Sovereign Capital strengthens team

Sovereign Capital, the independent UK mid-market private equity provider, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Simon Hitchcock as an Assistant Director.

Simon has six years experience in corporate finance and private equity. He joins Sovereign Capital from Dilmun Investments, the London based European private equity operation of Bahrain International Bank where he spent three years investing in mid-market transactions in the UK and France. Simon previously worked in the Corporate Finance advisory team of Pricewaterhousecoopers.

Simon has particular expertise in service sectors and brings a strong transactional capability to the team. He will play an active role in further investing Sovereign Captial's third fund which recently closed at £120 million. Recent transactions from the fund include the £25 million institutional purchase of one of the UK's leading private education businesses Davies, Laing & Dick Limited and the £20 million MBO of healthcare services company, Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited.