Edmund Truell, private equity industry veteran and founder of the pension fund buyout group Pension Corporation, has joined the advisory board of a Manchester-based mid-market private equity firm.

The co-founder of Duke Street Capital will sit on the advisory board of Infinity, a private equity and real estate manager. The firm announced today it has closed its third fund totalling $200m to invest in companies and real estate both in the UK and internationally. The firm now has $400m of assets under management.