John Baumgardner is a Managing Director and leads investment strategies in U.S. traded structured products. He was previously on the Global Real Estate and Mortgages team. Based in Minneapolis, he joined the firm in 2011.
Prior to joining Värde, John was an analyst at Citi, where he provided mergers and acquisitions and other corporate finance advisory services.
John received a B.B.A. in Finance from The University of Notre Dame.
Lynn Er is a Managing Director on the Asia Corporate and Traded Credit team. Based in Singapore, she joined the firm in 2016.
Prior to joining Värde, Lynn spent five years with Credit Suisse, where she provided corporate finance advisory services before focusing on its private financing business.
Lynn received First Class Honours in BSc Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and MSc Financial Economics from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Hamish Goar is a Managing Director on the European Corporate and Traded Credit team. Based in London, he joined the firm in 2019.
Prior to joining Värde, Hamish was an investment professional at Alchemy Partners and previously worked as an analyst at Sothic Capital Management and Greenhill & Co.
Hamish received a B.A. in Economics from Durham University.
Anders Gode is a Managing Director on the real estate asset management team. Based in Minneapolis, he joined the firm in 2014.
Prior to joining Värde, Anders was a Vice President at Toll Brothers overseeing their Minnesota business. His 10 years of senior management experience at the company spanned multiple markets focused on both horizontal and vertical development operations along with portfolio management of distressed ADC loans and REO assets.
Anders received his B.S. in Applied Economics from Cornell University and his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Vishal Kumar is a Managing Director on the Asia Real Estate investment team. Based in Mumbai, he joined the firm in 2018.
Prior to joining Värde, Vishal was a Managing Director, Private Investments for The Xander Group where he focused on real estate investments and asset management in India. Prior to that, he was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte.
Vishal received a Bachelor in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. He is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India.
Daniel Ma is a Managing Director on the U.S. Corporate & Traded Credit team. Based in Minneapolis, he joined the firm in 2017.
Prior to joining Värde, Daniel was an associate at Houlihan Lokey in their Financial Restructuring group.
Daniel received a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan.