Patrick Caron , Managing Director, France. Patrick, a French national, was prior to H.I.G. a Managing Director at BA Capital Partners Europe, the US$1 billion European private equity arm of Bank of America he joined in 2000, with primary responsibility for the French market. He focuses on non-auction transactions in the lower middle-market. Previously, he was with Kidder Peabody, part of GE Capital, and also worked at Barclays Bank and Banque Indosuez in Paris. higprivateequity