Kainos Capital, a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, has appointed Ryan Horstman as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding David Knickel, who served as Kainos’ Chief Financial Officer since inception and remains an Advisor to the firm.
Horstman is a CPA with more than 20 years of private equity accounting, legal, and operations experience. He was most recently 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.
Kainos also announced that Peter Schnuck has joined the firm as a Vice President. 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.
Additionally, Cate Mason has been promoted to Senior Associate, and Kainos welcomed three new Associates: Olivia Henderson, Bryan Berry, and Kyle Welch.
