HILDENE RE SPC - Key Persons


Brett Jefferson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Founder and Co - Chief Investment Officer of Hildene Capital Management
  • Portfolio Manager of the Marathon Structured Finance Fund
  • President & Co - Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Jefferson is the Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Hildene Capital Management, an asset management firm specializing in structured finance investments. Mr. Jefferson oversees all firm investment decisions and strategies. With over 25 years of combined experience in the structured finance market and the option arbitrage industry, Mr. Jefferson led Hildene to the Wall Street Journal (formerly Barron's) Top 100 Annual Hedge Funds list for a seven-consecutive year period. Mr. Jefferson serves as a Portfolio Manager of the Marathon Structured Finance Fund.

Dushyant Mehra

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Co - Chief Investment Officer at Hildene Capital Management
Mr. Mehra is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Hildene Capital Management. In this role, he is responsible for the oversight of investment-related activities, including the management of Hildene's private funds, insurance and managed accounts, as well as the development of the Firm's investment technology infrastructure. He is also tasked with the expansion of new investment products, business initiatives and strategic partnerships, including the buildout of Hildene Re, Hildene's Cayman-based reinsurance company.

Gregory Resnick - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Jason Schechter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Head of Capital Markets
Prior to joining Hildene, Mr. Schechter was Global Head of CLO origination and US CLO trading at Jefferies. where he specialized in the origination and trading of collateralized loan obligations and other structured credit products. Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Schechter served as Global Head of CLO Trading and Co-Head of CLO Origination at UBS, where he was responsible for restarting the CLO origination effort. Mr. Schechter spent the majority of his career at Lehman Brothers, most recently serving as Global Head of CLO Trading and Origination. He also held various other roles within the CLO/structured finance groups at Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Greenwich Nat West. Mr. Schechter holds a BS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining Hildene, Mr. Scannell worked in the structured finance market for 13 years, most recently as Vice President in the CDO structuring group at Citigroup. Before Citigroup, Mr. Scannell was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Scannell also was a litigator for Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Before attending law school, Mr. Scannell was financial controller for the New York division of a Fortune 500 medical services company, responsible for financial controls and operations.

Jatin Dewanwala

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Mr. Dewanwala is Head of Research, where he oversees the risk, technology and analytics functions at Hildene Capital Management.

Jennifer Nam - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Ms. Nam serves as Chief Operating Officer, where she is responsible for oversight and implementation of the operational and administrative functions across Hildene Capital Management's platform. Prior to her role as COO, she served as Deputy General Counsel.

John Scannell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Advisor
Mr. Scannell joined Hildene at the firm's inception and currently serves as Senior Advisor, providing operations and compliance support for the CDO management business. Prior to his role as Senior Advisor, he served as COO.

Justin Gregory

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Portfolio Manager at Hildene Capital
Justin Gregory is Portfolio Manager at Hildene Capital Management. In this role, he is responsible for sourcing, investment analysis and execution of investments. Prior to joining Hildene, Mr. Gregory was a Portfolio Manager at Axonic Capital LLC, where he specialized in the sourcing, structuring, trading and portfolio management for residential, commercial, asset-backed and esoteric structured products. Before Axonic, he was a Vice President at Deutsche Bank AG on the Non-Agency Residential Mortgage Trading Desk. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Hudson Advisors/Lone Star Funds responsible for trading mortgage and asset-backed loans and securities. Mr. Gregory began his career at Goldman Sachs & Co. on the mortgage desk where he traded and structured Alt-A securities. Mr. Gregory received a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan and is a CFA® charterholder.

Lisa Harris - Chief Compliance Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Ms. Harris serves as Chief Compliance Officer, where she is responsible for overall firm and regulatory compliance.

Peter Mobberley

Job Titles:
  • Head of Business Development
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Mr. Mobberley is Head of Business Development, where he is responsible for implementing the firm's global business development and strategic growth plan at Hildene Capital Management. Mr. Mobberley also oversees the firm's client partnerships, marketing and investor relations functions.