H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative asset investment firm with over €26 billion of equity capital under management, announced that Markus Noe-Nordberg has joined H.I.G. as a Managing Director and Head of Middle Market Private Equity in Europe.

Based in London, Noe-Nordberg will lead H.I.G.’s middle market private equity activities in Europe. He has 30 years of experience in finance and leveraged buyouts. Prior to joining H.I.G. Capital, he was a partner and founding member of Pamplona Capital. Before that, he was a Managing Director and co-head of the financial sponsors group at Goldman Sachs in London.

Sami Mnaymneh and Tony Tamer, H.I.G. co-founders and CEOs, commented, “We are delighted to welcome Markus to H.I.G. His background and experience make him ideally suited to successfully lead our new European middle market private equity initiative.”

In commenting on his new role, Noe-Nordberg added, “I am excited about building upon H.I.G.’s success in Europe in the small cap/lower midcap market, where the firm has built a leading private equity practice across five offices. We are now extending our investment focus to also include larger transactions with a value in the €250 to €750 million range, a segment of the market in which the firm has successfully participated in the U.S. for over a decade.”