Raft of promotions at private equity firm Endless

Private equity investor Endless has topped off a successful year with a raft of promotions, including three partners.

Nine promotions have been made overall. Andrew Ross and Matthew Jubb have both been promoted to partner at Endless.

They will lead the firm’s operations in Yorkshire and the North East from its Leeds headquarters, investing the £525m Endless Fund IV and managing the portfolio in the region.

Chris Cormack has been promoted to partner at Enact. Enact Fund 2 provides capital investment of up to £5m in UK based SME businesses.

In addition to the partner promotions, Adam Keasey to to be promoted to director, Jon Duffy to associate director, Andrew Thompson to investment manager, Chris Lewis to finance director, Laura Fretwell to finance manager and Chelsea Sidaway to financial accountant.

This year the Leeds team saw three new recruits, including Adam Milner and Luke Wolf at Enact and Linda Nguyenova at Endless. Kerry Battiscombe has also returned from maternity leave to a new role as head of due diligence.

The investor has celebrated a successful year which included its largest investment to date in Menzies Distribution and an IPO of The Works.

Garry Wilson, managing partner at Endless LLP, said: “Our annual promotions are always my favourite time of year and it’s even more special when colleagues become Partners, as this is a huge landmark in anyone’s career.

“I’m delighted for Chris, Matthew and Andy, who have each followed very different paths to this juncture but each of them is a high quality investor. I would like to congratulate them and the rest of the team that have also achieved important milestones in their careers this year.

“Endless remains committed to creating value for our investors by investing in UK businesses which can benefit from our hands on approach.

“These promotions and recent recruitment enable us to do so even better than before .”