The agri-specialist PE firm will also reveal its first two investments within the next six months.
Heartland is based in Ohio, where agriculture is one of the US State's largest industries and ripe for small business lending.
Its infrastructure and timberland team is responsible for an A$8bn global portfolio, making it one of the largest infrastructure investors in the world.
John Rushen joins Insight from Aon Hewitt where he was head of EMEA investment services and has also held senior positions at BlackRock and Mercer.
The resource-efficiency focused investment company has hired Peter Juul Kristensen from pork chain genetics company Genus PIC.
Cole Orobetz joins the crowd-funding platform from a Canadian food & agri VC firm.
The role is based in Lisle, Illinois and is part of a wider expansion plan for Prudential's agriculture lending and equity investment business.
The fund of funds house is looking to fill two new roles in Sydney and London after recently hiring an investment analyst in Sydney.
The timberland investment manager has hired Geoffrey Seeto as managing director of New Forests Asia to lead the expansion and consolidation of its Asian business.
Martin Newnham has been appointed chief executive after John McKillop left last year. Newnham is also CFO at the fund management firm.