H.I.G. Capital announced that Benjamin Charon has joined the firm’s Capital Formation Group as a Managing Director, based in H.I.G.’s New York office.

Charon will be responsible for business development and capital raising across H.I.G.’s global private equity platform. With over a decade of private capital raising and institutional sales experience, Ben joins H.I.G. from Evercore, where he was a Managing Director in its Private Funds Group, and was responsible for capital raising and advising the firm’s clients across private equity, private credit, and infrastructure asset classes. Prior to Evercore, Ben was at UBS, and began his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse.

Jordan Peer Griffin, Executive Managing Director and Global Head of the Capital Formation Group, commented: “We are thrilled to welcome Ben to H.I.G. His background and tenure in capital formation spans a wide array of private equity strategies, and he brings with him a depth of experience and relationships. Ben is joining the firm at an exciting time, as we are seeing great opportunities across our entire global middle market private equity platform.”