As Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Tom Jaekel is responsible for the implementation and execution of Wrightwood Capital’s investment strategies and its investor clients. He joined Wrightwood Capital in 1996 and has been instrumental in the growth of Wrightwood Capital’s investment activities nationwide. He plays a major role in defining the investment strategies and in overseeing the Credit, Underwriting, Portfolio Management and Capital Markets Groups. 

Prior to joining Wrightwood Capital, Mr. Jaekel was President of Heller Financial’s Commercial Real Estate Group responsible for a $2.2 billion nationwide portfolio of both debt and equity investments. Mr. Jaekel spent the initial years of his career as a practicing CPA with Grant Thornton in Chicago. 

Mr. Jaekel is a member of the Urban Land Institute and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with honors. 

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