Tenzing the UK lower mid-market investor set up in 2015 has recruited a veteran figure, who is one of the best-known names in the country's private equity industry, to its board.

Ian Armitage, the founder, chief executive and then chairman of HgCapital who retired from the mid-market private equity firm in November 2012, has joined London-based Tenzing as a non-executive director, according to the firm's co-founder Guy Gillon. Armitage has confirmed the appointment.