Bridgepoint promotes six to partnership

01.04.2008

European private equity firm Bridgepoint today announced that it had promoted six directors within its investment team to the partnership:

  • Vincent Briançon works in Bridgepoint's Paris office and joined the firm in 1997 in London from the corporate finance division of Société Générale. He graduated in finance from ESSEC, a leading French business school.
  • Christopher Busby, who leads Bridgepoint's Support Services team, joined the firm in 1997 from Pricewaterhouse Coopers. For five years he worked on investments in the Nordic Region before returning to the London investment team. He is a graduate of Exeter University and a chartered accountant.
  • John Davison leads Bridgepoint Financial Services sector team. He is a graduate of Cambridge University and Harvard Business School and joined Bridgepoint in 2003. Previously, he had worked at the Carlyle Group, McKinsey and Co and Booz Allen Hamilton.
  • Patrick Fox is a member of Bridgepoint's Operational Support Group. After graduating from Oxford University he worked for JP Morgan, Charterhouse and BNP Paribas. He also has senior management experience in the food manufacturing and engineering sectors. He joined Bridgepoint in 2002.
  • Lucio Ranaudo is responsible for Bridgepoint's investment activities in Italy. He joined in 2007 from L Capital, the Paris-based private equity fund. He was a founding director of the Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Fund Italia in Milan and has worked at Booz Allen & Hamilton and for the industrial group Techint. He has a degree in engineering from Politecnico di Torino and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
  • Xavier Robert works in Bridgepoint's Paris office which he joined in 1998 from Ernst & Young. He worked in the London investment team from 2005 to 2007. He is a graduate of Ecole des Mines and started his career at Total.

Announcing the promotions, Bridgepoint managing partner William Jackson said: ”Bridgepoint continues to grow internationally and we are pleased that we are able to recognise colleagues across Europe who have contributed to our success by inviting them into the partnership.” In 2007 Bridgepoint invested €995 million in six new transactions and returned €1.1 billion to investors. It is currently completing the raising of its new €4 billion Bridgepoint Europe IV Fund.