18 December 2007
New appointments at Palamon Capital Partners
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Palamon Capital Partners, one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity firms, has strengthened its team with two further appointments. Anthony Gardner joins as Director of Structured Finance and Alexis de Dietrich joins as a Vice President.
Anthony Gardner joins Palamon from Bank of America, where he held the position of Executive Director, European Leveraged Finance. Previously he spent five years with GE, initially in business development managing M&A transactions involving GE companies across Europe and subsequently in its Leveraged Finance Group. Mr Gardner has also practised as a lawyer for eight years in Paris, London and Brussels. Mr Gardner holds a BA from Harvard College, an MPhil from Oxford University, a Juris Doctor with distinction from Columbia Law School and an MSc in Finance from London Business School.
Alexis de Dietrich joins Palamon having most recently run a family investment office in Switzerland. He was previously with Merrill Lynch International in London working in the Global Markets and Investment Banking divisions and prior to that with Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking in Milan. Mr de Dietrich graduated from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) with a MA in Finance and Accounting and holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD.
Louis Elson, Managing Partner of Palamon Capital Partners, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Tony and Alexis to Palamon. Our team now features ten different nationalities under one roof, with each team member bringing both a wealth of local knowledge and contacts and the international investing experience and expertise necessary to successfully execute pan-European deals.”
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Gardner said: “I am very excited about the opportunity to join such an experienced European team. Palamon has a reputation as one of the leading growth investors in the market and I look forward to being part of its future.
Mr de Dietrich added: “I am delighted to be joining such an established and well-respected team. Palamon has proven that it is one of only a handful of private equity firms capable of operating on a pan-European basis, which fits perfectly with my own experience. I look forward to developing new transactions across Europe.”
Based in London, the Palamon team is both multilingual and multicultural, and one of the most experienced currently operating in Europe. Palamon’s most recent investments were in German retailer, Dress-for-Less, Europe’s largest online designer fashion outlet and the Dutch company, D&D Media Group, one of the leading independent European audiovisual producers.
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