Veronica Eng, chairman of the investment committee at Permira, has been named in the annual FN100 Women in Finance for the last three years. Since being voted the most influential woman in Europe's buyout industry by Private Equity News in August 2009, she has gone on to spearhead Permira's push into the fast-growing Asia markets.

Eng took over as chairman of the UK firm's investment committee in June and replaced Damon Buffini, who announced last year that he would step down to sit on the boards of the firm's portfolio companies. Eng had also in January been appointed to lead Permira in Asia.