Nishant Nayyar is a Managing Director in H.I.G.’s European Middle Market team based in the London office, where he leads technology and telecom investment efforts across Europe.

Nishant is responsible for key aspects of the private investment transaction process including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiating, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. He has more than 14 years of private equity experience investing across the technology and business services sectors, including tech enabled services, telecoms, software and business services.

Prior to H.I.G., Nishant was a Principal at Apax Partners where he spent 10 years on the TMT industry and led several successful investments. Before that, he was a private equity investor at Warburg Pincus. He began his career as a consultant at Bain & Company. Nishant received his undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Science from Williams College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Nishant became a Trustee of CW+ in September 2023.