TSL Express Daily News

NEW YORK – July 18, 2024 – H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.” or the “Firm”), a leading global alternative investment firm with $64 billion of capital under management, is pleased to announce that Whitney Ehrlich has joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of Private Wealth Management in its Capital Formation Group.

Ms. Ehrlich has over 20 years of experience in the private wealth and high-net-worth sector and was previously a Managing Director and Head of the U.S. Family Office Business at BlackRock. At H.I.G., Ms. Ehrlich will be responsible for capital raising and investor relations activities within the U.S. intermediary and private wealth channels across the firm’s strategies.

“We are delighted to welcome Whitney to H.I.G. and the Capital Formation team. Whitney’s extensive experience and long tenure in the private wealth markets will be instrumental in further expanding our presence in this important segment.  H.I.G. has consistently benefited from a diverse, global, and long-standing limited partner base, including private wealth intermediaries and high net worth investors. We look forward to deepening and expanding these relationships and providing compelling alternative investment opportunities in the less efficient middle market,” commented Jordan Peer Griffin, Executive Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Formation.

About H.I.G. Capital

H.I.G. Capital is a leading global alternative investment firm with $64 billion of capital under management.* Based in Miami, and with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco in the United States, as well as international affiliate offices in Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Dubai, H.I.G. specializes in providing both debt and equity capital to middle market companies, utilizing a flexible and operationally focused/value-added approach:

• H.I.G.’s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses.
• H.I.G.’s debt funds invest in senior, unitranche and junior debt financing to companies across the size spectrum, both on a primary (direct origination) basis, as well as in the secondary markets. H.I.G. also manages a publicly traded BDC, WhiteHorse Finance.
• H.I.G.’s real estate funds invest in value-added properties, which can benefit from improved asset management practices.
• H.I.G. Infrastructure focuses on making value-add and core plus investments in the infrastructure sector.

Since its founding in 1993, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 400 companies worldwide. The Firm’s current portfolio includes more than 100 companies with combined sales in excess of $53 billion. For more information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at hig.com.