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Experienced International Financier With Extensive Background in M and A

H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private investment firm with $19 billion of capital currently under management.* H.I.G.'s family of funds includes private equity, real estate, growth equity and debt/credit. H.I.G. Capital has invested in and controlled over 200 organizations globally since it was founded more than 20 years ago. The firm currently manages a portfolio of companies with combined sales in excess of $30 billion. H.I.G. is based in Miami, with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta in the U.S., and affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan and Paris in Europe as well as Rio de Janeiro in South America.. H.I.G. focuses on providing capital to small and mid-sized businesses with attractive growth potential. The firm invests in management-led buyouts and recapitalizations of well-managed and profitable manufacturing and service businesses. H.I.G. Capital also has extensive experience with operational turnarounds and financial restructurings. The firm has a proven strategy built around; (1) a flexible investment approach which emphasizes speed as well as responsiveness; (2) a large team with unique skills and capabilities, as well as a "can-do" approach; (3) a long-standing focus on small and medium sized businesses typically from $50-500 million in value, as well as an understanding of the challenges and opportunities these business present. * Based on total capital commitments to funds managed by H.I.G. Capital and its affiliates. Specialties: private equity, growth equity, debt/credit, real estate and public equities

Senior executive currently managing the transaction sourcing group of H.I.G. Capital, with extensive international background in M&A/LBO related finance including transaction evaluation (credit and financial), deal team management, relationship management and fund raising.Specialties: Extensive M & A financing experience (over 30 transactions totaling in excess of $ 120 billion)Experience in multinational/ multi-jurisdictional transaction execution (political risk)Credit risk manager/risk underwriterAdvanced negotiating and structuring skillsExecutive training experience