Moelis Capital Partners (MCP), the private equity business of Moelis & Company, today announced the appointment of Barbara B. Hill as an Operating Partner. Ms. Hill, who most recently was CEO of ValueOptions, Inc., will focus on healthcare-related investments and provide strategic and operating support to MCP’s healthcare portfolio companies.
MCP, a middle market private equity firm founded in 2007, manages more than $700 million of committed private equity capital and a $1.2 billion private equity co-investment program. MCP targets equity investments between $25 and $100 million in leading middle market companies.
Ted Yun, a Managing Partner of MCP, said, “We are seeing a tremendous number of interesting opportunities in healthcare, one of our key industry focus areas, and are delighted to have someone with Barbara’s experience help us navigate through the rapidly changing healthcare environment.”
Barbara Hill said, “I’m very pleased to be joining a team that is so committed to the growth of important healthcare companies. I look forward to applying my experience as a healthcare executive to private equity investing as well as to helping portfolio companies achieve their value creation objectives.”
Previous to her most recent position as CEO and President of ValueOptions, Inc., a managed behavioral health company with close to 3,000 employees and annual revenues of more than $1 billion, Ms. Hill was President of Express Scripts, Inc. and before that Senior Vice President of Operations at CIGNA HealthCare.
She has also been a senior executive at several managed care companies, including Rush Prudential Health Plans, Aetna, The Prudential Insurance Company of America and The Johns Hopkins Health Plan. Ms. Hill currently serves on the Boards of Directors at St. Jude Medical and Revera, a Canadian senior living company.
About Moelis Capital Partners
Moelis Capital Partners is a middle market private equity firm founded in 2007 in connection with the formation of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank. Moelis Capital Partners manages over $700 million of committed private equity capital and a $1.2 billion co-investment program and specializes in traditional private equity investments in the middle market. For more information, please visit www.moeliscapital.com.