LOS ANGELES, October 23, 2018 – Kingswood Capital Management, LLC (“Kingswood”), an operationally-focused lower-middle market private equity firm, today announced the promotion of Michael Niegsch to Partner.

“Michael’s deep experience and strong execution skills will enhance Kingswood’s ability to create increasing value for our LPs, management partners, and firm employees as we continue to grow,” said Alex Wolf, Managing Partner at Kingswood. “The hard work and insights brought by Michael have contributed greatly to the firm and our portfolio, and we are pleased to recognize his achievements.”

Prior to Kingswood, Niegsch spent eight years at Comvest Partners, an operationally-focused middle market investment firm, where he was a Principal in the firm’s private equity strategy. At Comvest he was responsible for evaluating, executing and monitoring control investments. Michael served on the board of a number of Comvest portfolio companies in an oversight capacity.  Before joining Comvest, Niegsch worked in investment banking at UBS Investment Bank and Morgan Joseph TriArtisan. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with High Distinction from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Niegsch is a current board member of AutoAnything, Inc., AVAD LLC, and Versar, Inc., all Kingswood portfolio companies.