Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, announced that Simon Eyers has joined as a Managing Director to concentrate on energy investments in Europe and emerging markets, based in the firm's London office.

Simon Eyers joins Warburg Pincus after serving as a founding Partner of 4D Global Energy Advisors, a private equity firm specialising in the energy sector. Prior to 4D, he worked in energy investment banking at SG Warburg, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston Europe. Simon is a director of Fairfield Energy.

Joseph Schull, Head of Europe at Warburg Pincus, said, "Simon brings deep domain knowledge and years of experience in energy investing to Warburg Pincus as we continue to build our energy franchise in Europe and across the globe. As the demand for energy continues to increase and new services and technologies are introduced, we believe that private equity has a valuable role to play in building durable energy businesses of scale."

Simon Eyers commented, "I am delighted to join Warburg Pincus, which has an excellent track record of energy investing. The European and emerging markets represent attractive opportunities where Warburg Pincus will be able to apply its experience and expertise to partner with strong management teams and build and grow successful energy companies."

Simon has a BSc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Edinburgh.