HgCapital Plc

HgCapital Plc

Established in 2000, HgCapital is a leading investor in the European private equity market. It is the successor to Mercury Private Equity (founded in 1985), which was acquired by Merrill Lynch in 1997. In December 2000, Mercury Private Equity staff acquired the business from Merrill Lynch and renamed it HgCapital. HgCapital has funds under management of £2.4 billion.

HgCapital services over 200 institutional clients and manages HgCapital Trust plc, an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange that participates in all HgCapital's investments. Since 1985, HgCapital have invested and worked with a broad range of companies and managers, successfully tackling a wide array of challenges. These challenges include public-to-private leveraged buy-outs, management buy-ins, turnarounds, operational improvement initiatives and, of course, scaling up for fast growth. HgCapital knowledge and energy is available to all companies in which HgCaptial invest.

Contact Details

Office Address

HgCapital Plc
2 More London Riverside
London, UK SE12AP
Phone: +44-20-7089-7888
Fax: +44-20-7089-7999

Executives

Chairman

Leonard Licht

Chief Executive

Ian Armitage

Head Finance, Fund Administration, Human Resources, and IT

Stephen Bough

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