Kainos Capital CFO Ryan Horstman {Photo: Kainos}
Dallas-based private equity firm Kainos Capital announced that Ryan Horstman has joined the firm as chief financial officer and that Peter Schnuck has come aboard as vice president.
Additionally, Cate Mason has been promoted to senior associate, and Kainos welcomed three new associates: Olivia Henderson, Bryan Berry, and Kyle Welch.
“We are delighted to welcome Ryan as our new CFO. He brings broad experience in our industry and we look forward to his leadership of our finance group. Peter is another outstanding addition to our team who has considerable experience evaluating, executing, and managing investments. We look forward to their contributions to our firm and portfolio,” Managing Partner Andrew Rosen said in a statement. “We are also proud to promote Cate after two strong years with Kainos, and to welcome our new Associate class to the firm as we invest in developing our talent base for the future.”
Kainos, a food and consumer-focused firm, said that Horstman is a CPA with more than 20 years of private equity accounting, legal, and operations experience. Most recently, he was chief financial and compliance officer of Vortus Investments and has served in senior finance and compliance roles with Trinity Hunt Partners, Kildare Partners, and TPG.
Horstman succeeds David Knickel, who was Kainos’ CFO since its inception and remains an adviser to the firm.
Schnuck was previously a vice president at Sunrise Strategic Partners and a senior associate at MidOcean Partners. He began his career as an investment banker with Credit Suisse’s Retail & Consumer Products Group in New York.
Kainos Capital’s team has extensive investment and operating experience in the industry, having invested roughly $3 billion of equity in more than 40 transactions with a total transaction value of over $5 billion.
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