26 March 2009
Pascal Jean-Noël Noth appointed as Vice President at Palamon Capital Partners

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Palamon Capital Partners, one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity firms, has appointed Pascal Jean-Noël Noth as a Vice President. 

Mr Noth joins Palamon from the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co where he was an Associate in its London office.  Prior to this, he was Project Manager for The Monitor Group, where he was involved with both its global management consultancy and global mid-market private equity fund.  He was based in the Zurich office, but also spent considerable time working across Europe and in North America. Mr Noth graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) with a BSc in Biochemistry and an MSc in Neuroscience and Economics.  He also holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD where he was the Roche MBA Fellow of the Year.

Mr Noth’s appointment takes Palamon’s London-based team to 16 investment professionals.  The Firm, with €1.1 billion of equity under management, is currently investing its second Pan-European fund, Palamon European Equity II, L.P.  

Daan Knottenbelt, Partner and Member of Palamon Capital Partners’ Operating Committee, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Pascal to the team. His arrival reflects our ongoing strategy of steadily strengthening and broadening the team with high calibre individuals, enabling us to target the many growth opportunities we see across Europe today.”

Commenting on his appointment, Mr Noth said: “I am delighted to return to the mid-market investment space and I find Palamon’s strategy of focusing on growth services businesses across Europe particularly appealing.”

Palamon’s investments include Towry Law and Retail Decisions, which were respectively recognised in the 2008 Sunday Times Top 100 lists of fastest growing UK private equity companies and fastest growing UK technology companies.  Its current portfolio consists of 16 companies located in seven countries and covers six sectors. 

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