Our Team
We pride ourselves on having a culture that we believe is distinctly different from many private investment firms – one that prizes authenticity, creativity, collaboration and confidentiality.

Specialty Finance Investing
John Lundquist
Partner, North American Specialty FinanceAlex Curcio
Managing Director, Specialty FinanceLucas Jackson
Managing Director, Specialty FinanceMia Genereux
Director, Specialty FinanceAadit Prasad
Managing Director, Specialty FinanceNick Turgeon
Managing Director, Specialty Finance
John Lundquist
Mr. Lundquist joined Castlelake in 2015 and is a leader of its North American Specialty Finance team. He is primarily responsible for executing the firm’s investment strategy in consumer and commercial credit, secured loans, leases and other specialty finance sub-strategies in North America. He became a partner of the firm in 2020.
Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Lundquist was an investment professional at Värde Partners where he was responsible for helping to manage Värde’s specialty finance business in North America. During his tenure at Värde, Mr. Lundquist was responsible for investments in performing & special situation loan portfolios and credit origination. Prior to joining Värde, Mr. Lundquist worked as a financial analyst for Air Products & Chemicals Inc., a NYSE listed company. Mr. Lundquist began his career as an equity analyst for Doheny Asset Management, based in Los Angeles, California. He earned a B.A. in economics from Pepperdine University, and an M.B.A. from Cornell University where he was also the recipient of the Roy H. Park Fellowship.
Alex Curcio
Mr. Curcio joined Castlelake in 2018 and is part of the Specialty Finance team, focused on investment opportunities in the European specialty finance sector. Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Curcio was with Goldman Sachs on the European Mortgages trading desk, where he focused on the origination and trading of whole loan pools and lending to the European specialty finance sector. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Curcio worked at Deutsche Bank as a structurer in the Principal Finance group. Mr. Curcio received an M.Sc. in finance and economics from the London School of Economics and a B.Sc. in economics from the University of Warwick. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is fluent in Italian.
Lucas Jackson
Mr. Jackson joined Castlelake in 2019 and is part of the Specialty Finance team, focused on private market opportunities in North America including commercial and industrial loan portfolios, equipment leases, and commercial and residential real estate. Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Jackson was a managing director at Piper Jaffray in the Proprietary Trading and Investing group where he managed the firm’s investments in commercial and residential mortgage loans and securities. Prior to that, he was an analyst and trader at GMAC ResCap where he structured mortgage securitizations and helped manage the firm’s credit residual portfolio. Mr. Jackson received his B.B.A. in finance and economics from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

Mia Genereux
Ms. Genereux joined Castlelake in 2020 and is part of the Specialty Finance team. She is primarily focused on underwriting commercial and industrial loan portfolios, real estate and consumer specialty finance opportunities. Prior to joining Castlelake, Ms. Genereux was an investment professional with Atalaya Capital Management, where she was focused on underwriting specialty finance, real estate and corporate investment opportunities. Ms. Genereux began her career in the fixed income investments group at The Travelers Companies. Ms. Genereux received her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, cum laude, with a double major in economics and film, television and theater.

Aadit Prasad
Mr. Prasad joined Castlelake in 2020 and is part of the Specialty Finance team, focused on investment opportunities within the European Specialty Finance sector. Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Prasad was a Vice President in Morgan Stanley’s Special Situations group and Securitized Products group in London, where he was focused on principal investments and trading opportunities in public and private asset-backed and distressed situations. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Prasad was part of the European Structured Finance team at Deutsche Bank Group, where he was focused on structuring securitizations and principal transactions in loan portfolios. Mr. Prasad received a B.E. in information technology from Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi. Mr. Prasad is fluent in Hindi.
Nick Turgeon
Mr. Turgeon joined Castlelake in 2017 and is part of the Specialty Finance team, focused on opportunities in specialty and consumer finance. Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Turgeon was in the Leveraged Finance group at U.S. Bank, where he focused on transactions with private equity sponsors. Mr. Turgeon began his career as an analyst in Piper Jaffray's Fixed Income Sales and Trading group. He received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota with concentrations in finance and economics.