She will help enhance and implement best practices to engage with the firm’s growing investor base.
The firm recently added a managing director to its investment team.
Shelly Heier, president of investment consultant Verus, will depart the firm effective Sept. 30.
He will focus on the infrastructure, utility, power, energy and related sectors across the capital structure.
The new hire will focus on deepening and expanding the firm’s relationships with existing and prospective institutional investors and consultants.
The plan will split senior private equity responsibility moving forward.
The firm appointed three new senior v.p.s to its U.S. institutional team.
The hire is one of three made to the firm’s senior team.
The firm’s third direct lending fund its largest to date with $1.2 billion in total capital.
She will retire after more than 18 years at the firm.