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Weekly People Roundup: 21 September 200521/09/2005. Source: AltAssets. 
 All the week's most important people stories from across the globe. Essential reading for those who need to keep up-to-date with the private equity industry's key staff moves.
Early stage venture capital firm GrandBanks Capital has promoted Ryan Moore from principal to general partner. Moore, a co-founding member of GrandBanks Capital in 2000, currently manages portfolio companies in the wireless and software sectors. GrandBanks Capital invests in early stage companies located primarily in the Eastern part of the United States. The firm was established in partnership with SOFTBANK Corp.
Seed and early stage venture capital firm Kodiak Venture Partners has appointed Chip Meakem as general partner. In his new role Meakem will help identify new investment opportunities and support Kodiak portfolio companies. He will focus on digital media, internet advertising and other emerging technology opportunities. Meakem joins Kodiak from Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham, where he was managing director and served on the boards of directors of ContextWeb, Massive Incorporated, Pantero and NanoOpto. Previously, Meakem served on the boards of LiveAdvice, Q-Link Technologies and Quantiva. Prior to entering the investment community, Meakem was senior director of strategic partnerships at N2K, responsible for strategic distribution partnerships for the online music retailer. Before N2K, he was vice president at Interactive Imaginations, the predecessor to 24/7 Media. Kodiak focuses on communications/IT, and semiconductor and software companies.
European private equity firm Cinven has appointed Magnus Hildingsson, Matthew Sabben-Clare and Sarah Verity to its London team, and Moïse Mitterrand to its Paris team. Hildingsson joins Cinven from Intermediate Capital Group, where he focused on Nordic investment opportunities. Prior to this he was at Nomura. Sabben-Clare most recently worked for Merrill Lynch, as a member of their leveraged finance team. Prior to this he worked in the financing team at Schroders. Verity previously worked for Deloitte, where she was a member of the corporate finance team. Mitterrand joins Cinven from the Boston Consulting Group. He worked for Goldman Sachs earlier on in his career. Cinven has offices in London, Paris and Frankfurt.
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