Trinity Hunt Partners has promoted Blake Apel to Principal from Vice President and hired Garrett Greer as a new Vice President.
Mr. Apel first joined Trinity Hunt in 2007 from Bain & Company. He spent three years with the firm before leaving to pursue his MBA at the University of Chicago. He has been involved in eight platform investments at Trinity Hunt and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lakeview Health, Deposition Solutions and Family Help & Wellness, and is active with the firm’s investments in America’s Auto Auction and Auction Credit Enterprises.
“Blake has been a key member of our team and has been instrumental in instituting best practices, particularly at the portfolio company level, to grow the value of our investments over the past nine years. We would like to congratulate him on this well-deserved promotion,” said Trinity Hunt Partner Dan Dross.
Trinity Hunt’s newest hire, Garrett Greer, joins the firm from middle market private equity firm Lone Star Investment Advisors where he was a vice president. Mr. Greer will be active at Trinity Hunt in sourcing new transactions, deal processing and portfolio company growth initiatives. He was previously with Insight Equity, American Capital, and Imperial Capital. Mr. Greer has a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Masters in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas, as well as a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University.
“We are also pleased to welcome Garrett as another experienced addition to Trinity Hunt’s investment team and feel he will expand our firm’s deal execution, portfolio company management, and overall capabilities,” said Mr. Dross.
Trinity Hunt invests in companies that have EBITDAs between $4 million and $25 million. Sectors of interest include B2B business services, niche manufacturing, industrial services, non-cyclical consumer, and health care services. Trinity Hunt is based in Dallas (www.trinityhunt.com).
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