John Lundquist

Mr. Lundquist joined Castlelake in 2015 and is Partner, North American Specialty Finance. In this role, he focuses on guiding the investment team and executing Castlelake’s investment strategy across consumer and commercial credit, asset-based lending, secured loans, leases and other specialty finance sub-strategies in North America.

Mr. Lundquist became a partner of the firm in 2020 and is also a member of its Executive Committee. While at Castlelake, he has led the development of the firm’s specialty finance platform including its consumer finance investment capabilities and supporting data infrastructure.

Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Lundquist was an investment professional at Värde Partners where helped manage the firm’s North American specialty finance business and invested across performing and special-situations credit and loan portfolios.. 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.