Add Bunker Hill Capital to the list of private equity firms adding business development executives to their ranks. The Boston firm tapped Robert Dreier to serve as a director of business development, a new position at the firm.

Dreier most recently served as a managing director and co-head of the financial sponsors group at investment bank BB&T Capital Markets. Before that, he served in the M&A group of RBC Capital Markets and at Tucker Anthony in a similar role.

Mark Deblois, a co-founder of Bunker Hill and managing partner at the firm, noted in a statement that Dreier's track record both in business development and on the transaction side of the business made him an obvious candidate for the new role.

A number of private equity firms have added the business development role in recent months, reflecting efforts to create and maintain networks and stay ahead of deal flow. Curtis Hart, for instance, recently assumed a similar role with Industrial Opportunity Partners, while the Stripes Group added Cowen & Co. vet Jason Santiago to oversee its business development efforts.

Bunker Hill, which went to market with a $250 million target for its second fund in 2008, spun out of BancBoston Capital. The firm currently controls restaurants Papa Gino's/D'Angelo's and Smith & Wollensky, gym operator California Family Fitness and recently acquired Canadian software consultant Nspro.