Tuna Atay

Tuna is a Principal of H.I.G. Realty Partners based in London. He is responsible for originating, structuring and executing real estate transactions across Europe.

Prior to joining H.I.G., Tuna was at Brookland Partners focusing on real estate debt and CMBS restructurings. Previously, Tuna worked at Lehman Brothers in their Global Real Estate Group with a focus on real estate backed transactions. During this time, he structured and executed UK and pan-European CMBS deals with total issuance in excess of €3 billion and he also focused on distribution of Lehman’s European real estate debt products.

Tuna holds an MPhil degree in Real Estate Finance from the University of Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College.

Ignacio Blasco

Ignacio is a Managing Director at H.I.G. WhiteHorse. He is based in the Madrid office and is responsible for all key aspects of private debt transactions in Spain, including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiating, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. He has 30 years of experience in finance and investment banking, with most of his career focusing on structured and leveraged loans.

Prior to joining H.I.G., he was a Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey’s Corporate Finance division in Madrid, being responsible for Capital Markets Advisory and Financial Sponsor Coverage. Before that, Ignacio was a Managing Partner at Montalbán Debt Funds.

From 2011 to 2016, Ignacio was Head of Leveraged Capital Markets EMEA for Société Générale in London. Before that, he was Head of Leveraged and Acquisition Finance for Société Générale in Spain.

Ignacio holds a Law degree from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and an M.B.A. from ESADE in Barcelona.

John Bolduc

John es el Director Ejecutivo de Bayside Capital. Desde su incorporación a H.I.G. en 1993, ha tenido a su cargo la originación de inversiones, la negociación de operaciones y la supervisión de la cartera corporativa.

John atesora más de veinte años de experiencia en fusiones y adquisiciones, inversiones de private equity y consultoría estratégica. Ha dirigido o participado con éxito en más de 50 operaciones del middle-market con un valor agregado total de más de 3.000 millones de USD.

Antes de incorporarse a H.I.G. Capital, John se dedicó a gestionar los mandatos nacionales e internacionales de clientes incluidos en la lista Fortune 500 de Bain & Company, una destacada firma mundial de consultoría de gestión. Sus mandatos giraban en torno a argumentos tales como estrategias de distribución, eficacia manufacturera y diseño de organizaciones dentro de un amplio elenco de sectores. Antes de trabajar para Bain & Company, John fue Presidente Adjunto de Chemed Corporation, (CHE, NYSE), una compañía química especializada con unos recursos de 500 millones de USD.

John es licenciado en Ciencias Informáticas por la Universidad de Lehigh y tiene un MBA por la Escuela de Negocios Darden de la Universidad de Virginia.

Kenneth Borton

Kenneth Borton is a Managing Director of H.I.G. WhiteHorse in London, with a focus on primary lending in the U.K. Mr. Borton has over seventeen years of experience in direct lending, investment banking, structured finance and special situations. Prior to joining H.I.G. WhiteHorse, he was a Managing Director at Citi with responsibility for the Credit Opportunities business in EMEA, managing over $500 million of direct lending transactions across sectors and throughout the region.

Mr. Borton received a BSc in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol. After university, Mr. Borton spent 6 years as an infantry officer in the British Army.

Charles Bourgeois

Charles is a Principal at H.I.G. WhiteHorse based in the Paris office. He focuses on the French market and is responsible for all key aspects of private debt transactions, including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiation, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. He has 13 years of experience in direct lending and corporate finance.

Prior to joining H.I.G., he was an Executive Director in the Private Debt division of Tikehau Capital in Paris. Before that, Charles worked at GE Capital, SG and LD&A Jupiter.

Charles holds an MSc in Management from EMLyon Business School.

Sean Britain

Sean is a Managing Director of H.I.G. Bayside Capital’s credit and special situations strategy in the U.S. He is responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including sourcing, transaction structuring, and portfolio company oversight. Sean has led numerous successful Bayside investments and sits on the Investment Committee for the Bayside U.S. funds.

Sean has over 20 years of credit, special situations, and private equity investing experience. Before joining Bayside, Sean was a Principal at Apax Partners, a global private equity firm. He began his investment career at Saunders Karp & Megrue, a middle market U.S. private equity firm.

Mr. Britain received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Wake Forest University.

Jackson Craig

Jackson es Socio y Co-Head de Bayside Capital de situaciones especiales y estrategia de deuda distressed en Estados Unidos. Actualmente, es responsable de todos los aspectos del proceso de inversión, incluyendo la generación de negocio, la estructuración de transacciones, el financiamiento y las estrategias de crecimiento posteriores a la adquisición. Jackson cuenta con más de veinte años de experiencia en inversiones de capital riesgo.

Antes de unirse a Bayside, Jackson pasó diez años en DDJ Capital Management, LLC, una firma líder en el middle market de deuda high yield y capital riesgo. Mientras formó parte de DDJ, codirigió la estrategia de capital riesgo y dirigió inversiones en diversos sectores. Jackson además formó parte de la junta directiva de varias empresas de la cartera de DDJ. Antes de DDJ, Jackson trabajó en Morgan Stanley como analista de investigación en la mesa de trading de situaciones especiales.

Jackson se licenció en Administración de Empresas por la Universidad de Vermont.

Darryl Cregg

Darryl is a Managing Director of Bayside Capital based in Miami. He is involved in all aspects of the investment process, including origination, due diligence, structuring, and portfolio company oversight. Darryl has investing experience across a wide range of industries, including business services, consumer, industrials, and healthcare.

Prior to joining Bayside, Darryl worked in private equity at Madison Dearborn Partners and began his career in the mergers and acquisitions group at Credit Suisse.

Darryl earned an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.B.A in finance and accounting from the University of Michigan.

Riccardo Dallolio

Riccardo is Managing Director and Head of the H.I.G. Realty Fund in Europe. He is located in H.I.G.'s London office and is responsible for investment origination, transaction structuring and oversight of the European portfolio.

With over 20 years in the real estate industry, Riccardo has extensive investment and transactional experience across a number of jurisdictions in Europe. Prior to H.I.G. Capital, he was at AXA RE, where he was Head of Alternatives and Special Situations. During his time at AXA RE, he also held the position of Head of Transaction Europe and Head of Asset Management and Transactions in France. Prior to AXA RE, Riccardo worked at Grove International Partners, and before that in the JPMorgan Partners Real Estate Group in London.

Riccardo holds an MSC in Finance from Bocconi University and studied at The Wharton School of Business.

Jérôme Fouillé

Jérôme is a Managing Director in H.I.G. Capital's London office, where he focuses on pan-European real estate investments for H.I.G. Realty Partners.

Jérôme has more than 15 years of experience in real estate private equity. Prior to joining H.I.G. Capital in 2019, Jérôme worked for GIC, Colony Capital and Heitman, where he completed over +€1 billion of equity and debt investments in real estate and asset heavy platforms across Europe. His experience ranges from Core Plus to Opportunistic investments, including portfolio acquisition, distressed investments, property developments and corporate acquisitions.

Jérôme earned an M.B.A. from London Business School and undergraduate degree in Finance and Economics from Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Rouen.

Mihai Gavriloiu

Mihai is a Principal of H.I.G. Realty Partners in the London office. Mihai is focused on European NPLs and real estate special situations, involving all aspects of the investment process from origination and negotiation to structuring and execution. He is also responsible for investing and monitoring real estate investments across Europe including France.

Prior to joining H.I.G. Realty Partners, Mihai worked for Moelis & Company, a global investment bank, where he focused on corporate restructuring advisory. Previously, Mihai was in the Corporate & Investment Banking Division of BNP Paribas in London concentrating on corporate restructurings. Mihai started his career as an auditor working for Deloitte in France.

Mihai is a graduate of EM Lyon Business School and of Paris-Sorbonne University.

Keith Green

Keith is a Principal with H.I.G. WhiteHorse based in London. He is responsible for originating and executing debt financings to middle market companies, with a focus on Private Equity clients in the UK market.

Keith has over 15 years of experience, having worked at Lloyds Banking Group, ING Bank and National Australia Bank previously. He has primarily focused on leveraged finance debt products covering first and second lien facilities, asset-backed facilities, high yield bonds, bridge financing and mezzanine financing to assist clients in raising capital for acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, refinancings and recapitalisations.

Keith earned a BSc in Economics and Business Finance from Brunel University.

Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj es uno de los Directores Generales de H.I.G. WhiteHorse. Pankaj participa en todas las facetas del proceso de inversión, desde la captación de capital y la estructuración de operaciones hasta la financiación y la ejecución de estrategias de crecimiento post-adquisición. Atesora más de catorce años de experiencia de inversión en renta fija privada y renta variable de toda una amplia variedad de sectores, como los de servicios empresariales, manufacturas, distribución comercial, telecomunicaciones, servicios sanitarios, productos de consumo y servicios al consumidor.

Antes de incorporarse a Whitehorse, Pankaj ejerció como Director General en la firma de inversión del middle-market American Capital (NASDAQ:ACAS), donde era corresponsable del negocio de inversión en renta fija. Asimismo, Pankaj ha sido miembro de los consejos de administración de algunas de las empresas en las que ACAS permanecía invertida. Antes de incorporarse a ACAS, Pankaj trabajó seis años para Audax Group, una firma de financiación mezzanine y de private equity con sede en Boston y Nueva York con 5.000 millones de USD en activos bajo gestión. En su calidad de Senior Vice President de Audax, el Sr. Gupta estaba a cargo de la originación, estructuración, ejecución y seguimiento de las inversiones mezzazine. Antes de trabajar para Audax, el Sr. Gupta fue Socio de la división de private equity de Whitney & Co, trabajando con anterioridad a ello como analista del Grupo de Banca de Inversión y de Alta Rentabilidad de CIBC World Markets.

Pankaj es licenciado en Ciencias Económicas por la Universidad de Dartmouth.

Alexandru Hristea

Alex is a Director at H.I.G. WhiteHorse, based in the London office. He is responsible for transaction underwriting and execution, and post-closing portfolio company oversight.

Prior to joining H.I.G., Alex was at Barclays in London within the Leveraged Finance team. He had previous experiences in private equity with Nordic Capital and leveraged finance with Morgan Stanley.

Alex holds a MSc in Economics and International Financial Economics from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Economics and Finance from the University of York.

Elias Huchler

Elias is a Principal in the London office of H.I.G. Capital. He focuses on European corporate debt situations and is involved in all aspects of the investment process from origination and research, to structuring and execution.

Prior to joining H.I.G., Elias was a Senior Associate in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley where he worked on a wide range of M&A, equity and debt capital market transactions, primarily in the healthcare and energy sectors. He previously worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and Istanbul where he completed various equity and debt investments in CEE, CIS and Turkey.

Elias received a B.A. in Business from ESB Reutlingen, an M.A. in Economics from College of Europe in Bruges and an M.B.A. from the London Business School. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Florian Kawohl

Florian is a Managing Director of Bayside Capital and splits his time between the Hamburg and London offices. Florian is focused on European non-control distressed corporate debt situations with an emphasis on distressed and stressed credits in the German speaking markets. He is involved in all aspects of the investment process from origination and research to structuring and execution.

Florian has over 20 years of relevant experience across a broad range of industries including chemicals, building materials and general industrials. He spent the majority of his working life in European distressed debt investing but also has experience in principal investing and management consulting.

Prior to joining Bayside, Florian spent 14 years at Strategic Value Partners, a distressed and deep-value investment firm, where he was a Managing Director. Prior to this, Florian was an Associate Director at Carlyle Group Private Equity and a Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company.

Florian earned a German law degree from the University of Hamburg and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Richard Kiveal

Richard is a Principal of H.I.G. Realty based in London and is part of the real estate group’s structured finance investments team, with responsibility for structuring and deal execution.

Prior to joining H.I.G., Richard was a member of Deutsche Bank’s European commercial real estate finance team, working on real estate lending, securitisation and distressed debt transactions across Europe. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Richard qualified as a lawyer and practiced in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s private equity and real estate finance team.

Richard holds a degree in law from the University of Oxford.

Marcel Koch

Marcel is a Principal at H.I.G. WhiteHorse in London, where he focuses on providing financing to middle market companies across Europe. Marcel is responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including the origination, underwriting, structuring and execution of both private equity sponsored and non-sponsored transactions.

Marcel has extensive experience investing in the European middle market, covering both credit and equity transactions across a broad range of industries, jurisdictions and risk profiles. Prior to joining H.I.G., Marcel was an analyst in the investment banking division of J.P. Morgan in London, where he worked on several M&A and capital market transactions.

Marcel earned a BSc from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany.

Sebastian Lorenz

Sebastian is a Principal at H.I.G. WhiteHorse. He is the Head of the DACH region for WhiteHorse and is responsible for all key aspects of private debt transactions including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiating, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. He has 11 years of experience in direct lending and leveraged finance.

Prior to joining H.I.G. he was leading the DACH region for the Private Finance division of Barings. Before that, Sebastian was working at Ares Management.

Sebastian holds a Diploma in Business Administration from University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Michael Lucas

Michael is a Managing Director at H.I.G. WhiteHorse. He is based in the London office and is responsible for all key aspects of private debt transactions including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiating, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. He has 27 years of experience in direct lending and leveraged finance.

Prior to joining H.I.G. he was a Founding Partner and Head of the UK at Bridgepoint Credit. Before that Michael spent over 20 years at ING, where he most recently served as Global Head of Financial Sponsors.

Michael holds a BSc in Business Economics from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.

Mathilde Malezieux-Dehon

Mathilde is a Managing Director in the London office of H.I.G. Capital. She focuses on European corporate debt situations and is involved in all aspects of the investment process from origination and research to structuring, execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Mathilde has over sixteen years of performing and distressed credit investing experience in Europe. She has successfully completed a number of investments at all levels of the capital structure and in a broad range of industries. She joined in 2011 from Nomura where she worked on European senior and mezzanine debt investments.

Mathilde graduated from HEC Paris business school.

Pascal Meysson

Pascal, based in London, is a Managing Director and Head of H.I.G.’s European WhiteHorse Fund.

Pascal has 24 years of experience including 16 years in the European direct lending market. Prior to joining H.I.G., he was a Managing Director at Alcentra, where he was a founding member of the European direct lending platform. Before Alcentra, he was with Deutsche Bank and Charterhouse in London.

Pascal earned an MSc in Management from ESSEC Business School.

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.

Tom Newman

Tom is a Principal based in the London office, and Head of H.I.G. Bayside European trading and sourcing. He focuses on European distressed and special situation credit investments.

Tom has over 10 years of experience focused on credit investments and trading. Before joining H.I.G., Tom worked in the markets division of Lloyds Bank, where he focused on the trading and sale of distressed and high yield securities and was instrumental in the bank’s asset sell down program after the financial crisis. Prior to Lloyds, Tom worked at Lehman Brothers Europe.

Tom received a B.B.A. from the University of Bath and a M.Sc. in Finance from Bayes Business School where he graduated first in his class with distinction and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Duncan Priston

Duncan is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the European Bayside Capital Fund and co-heads the firm's European non-control distressed corporate debt activities.

Duncan has over twenty five years of investment banking and distressed debt experience across a broad range of industries across Europe. Prior to joining Bayside, Duncan was at Strategic Value Partners, a special situations and distressed debt hedge fund, for six years where he was a Managing Director and Head of European trading. Prior to this, Duncan was at Houlihan Lokey, a leading financial restructuring advisory firm, for four years, where he was a Senior Vice President. Prior to Houlihan Lokey, Duncan spent six years working in European mergers and acquisitions at Lazard and Morgan Stanley.

Duncan holds a Bachelor in Science in Economics and Accounting from Bristol University.

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.

Tareck Safi

Tareck is a Managing Director in the London office, with responsibility for European real estate debt investments.

Prior to joining H.I.G., he was head of commercial real estate debt investments for EMEA at PIMCO, focusing on private transactions. He previously held senior positions at Societe Generale and RBS, both on the public side, in the asset-backed trading team, and on the private side, as head of European CMBS structuring.

He has 22 years of investment and financial services experience and holds a master's degree in finance from the London School of Economics. He also has a statistics degree from ENSAE and an engineering degree from the Ecole Polytechnique.

Esteban Caja Samboal

Esteban is a Managing Director with responsibility for sourcing and executing real estate transactions in Spain and Portugal.

Esteban has been investing in European real estate for more than twelve years, most recently as a Principal at Aermont Capital, focusing on Spain and Portugal, where he was responsible for the acquisition and management of a variety of real estate asset classes and investment strategies. Prior to Aermont (previously Perella Weinberg Real Estate), Esteban worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland´s Structure Property Finance Team, and before that in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Lehman Brothers in London. Esteban started his career at McKinsey & Company in Madrid.

Esteban holds an M.B.A. degree from NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from University Carlos III of Madrid.

Adam Schimel

Mr. Schimel is a Managing Director and Co-Head of H.I.G.'s U.S. Bayside Capital credit and special situations fund. Mr. Schimel has led several successful investments for the firm and currently sits on the Investment Committee for the Bayside U.S. funds.

Mr. Schimel has more than twenty years of credit and special situations investment experience. Before joining Bayside, Mr. Schimel was an Associate at Lindsay Goldberg, a middle market private equity investment firm. In this role, he was responsible for investment analysis and working closely with the management of portfolio companies to execute strategic initiatives. Prior to Lindsay Goldberg, Mr. Schimel worked in the leveraged finance group at Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Schimel received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Economics from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

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.

Steven Schwartz

Steve is a Managing Director and Co-Head of H.I.G.’s U.S. Realty Credit Partners. He is located in H.I.G.’s New York City office and is responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including origination, underwriting, structuring, closing and oversight of the portfolio.

Steve brings over 30 years of commercial real estate experience to H.I.G., having served in multiple capacities and various leadership roles in the industry.

Before joining H.I.G., Steve was a partner at Torchlight Investors, a leading commercial real estate debt investor, where he served on its Board of Directors and its Investment and Operating Committees. Prior to Torchlight, Steve spent almost 20 years at JP Morgan where he ran their CMBS and Commercial Real Estate groups.

Steve serves on a National Council of the Urban Land Institute, the Investor Council for the Mortgage Bankers Association and on the New York University Stern Real Estate Advisory Board.

Steve obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University School of Management and an M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business, graduating with distinction.

Andrew Scotland

Andrew Scotland, based in London, is a Managing Director and co-heads the firm's European non-control distressed corporate debt activities.

Andrew is focused on European non-control distressed corporate debt situations, and is involved in all aspects of the investment process from origination and research to structuring and execution.

Andrew has twenty-two years of investment banking and distressed investment experience. He previously worked as a Managing Director in RBS’s Special Situations Group for more than six years, where he was the senior analyst focused on European distressed investments. Before RBS, Andrew was a Director in the Equity Research department of ABN AMRO; and prior to that was in the top ranked Institutional Investor research teams at Citigroup and Credit Suisse.

Andrew is a CFA charter holder and a graduate of Oxford University.

James Smith

James Smith is a Principal based in H.I.G.’s London office. He works within the real estate asset management team, and specialises in U.K. and European real estate.

James’s career spans more than 20 years, having held senior positions in private equity and real estate investment businesses, covering all aspects of asset management, property development, acquisitions and disposals. Prior to working with H.I.G. he was an Executive Director and European Head of Asset Management for specialist retail investor and developer Thor Equities, where he oversaw the €2 billion European portfolio. Before Thor Equities, James was responsible for the M&A team of Atrium European Real Estate, where he was responsible for acquisitions and disposals throughout the European portfolio of €3 billion. Earlier in his career, James worked for Goodman and Europa Capital in various transaction and asset management roles.

James holds a BSc (Hons) in Urban Property Surveying from Northumbria University.

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.

Stelios Theodosiou

Stelios is a Managing Director of H.I.G. Realty based in London. He has more than fifteen years of real estate principal investment experience, employing both equity and credit opportunistic strategies across a broad spectrum of real estate asset classes across Europe. His experience includes distressed acquisitions (e.g. NPLs and REOs), operating platforms, corporate restructurings, portfolio break-ups, property developments and forward acquisitions.

Prior to H.I.G., Stelios was a Director with Deutsche Bank’s European credit structuring & trading teams and a senior originator in the real estate direct lending business with a focus on special situations. Prior to that, he was a member of Deutsche Bank’s Alternative & Real Assets opportunistic investment team based in London.

Stelios holds an undergraduate degree in Operational Research & Marketing from Athens University of Economics & Business and a Master in Business Administration from INSEAD.

Laurent Vaille

Laurent is a Principal at H.I.G. WhiteHorse based in the London office. He focuses on the French market and is responsible for all key aspects of private debt transactions, including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiation, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. He has 13 years of experience in direct lending and corporate finance.

Prior to joining H.I.G., he was an Executive Director in the Private Debt division of Tikehau in Paris. Before that, Laurent worked at Ernst & Young and Deloitte Finance.

Laurent holds an MSc in International Strategy Management & Consulting from Audencia Nantes School of Management.

Hendrik Worschech

Hendrik is a Director at H.I.G. WhiteHorse. He is responsible for transaction underwriting and execution, and post-closing portfolio company oversight with a focus on the DACH region.

Prior to joining H.I.G., Hendrik worked for J.P. Morgan in London and was a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance team. Hendrik has extensive experience in underwriting financings for sponsor-backed companies in a broad range of industries.

Hendrik earned a BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick in the UK.

Chris Zlatarev

Chris Zlatarev is Managing Director of H.I.G. Realty Partners based in London and is responsible for originating and structuring real estate investments across Europe.

Chris has over 15 years of principal investing experience across value-add, opportunistic, special situation and credit real estate strategies and has led both equity and debt transactions for H.I.G. across multiple real estate sectors and geographies. Previously, Chris was a Partner at Kildare Partners and also held investment roles at Varde Partners and AIG Global Real Estate.

Chris holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Drexel University.