SAMI MNAYMNEH

Managing Partner, H.I.G. Capital

Mr. Mnaymneh is a co-founding Partner of H.I.G. Capital and has served as a Managing Partner of the firm since 1993. He has been an active investor in a number of sectors including telecommunications services and consumer products, and has been extensively involved in H.I.G.’s industry consolidation investments.

Prior to H.I.G., Mr. Mnaymneh was a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, a prominent New York based merchant bank, where he specialized in providing financial advisory services to Fortune 100 companies. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in the Mergers & Acquisitions department at Morgan Stanley & Co., where he devoted a significant amount of his time to leveraged buyouts, serving as senior advisor to a number of prominent private equity firms in the United States. Over the course of his career, Mr. Mnaymneh has led over 75 transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $10 billion. He currently serves on the board of directors of several companies.

Mr. Mnaymneh earned a B.A. degree from Columbia University, and subsequently received a J.D. degree and an M.B.A. degree, with honors, from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, respectively.