Luciano Anzanello

Luciano Anzanello is a Principal in our Milan office. Prior to joining H.I.G., Luciano spent more than twelve years in the mergers and acquisitions industry, both as advisor and investor.

As partner at Atlantis Partners in Milan, the leading independent institutional investment firm focused on Italian mid-size companies in Special Situations, Luciano focused on investments in Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Media and Green Energy companies.

Before that, Luciano was a manager with H&C in Milan, an industrial family office, where he completed several investments in a broad range of sectors and situations, including start-ups, buyouts and restructurings. Previously, Luciano worked in Camuzzi Group, a multinational utility company.

Luciano graduated in Economy of International Commerce and Currency Market from University of Trieste.

Jaime Bergel

Jaime Bergel, Socio, España. Antes de unirse a H.I.G., Jaime fue el fundador y Presidente de Gala Capital, una firma de capital riesgo nombrada como una de las tres mejores empresas de Private Equity en España por la revista Private Equity Investor.

Antes de fundar Gala Capital en 2004, Jaime fue Presidente de Merrill Lynch para España y Portugal, dirigiendo la mayor entidad de banca de inversión en la Península Ibérica con más de 300 profesionales. Antes de Merrill Lynch, fue Managing Director del departamento de Banca de Inversión en Goldman Sachs. Jaime ha sido miembro de varios consejos de administración de empresas públicas y privadas, incluyendo la bolsa de Madrid y actualmente es miembro del consejo de administración de Bacardi Limited.

Jaime tiene un MBA de la Northwestern University y es ingeniero Civil por la Universidad de Texas.

Wolfgang Biedermann

Wolfgang Biedermann, Executive Managing Director and Head of Europe buyouts, leads H.I.G.'s private equity team in Europe and is the firm's German country head. Wolfgang, a German national, was prior to H.I.G. the CEO of Pricap Venture Partners, an investment firm he co-founded in 2000 focused on small buyouts and growth capital investments in Germany.

Previously, he was a Managing Director of Thomas J.C. Matzen GMBH, a small cap buyout firm founded by Thomas Matzen who built Schroders (today Permira) in Germany. Before that, he was with Schroders Private Equity in Germany and BCG in Germany for three years.

Wolfgang earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and speaks English, German, Italian, and French.

Olivier Boyadjian

Olivier Boyadjian, Managing Director, France. Olivier heads up H.I.G.'s team in France. Prior to joining H.I.G., Olivier was the head of the investment team at CDC Capital Investissement, managing a fund in excess of €700 Million. At CDC, he led a number of successful private equity investments in France.

Prior to that, Olivier was the head of leverage finance for Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in France, where he led a significant number of financings for private equity transactions.

Olivier has earned a MA degree in corporate law, from CNAM Paris and subsequently received an MA degree in business from Lyon University.

Borja de Parias

Borja de Parias, Principal, Spain. Before joining H.I.G., Borja worked at Houlihan Lokey (Special Situations team) covering the Iberian market and completing several transactions in a diverse range of industries. Borja began his career at Morgan Stanley in London.

Borja graduated from ICADE (Madrid) and Northeastern University (Boston) in International Business.

Holger Kleingarn

Holger Kleingarn, Managing Director and Head of H.I.G.’s German office, is a German national who has been working in the Private Equity Industry for over fifteen years. Throughout his private equity career Dr. Kleingarn has focused on mid cap buyouts, growth investments and turnarounds across Europe with a focus on the German-speaking countries.

Prior to joining H.I.G. Capital, he was a Partner and Member of the Management Committee at London-based Palamon Capital Partners, a private equity group focusing on mid-sized companies across Europe. Previously Holger led the management-buy-out of a Mittelstand software company as CEO. He started his career in strategic management consulting with Bain & Company and Roland Berger, most recently as Partner and member of its financial services management team.

Holger holds a doctoral degree in business administration from the University of Federal Armed Forces in Munich and graduated from the University of Hamburg.

Christian Kraul-von Renner

Christian Kraul-von Renner is a Managing Director in our Hamburg office. Prior to joining H.I.G. in 2007, he was a senior consultant with L.E.K. Consulting in Munich and London, where he advised numerous financial and strategic investors in merger & acquisition situations. In addition, he supported larger corporations in the course of portfolio valuations and implementing growth strategies.

Before L.E.K., he worked as a consultant with the Brand Science Institute, a research-based consultancy.

Christian obtained a Diploma in Business Administration at the University of Hamburg. During his studies he worked over one year in New York and London.

Raffaele Legnani

Raffaele Legnani, Managing Director, heads up H.I.G.'s activities in Italy. Raffaele has been investing in the Italian private equity market since 1996.

Prior to joining H.I.G., Raffaele was founding partner of Atlantis Partners in Milan, the leading independent institutional investment firm focused on Italian mid-size companies in Special Situations. Before that, Raffaele has successfully invested in a significant number of buyout transactions, both directly and through specialized private equity funds (the London based Stellican and the US based Wexford Management) serving as operating board member for several portfolio companies. Previously, Raffaele worked in investment banking for Goldman Sachs in London.

Raffaele graduated with honors in Finance and Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan.

Alastair Mills

Alastair is a Managing Director in the London office of H.I.G. Capital and the European head of Business Services. He focuses on both private equity and distressed investments. Alastair joined H.I.G. Capital from Gresham LLP where he was a Partner in the London Investment team focused on growth buy-out and buy and build transactions in the UK lower mid market.

Prior to Gresham, Alastair worked for the UK private equity teams of RBoS and Bridgepoint Capital. A British national he has a total of nineteen years private equity experience in the UK lower mid-market. Recent transaction experience includes the acquisition of Petrochem Carless, the turnaround of Smallsteps, the MBOs of Brand Addition, Synseal and Kondor and the corporate carve-outs of Fibercore (from Cisco) and Brand Addition (from 4imprint).

Alastair has an MSc in International Securities Investment & Banking from the ISMA Centre, Reading University and is a Member of the Securities Institute.

Sami Mnaymneh

Sami Mnaymneh es Fundador y co-CEO de H.I.G. Capital. Ha dirigido el desarrollo de H.I.G. desde su fundación en 1993 y aprueba todas las inversiones realizadas por H.I.G. Es miembro del Consejo de Administración de varias empresas participadas por H.I.G. Sami actualmente forma parte de la Junta de la Universidad de Columbia y del Consejo del Decano de la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard.

Antes de fundar H.I.G., Sami fue Managing Director en The Blackstone Group en Nueva York. Con anterioridad, fue Vice President en el departamento de Fusiones y Adquisiciones en Morgan Stanley & Co., donde dedicó una cantidad significativa de su tiempo a asesorar y financiar leveraged buyouts, trabajando con un número destacado de empresas de Private Equity. En el transcurso de su carrera, el Sr. Mnaymneh ha llevado a cabo más de 75 transacciones en una amplia gama de industrias.

Sami obtuvo una licenciatura, Summa Cum Laude, de la Universidad de Columbia y posteriormente recibió el título de Doctor en Derecho y un M.B.A. con honores, de Harvard Law School y Harvard Business School, respectivamente.

Johannes Natterer

Dr. Johannes Natterer is a Managing Director in our London office. He started his career with the Hoechst AG/Celanese AG where he worked as a plant manager in the basic chemicals division and as a Six Sigma Black Belt. He then joined McKinsey & Company and worked as an engagement manager on restructuring and efficiency enhancement projects in various industries. At his last position before joining H.I.G. in 2008, Johannes led an effort for global production site optimization with the specialty chemical company Degussa AG/Evonik AG. At H.I.G., he focusses on chemical investments as well as restructuring and operational improvement topics.

Johannes has obtained a PhD in physical chemistry at the University of Bonn after studying in Berkeley, Berlin and Bayreuth.

Klaas Reineke

Dr. Klaas Reineke is a Managing Director in the Hamburg office of H.I.G. Prior to joining H.I.G., he was as a Director with KPMG's Restructuring Advisory Services in Munich where he advised management and owners of numerous mid-sized companies in crisis situations; he also supported a number of Private Equity transactions, both on the buy and sell side.

Before KPMG, Klaas worked as an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company in Berlin and Singapore. He led numerous consulting projects for large corporations as well as for financial investors and their portfolio companies in the areas of strategy development and operational performance improvement.

Klaas holds a master-equivalent degree in Business Administration as well as a diploma in Journalism from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), where he also obtained a PhD in Business Administration. He is fluent in English and French.

Rick Rosen

Rick is Co-President of H.I.G. Capital with over twenty-five years of private equity and M&A experience. In his current position, along with Brian Schwartz, he directs the day-to-day operations of the firm and sits on the investment committees for all H.I.G. funds.

Since joining H.I.G. in 1998, he has been involved in all aspects of the investment process; and has held leadership positions in several of the firm’s funds.

Prior to joining H.I.G., Rick worked at General Electric Company and GE Capital. As part of the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions team, he coordinated a variety of strategic acquisitions in the financial services, plastics, medical systems, electronics, and aerospace industries. Previously, Rick was a member of the GE Corporate Finance Staff, where he helped design and implement improved business strategies and operating processes for GE Capital business units.

Rick received his undergraduate degree with honors from Stanford University and earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Brian Schwartz

Brian is Co-President of H.I.G. Capital. He joined the firm in 1994. In his current position, along with Rick Rosen, he directs the day-to-day operations of the firm and sits on the investment committees for all H.I.G. funds.

Since joining H.I.G. in 1994, Brian held a number of leadership positions at the firm.

Prior to joining H.I.G., Brian worked in PepsiCo’s strategic planning group. His responsibilities included managing strategic acquisitions for PepsiCo and evaluating new business opportunities. Brian began his career with the investment banking firm of Dillon, Read and Co. where he split his time between the corporate finance group and the private equity funds, Saratoga Partners and Yorktown Partners.

Brian earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and his B.S. with honors from the University of Pennsylvania.

Tony Tamer

Tony Tamer es Fundador y co-CEO de H.I.G. Capital. Ha liderado el desarrollo de H.I.G. desde su fundación en 1993 y aprueba todos las inversiones realizadas por H.I.G. Tony ha liderado satisfactoriamente numerosas inversiones en H.I.G. tanto en el área de MBOs como en el de capital expansión. Tiene una amplia experiencia trabajando y desarrollando empresas en fase de desarrollo y de tamaño medio. Tony es miembro del Consejo de Administración de varias empresas participadas por H.I.G. Actualmente es miembro del Consejo del Decano de la Universidad de Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Antes de H.I.G., Tony fue socio en Bain & Company, donde desarrolló la estrategia de unidades de negocio y de operaciones, la implementación de iniciativas para mejorar la productividad y dirigió las actividades de adquisición y venta para un número importante de clientes del Fortune 500. Tony tiene una amplia experiencia operativa y de gestión. Ha ocupado posiciones en marketing, ingeniería y fabricación en Hewlett-Packard y Sprint Corporation.

Tony obtuvo un M.B.A. de Harvard Business School y un Máster en Ingeniería Eléctrica de la Universidad de Stanford, y una licenciatura de la Universidad de Rutgers.