-on acquisition in eighteen months. MeetingZone, a global audio/web conferencing and collaboration services provider, has acquired Atia Communications, a UK based provider of Unified Communications (UC) services and a Microsoft Lync 2010 accredited specialist.

Growth capital firm VT partners, which was co-founded earlier this year by a 12-year Carlyle veteran, will look to pool its resources and network with the US-based cyber-security focused VC firm.

The following hires, promotions and appointments are for the June 1, 2015, issue of Buyouts.

The following hires, promotions and appointments are for the March 23, 2015, issue of Buyouts.

Karnov Group, a Scandinavian information and business intelligence provider backed by GMT Communication Partners, has secured a refinancing following a period of investment and accelerating growth. Karnov was acquired by GMT, the European TMT-focused private equity group, in 2011 from Thomson Reuters.

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Industry veteran Maxwell has been hired as a senior advisor for the TMT-focused private equity firm just as it is attempting to raise €350m for its fourth buyout fund.