This year, our French office chose to support the Valgiros shared housing initiative for our annual charity day.

We are pleased to support SVP Group in its acquisition of two highly complementary companies in the legal information services sector: Editions Tissot and Editions Weka. As the leading French group offering legal and HR information for businesses and public entities, these two acquisitions significantly strengthen SVP’s expertise in social and public law information services and accelerate the digitalisation of its offerings through complementary services.

We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Waste Vision, a pioneering leader in smart waste management solutions for municipalities. This acquisition is set to propel Waste Vision's ambitious growth plans, including rapid international expansion and the enhancement of its innovative, environmentally impactful solutions contributing to a sustainable future.

As we continue to enjoy growth and expansion across MML, and in line with our ongoing ambition to offer best-in-class investor relations, we are delighted to welcome Jonty Graham as Partner and Global Head of Investor Relations. Jonty joins us most recently from PJT Partnership Park Hill where he focused on private equity and infrastructure fund raisings and, prior to that, Foresight Group where he was Head of Institutional Capital.

In the latest edition of Real Deals, our co-CEO Ian Wallis was delighted to sit down with Paul Teuton and Richard Sealy to discuss the importance of community and introduce the Mountain Adventure Fund to the private equity industry.

We are very pleased to have welcomed four new joiners to our investment teams over the last 6 months. Chandler Kirby (Investment Associate) and Chester Holliday (Investment Associate) both joined our Partnership Capital team, whilst James Brown (Investment Manager) and Laura Goksch (Investment Associate) joined our Infrastructure Private Equity team.

We are delighted to welcome Tom as a Partner and Mani as Investment Director in our Enterprise team. Both appointments complete our senior leadership team, working alongside Luke Jones who leads our exciting lower mid-market investment strategy. Tom brings significant investment experience from CBPE Capital and Bridges Fund Management, most recently, and Mani from NorthEdge.

We are delighted to complete our exit of Gravotech, one of our last remaining investments in MML Partnership Fund VI, concluding a very successful partnership with Gravotech’s management team.

We are delighted to have supported Rouse in combining with aera, one of the fastest growing IP consultancy firms in Europe, to create a truly standout global offering.