General Atlantic builds London

US growth equity specialists General Atlantic has added John D. Bernstein as managing director to its London office. Bernstein has in the private equity industry since 1995.

Most recently, he led the European telecoms and technology investment practice at Advent International, where he was a partner.

Before joining Advent in 1995, he was a partner for five years at InterMatrix Ltd., a management and strategy consulting firm. From 1984 to 1989, he specialized in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions in the London and Tokyo offices of Hambros Bank Ltd.