Neil Richardson, one of four partners in the London office of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, has joined US rival Hicks, Muse Tate & Furst as a London-based partner for its European buy-out team.

Richardson was one of the founder members of KKR's European team when it opened its London office in October 1998. He had previously run and owned Glenisla, a KKR affiliate set up in 1994 by Ian Martin, a former deputy chairman of Grand Metropolitan, the pubs and hotels conglomerate.