H.I.G. Realty Partners Expands European Team with the Addition of Jérome Fouillé and Jenny Hammarlund as Managing Directors

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hire?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#Hirelt;/agt;–H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”), a leading global alternative asset management
firm with over $30 billion of equity capital under management, is
pleased to announce that Jérome Fouillé and Jenny Hammarlund have joined
the firm’s real estate team as Managing Directors. Jérome and Jenny
together bring over 35 years of experience originating, structuring and
investing in real estate equity and debt. They are based in H.I.G.’s
London office.

Prior to H.I.G., Jérome worked for GIC as Managing Director and Head of
Tactical Opportunities where he was responsible for investments in
Europe targeting Core+ to Value Add transactions across a wide range of
asset classes. Prior to this, he was a Senior Vice President at Colony
Capital and at Heitman. Jérome holds an M.B.A. from The London Business
School.

Prior to H.I.G., Jenny was a Director in the real estate team at KKR,
where she focused on sourcing and executing real estate investments
across Europe. Prior to this, Ms. Hammarlund was a Director at Värde
Partners in London and a Vice President at Lehman Brothers Real Estate
Partners in New York. Jenny holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business
School.

Riccardo Dallolio, Managing Director and Head of H.I.G. Europe Realty
Partners, commented: “I am delighted to welcome Jenny and Jérome to the
firm. They are very experienced and successful real estate investors who
significantly augment the expertise and capabilities of our team. I am
confident they will play an instrumental role in H.I.G. Realty’s growth
in Europe.”

About H.I.G. Capital

H.I.G. is a leading global private equity and alternative assets
investment firm with over $30 billion of equity capital under
management.* Based in Miami, and with European offices in London,
Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, and U.S. and Latin American offices in
New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Stamford,
Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, H.I.G. specializes in providing
both debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized companies, utilizing
a flexible and operationally focused/ value-added approach:

1. H.I.G.’s equity funds invest in growth investments, management
buyouts, recapitalizations and corporate carve-outs of both profitable
as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses.

2. 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.
is also a leading CLO manager, through its WhiteHorse family of
vehicles, and manages a publicly traded BDC, WhiteHorse Finance.

3. H.I.G.’s real estate funds invest in value-added properties, which
can benefit from improved asset management practices.

Since its founding in 1993, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than
300 companies worldwide. The firm’s current portfolio includes more than
100 companies with combined sales in excess of $30 billion. For more
information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at www.higcapital.com.

* Based on total capital commitments managed by H.I.G. Capital and
affiliates.

Contacts

Riccardo Dallolio
Managing Director
rdallolio@higrealty.com
H.I.G.
Europe Realty Partners
www.higrealty.com