Les Brown | Team | HGGC

Les Brown is a Founding Member and 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 SSI, Serena Software, and hybris Software. Les continues to serve as Chairman of the Board of Better Being, a Fund III platform investment. 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.