Sovereign Capital promotes four team members

• James Buckhalter and Peter Eckersley elevated to investment director level
• Sovereign promoted Tom Wilding as investment manager
• Sovereign Capital is based in London

Sovereign Capital Partners has elevated James Buckhalter and Peter Eckersley to investment director level, along with two other promotions.

Buckhalter joined Sovereign as an investment executive from Monitor Deloitte and became an investment manager in 2022. He focuses on the financial and professional services sectors and played a role in Sovereign’s investment in LB Group.

Eckersley, who joined the firm in 2020, worked at Fenchurch Advisory Partners prior to this. He supported Sovereign’s investment in Skerritts, and also the recent purchase of a majority stake in LB Group.

Sovereign also promoted Tom Wilding as investment manager. Wilding supports investment activities with a compliance, cybersecurity, data analytics and consultancy focus in the UK and European markets. He joined the firm from La Fosse Associates.

The firm also promoted Jake Warman to talent partner. Prior to this, Warman was a director at Skillcapital.

“We are confident their enhanced roles will allow them to continue to drive value creation for our portfolio companies and our investors,” said Dominic Dalli, managing partner, Sovereign.

Sovereign is a UK-based private equity buy & build firm that invest in service-based business in several sectors. The firm is based in London.