Hildred Appoints Lauren Gambardella as Managing Director, Head of Human Capital

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hildred, a lower middle-market healthcare private equity firm, today announced the appointment of Lauren Gambardella as Managing Director, Head of Human Capital. In this newly created role, Ms. Gambardella will focus on attracting and retaining best-in-class talent to support Hildred’s continued growth and strengthen organizational capabilities across the firm and its portfolio companies.

Ms. Gambardella brings more than a decade of human capital experience to Hildred. She joins the firm from Arsenal Capital, where she served as Head of Talent for five years and supported the firm and its portfolio companies in accelerating value creation through people and performance. Prior to Arsenal Capital, Ms. Gambardella served as an executive recruiter at Spencer Stuart, a global leader in executive search, executive assessment, board services and leadership consulting. During her tenure at Spencer Stuart, she partnered with numerous private equity and financial services firms to fulfill their strategic talent management objectives. Ms. Gambardella earned a B.S.B.A. from Bucknell University.

Andrew Goldman and David Solomon, Co-Founders and Managing Partners of Hildred, said, “Strengthening our operational infrastructure ensures we have the exceptional talent needed to drive growth at Hildred and across our portfolio companies. Attracting outstanding people, building strong leaders, and scaling organizations are critical to unlocking true investment value. Lauren’s experience partnering with private equity firms and their portfolio companies on talent will bring greater rigor to our investment process and how we develop our teams at Hildred.”

“As a firm that has built its investment strategy around partnering with founders and management teams to drive sustainable growth for the future, Hildred is rooted in recognizing the unique value each individual team member brings to an organization,” said Ms. Gambardella. “I am excited about the opportunity to work with the entire team at Hildred and our portfolio companies to continue building on the firm’s mission of helping to build great companies.”

About Hildred

Hildred is a healthcare-focused private equity firm that specializes in operationally intensive, control-oriented investments in lower middle-market companies. Hildred partners with innovative and growth-oriented management teams to build high quality businesses. The Hildred team possesses extensive experience across the healthcare industry, and seeks to leverage its unique blend of strategic, financial, commercial and operational acumen to drive strategic growth and create value for its portfolio companies and investment partners. Hildred currently has approximately $5 billion in assets under management. For more information, please visit www.hildred.com and follow the firm on LinkedIn.