 In May 2017, the firm re-branded itself to DH Private Equity Partners.Doughty Hanson traces its history back to 1985 when Nigel Doughty and Richard (Dick) Hanson started working together on European buyout investments within Standard Chartered Bank as founding members of its management buyout unit.In 1990 they established CWB Partners, a private equity joint venture between Standard Chartered and Westdeutsche Landesbank.