The Halifax Group hired Alessandra Christiani as vice president of business development. Christiani will be responsible for originating and evaluating investment opportunities, managing a network of investment sources, and communicating with investors.

Prior to joining Halifax, Christiani was an investment manager at Capital Aviation Group, a Washington, D.C.-area specialty real estate financing provider. She also previously served as a senior investment analyst at Prudential Capital Group, where she focused on providing senior debt and mezzanine capital to middle market businesses across multiple industries.

“We are excited to have Alessandra join the Halifax team,” Chris Carthcart, managing partner at Halifax, said. “She brings five years of experience in various financial roles focused on assisting entrepreneurial companies in the middle market. She is a great addition to our firm and will contribute meaningfully to our strategy of identifying unique opportunities to build better businesses.”

The Halifax Group is a private equity firm that partners with managers and entrepreneurs to recapitalize and invest in lower middle market businesses with total enterprise values generally between $50 million and $300 million.