Les Brown

Les Brown is a retired Partner of HGGC. Les previously served as Founder and Managing Partner of Operational Resource Group, LLC (ORG; 2018 – 2024) and as Global Head of Investor Relations (2016 – 2018 and 2020 – 2023), Chief Operating Officer (2007 – 2018), Chief Financial Officer (2007 – 2014), and Chief Compliance Officer (2011 – 2012) of HGGC.

In addition to his previous leadership roles within the firm, Les previously served as a member of HGGC’s Investment Committee (Funds II, III and IV), Management Committee, Valuation Committee, ESG Committee, and as Chair of the Investor Relations Committee. His former board roles include Better Being, SSI, Serena Software, and hybris Software. Les also served as President and Director of Capital Impact Foundation, HGGC’s affiliated private foundation, which provides global charitable support to children’s causes, cancer research, and poverty amelioration.

Prior to joining HGGC, Les was Chief Financial Officer of Neways International, a Golden Gate Capital portfolio company. Prior to Neways, Les was Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Nutraceutical International Corporation, a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: NUTR), which was a Bain Capital portfolio company. Prior to Nutraceutical, Les was a Senior Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Les received his Master of Accountancy with High Distinction and B.S. with University Honors, summa cum laude, in Accountancy from Brigham Young University, where Les received the School of Accountancy Outstanding Graduate Award (1990) and Outstanding Undergraduate Aware (1989)