Alejandra Arguello has joined the Capital Formation Group of H.I.G. Capital after serving as a managing director on the capital raising team at Carlyle.
She will be responsible for business development and capital raising across H.I.G.’s global credit platform. She brings 22 years of experience within alternative investment management to the $50 billion private market firm’s New York office.
“Her expertise and long tenure in the credit markets will be invaluable as we further expand our global credit footprint,” said Jordan Peer Griffin, executive managing director and global head of capital formation. “H.I.G.’s credit platform has broad scale and capabilities, ranging from senior secured direct lending to special situations/distressed, both in North America and Europe. Alejandra will play an integral role in developing partnerships with our investors to access these attractive strategies at a time when the firm’s credit investment activities are at an all-time high.”
H.I.G.’s credit business spans 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. The firm is also a leading CLO manager, through its WhiteHorse family of vehicles, and manages a publicly traded BDC, WhiteHorse Finance.