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Two dealmakers from CVC will apply their large buyout experience to the lower mid-market in German-speaking Europe.

Christian Hyldahl, Nordea’s head of asset management, will take the helm at the Danish pension at the beginning of next year.

The lower mid-market Finnish buyout firm has added EQT’s Ville Koskenvuo to its team in Helsinki.

The firm added UBS’s former co-head of secondaries earlier this month.

After spending 10 years at Carlyle, Mukesh Mehta has joined an eight-person investment team in Blackstone’s Mumbai office as the only private equity-focused principal.

The three hires follow the final close of the Texas-based private equity firm’s debut fund at its $420 million hard-cap in August.

The turnaround specialist, led by Henry Jackson, has recruited a former Morgan Stanley banker and the ex-chief executive of House of Fraser to boost its dealmaking and operational capabilities.

Rob Freer and Andrew Skinner will lead the Northern England-focused private equity firm’s new Birmingham office, which will target the East and West Midlands.

Tricia Patrick, who spent 12 years at Bain Capital in its consumer team, is the latest of several hires by Advent this year.

Peter Landauer has left UFICO to join placement agent and secondaries advisory firm Harken Capital Securities.