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Kleiner Perkins brings on COO

The Silicon Valley-based venture firm has hired the former CEO of enterprise software company Movaris to bulk up the firm’s supply of financial and operational expertise.

TVM Capital adds to GP group

The Munich- and Boston-based venture firm has promoted Steffen Schuster, whose resume includes stints as a public tech company CFO as well as co-founder and investment director of Siemen’s corporate venture capital arm.

CPPIB chooses Bank of Montreal board director as chairman

Former Sun Life Financial Canada president Robert Astley will succeed longtime director Gail Cook-Bennett as head of the C$128bn Canadian pension's in-house investment arm.

KKR adds former Skanska chief to growing infrastructure unit

The addition of former Skanska Infrastructure Development chief Simon Hipperson comes as the firm continues to build its team ahead of a reported $5bn fundraising effort

Elysian looks to Leeds in lower mid-market push

Phil Greves has left 3i’s Manchester office to join the latest private equity venture led by Doughty Hanson founding partner Ken Terry. Greves will launch the firm’s Leeds office as it searches for lower mid-market deals.

Evercore, Stone Point seed vehicle targeting alternatives firms

HighView Investment Group, led by former BlackRock co-founder Ralph Schlosstein, has garnered $600m in commitments to target minority interests in independent alternative asset managers.

DFJ Esprit hires portfolio company COO

Serial entrepreneur William Reeve has been made a venture partner at the London-based DFJ affiliate, most recently having steered operations for DFJ Espirit-backed portfolio company LOVEFiLM International.

Cinven taps BCG, McKinsey talent for new Hong Kong office

The appointments of Joseph Wan, a partner at BCG, and Richard Cheung, a partner at McKinsey, are aimed at strengthening the firm’s Hong Kong team before the office launches in early 2009. In the meanwhile, both will be based out of London.

European Capital loses buyout pro to HSBC

Basil Sakellis has joined the London-based HSBC team, the third addition to the UK mid-market private equity firm in the past three weeks. European Capital's buyouts head, Simon Henderson, resigned in May.

Carlyle loses senior exec amid reported $1bn fundraise

The appointment of David Zweiner, the co-head of Carlyle's nascent global financial services group, as CFO of US bank Wachovia comes as the division is in the midst of a $1bn fundraising effort. Zweiner had been on the job for a little over a year.