Fifteen volunteers from our London office were delighted to return to Little Village for our annual charity day this year. Little Village supports families with babies and children under five living in poverty across London, running a baby bank network to collect, sort and pass on pre-loved clothes and equipment from one family to another. Parents are also supported by a dedicated signposting and guidance team, who offer advice and links to other services.

Following the release of our inaugural Report last year, we are delighted to share our second annual Impact Report. Having taken the opportunity to set out our ESG commitments last year, this Report focuses on how we have lived by those commitments. Across all our efforts is an approach centred on materiality, always looking to drive commercial value and ultimately deliver returns for our investors, whilst supporting ESG progression and building long-term sustainable businesses.

TMC, a leading global technology consultancy, is pleased to announce its continued partnership with Apheon as its lead investor, and the investment of MML as a new partner. Apheon has reaffirmed its commitment to TMC by reinvesting through a new Apheon-controlled vehicle, ensuring long-term strategic alignment between all shareholders. Together, Apheon and MML will provide the capital and expertise to support TMC’s ambitious plans for strategic expansion and acquisitions.

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.