Brookfield director takes up CFO role at tech-focused PE firm

Former Brookfield director Tom Morrell has left the firm to become CFO at London-based Grafton Capital, a growth private equity firm focused on technology companies. He will be the firm’s first CFO — the role was previously handled by a team internally, according to a spokesman for the firm.

At Brookfield, Morrell was responsible for the financial and operational oversight of the firm’s European PE investments. Before Brookfield, he was at capital markets advisor Akur Capital, and before that, BDO.

Grafton was founded in 2014, and has invested more than £100 million in European software and tech companies, according to the firm. It typically makes £5 million-£20 million investments in such areas as software, data and analytics, and online platforms and marketplaces. Its most recent investment was a £7 million majority stake in Third Financial, a wealth management fintech platform, made in several rounds beginning in 2015 and completed last October.