H.I.G. Capital made several senior level promotions, including promoting Stuart Aronson and Jordan Peer Griffin to executive managing director roles within the company.
Aronson was promoted to executive managing director of H.I.G. Capital and CEO of H.I.G. WhiteHorse U.S., H.I.G. Capital’s U.S. direct lending affiliate. Aronson leads H.I.G. WhiteHorse’s $8 billion U.S. direct lending platform and chairs its investment committee. H.I.G. WhiteHorse U.S. has completed more than 170 transactions and has 63 investment professionals located in 12 offices across North America.
Peer Griffin was also promoted to executive managing director of H.I.G. Capital. She leads H.I.G. Capital’s capital formation group globally across the firm’s private equity, growth equity, credit, infrastructure, real estate and co-investment strategies. Peer Griffin serves on the investment committee for the H.I.G. Strategic Partners Funds. She also co-chairs both the firm’s ESG and diversity and inclusion committee, as well as its operational risk committee.
In addition to the promotions of Aronson and Peer Griffin, H.I.G. Capital’s WhiteHorse U.S. direct lending platform promoted Pankaj Gupta to president and Javier Casillas to chief credit officer.
Gupta will continue to serve as the global head of originations for H.I.G. WhiteHorse U.S. and Europe. He has been with the firm for more than 10 years and will continue to serve on the investment committee of both H.I.G. WhiteHorse U.S. and Europe.
Casillas has been with the firm for more than 15 years and is one of the founding members of H.I.G. WhiteHorse. Casillas will continue to serve on the investment committee of both H.I.G. WhiteHorse U.S. and Europe.
“We are delighted to announce these well-deserved promotions, which reflect the continued growth of H.I.G. and position us well for the future,” Sami Mnaymneh and Tony Tamer, co-CEOs of H.I.G. Capital, said in a joint statement.
