ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has made four new hires as it continues the deployment of its £1 billion ECI 12 fund.
Chris Mockford has been appointed investor relations director. He joins from Zetland Capital, a pan-European special situations fund, where he held the same position.
Mockford has over 10 years’ experience in fundraising and investor relations roles, the bulk of which was spent in Evercore’s private funds group.
ECI’s European credentials have been further enhanced with the appointment of Ludvig Hamilton as investment associate. Starting this month, he brings extensive experience of northern European investments, particularly in the technology sector, having spent several years in Sweden where his roles included investment banking associate in the global technology group of Houlihan Lokey and senior analyst in the M&A team at Deloitte Corporate Finance.
The origination team has also been boosted by two new appointments: Christy Welsh joins as origination manager from Deloitte, where she spent three years leading its TMT M&A origination efforts.
In her new role, she will develop market theses, meet with market participants and assess opportunities, with a particular focus on the HealthTech and data subsectors. Welsh’s completion of the Oxford AI Programme will also be beneficial to ECI’s proprietary AI tool, Amplifind, in the deal origination process.
Sam Veevers has joined ECI’s origination team as an analyst, bringing experience from Houlihan Lokey where he worked in a similar role.
Tom Wrenn, managing partner, ECI, commented: “Chris, Ludvig, Christy, and Sam each bring unique experience and skills that will be invaluable to ECI as we deploy our latest buyout fund, ECI 12.
“We look forward to working with them as they develop the next stage of their careers. As the private equity landscape continues to develop, ECI’s investments in its team have become ever more important, ensuring we remain well-positioned to source and invest in exciting, high-growth businesses.”