James Winterbottom joins from Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, and brings with him experience in corporate and structured banking, specifically executing leveraged transactions for small and mid-cap businesses across the North.
Since its launch in December 2006, ZPE has completed a total of eight deals, including four recent hotel acquisitions for its investment in Hallmark Hotel Group. Other investments include growth capital for the online retailer Flowers Direct, the £23m MBO of Hampshire-based IT networking services supplier Electranet, and the £25m MBO of telecoms solutions provider XLN Telecom.