H.I.G. Capital Strengthens London Team with New Hires
LONDON – February 6, 2014 – H.I.G. Capital, a leading global investment firm, announced today that two experienced private equity investors, Johannes Huttunen and Johan Pernvi, have joined the London team.
Johannes was formerly at Silverfleet Capital where he worked on the origination and execution of transactions as part of the team in London. Before that he was at European Capital, working on UK buyouts, and in the healthcare M&A team at Deutsche Bank in London. Johannes has a first class honours degree in Management Sciences from the London School of Economics.
Johan was previously a Senior Investment Manager at publically listed Swedish private equity company, Ratos, where he worked on buyout transactions. Before that he was at Bain & Co. Johan has an MSc from Stockholm School of Economics and a BSc from Lund University, School of Economics and Management.
Commenting on the appointments Paul Canning, H.I.G. London Managing Director said: “We are delighted to welcome Johannes and Johan. These appointments will further strengthen our team’s in-house operational, financial and strategic expertise as we continue to seek opportunities to drive value creation working with businesses in the mid-market.”
About H.I.G. Capital
H.I.G. is a leading global private equity investment firm with more than €10 billion of equity capital under management. Based in Miami, and with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York and San Francisco in the U.S., as well as international affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Rio de Janeiro, H.I.G. specializes in providing capital to small and medium-sized companies with attractive growth potential. H.I.G. invests in management-led buyouts and recapitalizations of profitable and well managed manufacturing or service businesses. Since its founding in 1993, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 200 companies worldwide. The firm’s current portfolio includes more than 80 companies with combined sales in excess of €22 billion. For more information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at www.hig.com.