5 December 2005
Palamon Capital Partners appoints Ron Sandler

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Palamon Capital Partners, one of Europe’s leading mid market private equity firms, has appointed Ron Sandler to its Board of Advisors.

Ron Sandler is currently chairman of Computacenter, Oxygen and Kyte Group, a non-executive director of Fortis Group and a member of the Partnership Council of lawyers Herbert Smith. He is a past-president of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and also chairs the personal finance education charity, pfeg.

In 2002, he led an independent review of the UK Long Term Savings Industry. He was previously Chief Operating Officer of NatWest Group, and before that, Chief Executive of Lloyd’s of London. His early career was spent with The Boston Consulting Group. He has an MA from Queens’ College, Cambridge and an MBA from Stanford University.

Palamon's highly experienced Board of Advisors comprises ten world-class international business leaders whose expertise covers the range of industries in which the firm seeks to invest.

Michael Hoffman, Managing Partner and Founder of Palamon comments, “We are delighted to welcome Ron to the Board. He has a first class track record as a strategic thinker and his knowledge and understanding of the financial services marketplace is unparalleled. With over a third of our portfolio invested in this sector, Ron’s experience will be invaluable to Palamon.”

Operating out of a single office in London, Palamon’s multi-national investment team is able to target mid-market investment opportunities across the UK and Continental Europe. The firm has almost €1 billion of equity under management and has already completed investments in fifteen companies across seven different European countries.

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