CounterpointeSRE Welcomes Daniela Manolova and David Stewart to Support Growth in Financing Clean Energy Projects and Sustainable Commercial Real Estate

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CounterpointeSRE is thrilled to welcome Daniela Manolova as Director, Clean Energy, and David Stewart as Director, National Originations.

Manolova will be working to expand the firm's climate infrastructure and energy investment efforts, with a focus on renewable power and battery storage. Daniela joins from BlackRock where she executed a range of transactions in the renewables sector and oversaw global investment activities of the Climate Infrastructure funds.

“Daniela Manolova brings to CounterpointeSRE a wealth of experience and knowledge of the energy markets and specifically renewable energy project financing to continue our growth as an established sustainable energy investment firm,” said Bob Johnson Managing Director of CounterpointeSRE. “We look forward to her leadership as we expand our business.”

“I’m extremely happy to join CounterpointeSRE and contribute to advancing financing solutions that enable renewable energy projects and accelerate the clean energy transition,” Manolova added.

David Stewart is expected to play a pivotal role in both C-PACE and mortgage originations, bringing over 20 years of experience across multiple asset classes, and having contributed to closing more than $2 billion in capital markets transactions across middle-market debt while at an advisory firm, as well as institutional debt capitalizations at Savills and Centennial in New York.

“We’re proud to welcome David Stewart to CounterpointeSRE,” said Kyle Geoghegan, Counterpointe’s Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Originations, “David’s two decades of experience in capital markets and expertise in both C-PACE and middle-market debt will further strengthen our ability to deliver innovative, scalable financing solutions for institutional partners.”

“I’m excited to be joining the talented and growing CounterpointeSRE originations team at such a momentous time both for the firm and for sustainable finance,” said Stewart, “The structuring capabilities and life company backing of the company puts us in a unique position to deliver solutions for transformative institutional developments, in addition to our core middle-market bridge mortgage and C-PACE capabilities.”

About CounterpointeSRE

CounterpointeSRE operates at the intersection of commercial real estate and energy industries providing mortgage, C-PACE and other energy financial products. As a portfolio company of MassMutual, our focus is to provide one-stop sustainable finance solutions to our commercial real estate owners/operators.

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