Kainos Capital Announces Promotion of Claire Bissot to Managing Director

Operations Team Leader Supports Human Resources and Talent Functions Across Kainos Portfolio

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kainos Capital (“Kainos”), a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, today announced that Claire Bissot has been promoted to Managing Director. As leader of Human Resources and Talent on the Kainos Operations Team, Ms. Bissot serves as a strategic partner to the Firm’s portfolio companies to support their human capital management functions, strengthen their organizational development, and help implement processes and procedures to better sustain growing businesses. Ms. Bissot has significant experience in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, employee relations, operational optimization, and leadership development.

Doug Reader, Senior Managing Director of the Kainos Operations Team, said, “We are pleased to recognize Claire with this well-deserved promotion. She has been a valuable member of our team, and her role is critical in helping drive transformational growth at our companies, as leadership, talent and people are key ingredients to the success of these businesses. Claire is a trusted partner to our management teams, and we are confident in her ability to contribute to the creation of best-in-class companies in the food and consumer products sectors.”

Prior to joining Kainos in 2021, Ms. Bissot spent her career working with small to mid-size companies, including former Kainos portfolio company Olde Thompson.

About Kainos Capital

Kainos Capital is a middle-market private equity firm with a focus on the food and consumer products and services sectors. The Kainos team has extensive investment and operating experience in the industry, having invested approximately $3 billion of equity in more than 45 transactions with a total transaction value of over $7 billion. The Firm’s strategy is to build a diversified portfolio of growing and strategically relevant food and consumer businesses. For more information, visit Kainos Capital's website at www.kainoscapital.com.