Piper, the leading specialist investor in consumer brands, has recruited Dan Stern to its in-house team. With more than 10 years of experience in the consumer sector, Stern joins Piper as Investment Director. He previously spent four years in the consumer team at 3i, where he worked on the acquisition of GO Outdoors and the

Piper adds two more consumer brand experts to its team. Piper, a leading specialist in consumer brands with strong growth potential, has recruited Annabel Feather and Jacqui Unsworth to its in-house team. Annabel Feather has joined as Associate Partner (Talent) to help build outstanding management capabilities and teams within Piper’s portfolio businesses and to further

Leon Hughes, former director of e-commerce at Maximuscle, joins Piper to further strengthen their specialist in-house added value team. Piper have an excellent track record of investing in direct to consumer businesses, including Boden, Maximuscle, Gray & Osbourn and Diet Chef and believe that there will continue to be significant opportunities to invest in branded

Piper Private Equity, a specialist in small to middle market consumer brands, is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Balon to its Advisory Panel. Adam is co-founder of Innocent Drinks, Britain’s number one smoothie brand. The business, started in May 1999, turned over more than £100m in 2009, selling over two million smoothies a