Hilco Global announced the appointment of Kyle C. Murphy to Managing Director, Business Development of Hilco Valuation and Industrial Services. Murphy, who is based in Boston, will focus on private equity sponsors, lenders, advisors, consultants and companies in the Northeast region of the U.S.

He joins Hilco Valuation & Industrial Services most recently from J.P. Morgan, where he led business development and loan origination for their Middle Market Banking Group by calling primarily on middle-market private equity sponsors based in New England.  Prior to J.P. Morgan, Murphy worked at Wells Fargo Capital Finance on the loan originations team covering the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. He began his lending career at New Stream Secured Capital.

“We feel extremely fortunate to have someone of Kyle’s caliber join the Hilco team,” said Tom Greco, CEO of Hilco Valuation and Industrial Services. “His experience and broad range of relationships will be of great benefit to our clients in helping move their transactions from qualification to closure.”

Murphy graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a minor in economics, and currently lives in Boston.