Hg announces that Alan Cline will join the leadership team at Hg as Head of North America, to lead the company activity across the USA and Canada. Alan is a highly respected software investor with 20 years' experience of backing great companies as one of the early employees of Vista EquityPartners. Alan has a long and impressive track record across leadership, tech investing and operations, having built the Foundation Fund within Vista, following hands on experience as a technology entrepreneur.

Alan will join the senior leadership team of Hg and sharefirm management responsibilities as part of an important evolution of the business. Having raised well over $20 billion of fresh fund capital in the last twelve months, Hg already has nearly 400 employees and $55 billion in funds under management, with this appointment further developing Hg's position as the leading transatlantic software & services investmentfirm and one of the most active technology investors globally.