Peter Gaunt Chief Financial Officer of H.I.G.’s Credit Platform & H.I.G.'s Total Access Middle Market Fund (“HTAMM”)

Peter Gaunt is the Chief Financial Officer of H.I.G.’s Credit Platform covering the WhiteHorse and Bayside Funds in the US and Europe and is also the Chief Financial Officer of H.I.G. Total Access Middle Market Fund (“HTAMM”), based in the firm’s Boca Raton office. Peter is responsible for fund accounting, operations, financial reporting, and valuation for Credit Funds and HTAMM.

Peter has over 20 years of experience in fund finance and accounting. Before joining H.I.G., he was a Managing Director at the Carlyle Group, where he worked on the credit platform fund management team, serving as CFO, Treasurer, and Chief Accounting Officer for several of Carlyle’s 1940 Act Funds. Before Carlyle, he was Corporate Controller at Hercules Capital, Inc., and before Hercules, he was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young.

Peter earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Bristol. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Accountant (Scotland).