Miami-based H.I.G. Capital has appointed Ahmad Atwan as a managing director on the infrastructure team.
In his new role, Atwan will be responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including origination, transaction structuring, financing and execution of post-closing strategies.
Atwan brings more than 20 years of experience as a private equity investor, operating executive and entrepreneur to H.I.G. He previously served as a managing director at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, where he led a number of transactions and served as a board director of multiple portfolio companies. Prior to that, Atwan was a managing director at BlackRock’s Global Private Equity Group, where he served as the head of energy and resources investing.
H.I.G.’s infrastructure investments are focused on mid-market opportunities and target mostly operating companies that can benefit from the firm’s value-add operating approach.
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