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Miguel Zablah

Miami-based alternative investment manager Leste Group appointed Miguel Zablah as director and head of investor relations.

In his new role, Zablah will manage investor communications globally across Leste’s private equity, real estate credit and special situations strategies.

Before joining Leste, Zablah served as vice president of investor relations at I Squared Capital and head of investor services at H.I.G. Capital.

He also held various alternative investment positions at J.P. Morgan in multiple offices, including New York, Boston and Australia.

MATT MOULEDOUS, PAULA SCHUMACHER AND ALI WASHER

Mississippi-based Hancock Whitney named three seasoned commercial finance professionals to its asset-based lending (ABL) division, Hancock Whitney Business Capital.

Ali Washer, Paula Schumacher and Matt Mouledous will focus on building the asset-based lending platform for middle-market clients, primarily in 12 southern states.

Mouledous will serve as a senior portfolio manager and underwriter. Before Hancock Whitney, he was vice president and senior underwriter at MidFirst Business Credit, vice president of finance at Transpend Solutions and vice president at Wells Fargo Capital Finance.

Schumacher will take on the role of senior ABL analyst. Prior to Hancock Whitney, she was senior auditor at Allied Financial Corp.

Washer will be the asset-based lending operations manager. Before Hancock Whitney, she was vice president and director of operations at MidFirst Business Credit and vice president, operations at Wall Financial Services.

Mountain Ridge Capital, a Plano, Texas-based asset-based lending firm, has appointed Daniel Williams as managing director of business development for the Northeast region.

Williams has a business development and deal structuring background and will play a pivotal role in expanding the company’s presence in the Northeast.

Before joining Mountain Ridge, he worked at Eclipse Business Capital and Great American Group as a managing director. He has also held senior roles at investment banks, including BNP Paribas and HSBC.

David Roberts

Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill Partners appointed David Roberts as a managing director.

Roberts will join the firm’s digital commerce team to focus on investments across e-commerce, marketplaces, consumer products, services and adjacent enabling software verticals.

Before joining Great Hill, Roberts worked at Advent International, where he focused on investments in growth businesses in the consumer sector.

Prior to Advent, Roberts worked as an associate for the PE firm Quadrangle Group, where he focused on investments in media and telecom in North America and Asia, and at Bear Stearns in New York as an investment banking analyst.

He currently serves as a director of Sovos Brands, an investor in packaged food brands, where he chairs the nominating and corporate governance committee.

Matthew Flynn And Hudson Collins

Chicago-headquartered investment bank William Blair has expanded its Private Capital Advisory practice by appointing Matthew Flynn as managing director and Hudson Collins as director. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Flynn will focus on fund placement in the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and South regions, while Collins will operate from New York.

Flynn brings 17 years of private fund placement experience to the role, having previously served as managing director in private capital advisory at Campbell Lutyens and as a director in the private funds group at Credit Suisse.

With over 10 years of private fund placement experience, Collins has held roles as director and vice president at Credit Suisse, as vice president at Eaton Partners, as an associate at MVision Private Equity Advisers and as an investment banking analyst at McColl Partners.

GARY MERCER AND SHANE WRIGHT (PICTURED)

Boca Raton, Florida-based private equity firm AE Industrial Partners appointed Gary Mercer and Shane Wright as special advisors.

Before AE Industrial Partners, Mercer was a vice president and general manager of engineering at GE Aviation. He also worked at GE Energy as the global engineering leader for GE’s Renewable Energy business.

Wright is a seasoned aerospace finance executive who has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for GE Aviation, overseeing financial strategy for GE Aviation’s $30 billion aerospace business. He also worked as the chief financial officer for GE Healthcare International and GE Transportation and as a vice president of finance for GE Insurance Solutions.