SL Capital Partners, the private equity fund of funds manager, has promoted Jamie Ebersole to managing director and Patrick Knechtli and Mark Nicolson to partner, effective from 1 January.

Ebersole, who joined SL Capital in 2008, will be based in Boston, responsible for the management of the US investment team and North American investment programme. He has helped to developed SL Capital’s investment coverage across North America and sits on the advisory boards of several leading North American private equity funds, the firm said in a statement.

Knechtli, who joined the firm in 2009, will now lead SL Capital’s secondary investment programme while also taking a lead role in pursuing and transacting primary fund investments and direct co-investment opportunities.

Nicolson, who has been with the firm since 2007, will focus on leading primary fund investments, secondary investments and direct co-investments. He is responsible for SL Capital’s coverage and origination in the UK and German markets and also the firm’s activities in the energy and natural resources markets.

SL Capital, which has raised some $8.4 billion to date, has a staff of 44 operating from its offices in Edinburgh and Boston; 19 of these are investment professionals.