Mr. Collazos has served as our Chief Compliance Officer since 2014. In this position, he is responsible for the company’s regulatory and compliance matters. He joined H.I.G. Capital as Director of Compliance in 2013, and currently serves as its Deputy Chief Compliance Officer.
Mr. Collazos has over 20 years of regulatory and compliance experience. Prior to joining H.I.G. Capital, he was the Chief Compliance Officer for the Americas for EFG International, a global private banking and asset management group publicly listed in Switzerland. Mr. Collazos previously worked as a Principal Consultant with ACA Compliance Group, a regulatory compliance consulting firm. Prior to consulting, he worked at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he was responsible for conducting regulatory examinations of SEC registered entities, including investment advisers, investment companies, business development companies and private funds.
Mr. Collazos graduated summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida and received an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Notre Dame.