Aureos Capital, a private equity fund manager focusing on the SME space and operating across emerging markets, has appointed Ashish Patel as a partner of its Asia team. Patel is a former managing director of Intel Capital. Patel moves in from AVG Technologies, a global security software company, where he was working as head of strategy (emerging markets and corporate development) since 2010. Prior to joining Intel, Patel was an investment director at CDC Group plc.