Jonathan Yafra

Mr. Yafra joined Castlelake in 2021 and is part of the Residential Mortgage Finance team, focused on originating, underwriting and managing investment opportunities. Previously, Mr. Yafra was part of Castlelake’s Associate Generalist Program and primarily focused on evaluating, underwriting and monitoring investments. Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Yafra was a Private Equity Associate with Silverpeak Strategic Partners, where he focused on transactions in the infrastructure and energy industries. Prior to Silverpeak, he was an Analyst in the Investment Banking Group of the Wells Fargo, where he was involved in a wide variety of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets financings and strategic advisory assignments for clients. Mr. Yafra holds a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in finance from Tulane University and was a TABA Service Award recipient. He is fluent in Farsi.