Matthew Kretzman joined H.I.G. Capital’s New York office as managing director responsible for capital markets and execution across the North American private equity portfolio.

Kretzman has more than a decade’s worth of capital markets experience. Prior to joining H.I.G., he spent over six years at KKR where he was most recently a director in the Credit & Markets division, responsible for private debt and capital markets origination and execution for financial sponsors and other firm clients.

Prior to KKR, Kretzman spent five years at Credit Suisse, where he focused on leveraged finance and equity capital markets.

Executive Managing Director Brian Schwartz commented, “We are excited to welcome Matthew to the team. He will be instrumental to the continued growth of our private equity funds across North America.”