Private equity firm Apposite Capital has announced the appointment of James Harper (pictured) as finance manager and the promotion of Alex Cunynghame to investment manager.

Harper joins Apposite from the Coller Capital finance team where he was responsible for fund accounting, investment monitoring, treasury management and foreign exchange risk management.

Prior to Coller, Harper worked for KPMG as part of the public sector audit team. He has a master’s degree in natural sciences from Cambridge University and is ACA qualified.

Cunynghame joined Apposite from the Deloitte Healthcare and Life Sciences Corporate Finance Advisory team in 2017 and is involved in all aspects of the investment process – from originating to executing and managing investments.

He serves as a board observer for Apposite’s investments in Summit Medical, Medical Imaging Partnership and Prime Health and is joining the Riverdale Healthcare board.

Sam Gray, managing partner at Apposite, said: “We are very pleased to welcome James on board to strengthen our back-office capability and I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Alex for his contribution to our growing portfolio.”