Hayes Barnard

Chairman

As Co-Founder of GoodFinch, Hayes brings over 25 years of successful entrepreneurial experience across clean energy, investment/financial, mortgage, and technology sectors. He is also Founder, Chairman and CEO of Loanpal, dba GoodLeap— the #1 solar lender in the U.S.— as well as GivePower, a nonprofit organization that provides solar-based solutions for food, water, and electricity in developing regions around the world. Prior to his current roles, Hayes founded Paramount Equity Mortgage, where he underwrote ~$20 billion in mortgages. With stringent criteria and focused operational foresight, Hayes successfully navigated Paramount Equity Mortgage through severe market conditions in 2008, becoming one of few surviving entities. Later, Hayes also founded Paramount Solar. After quickly garnering significant market share, he sold Paramount Solar to SolarCity, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer for 3 years, growing its business 400 percent— 10 times the size of its nearest competitor.

Tanguy Serra

Partner, CIO

As Co-Founder of GoodFinch, Tanguy brings extensive experience across capital markets, clean energy, and financial technology. As President and Chief Investment Officer of GoodLeap, he quickly helped the organization establish market dominance as one of the leading solar lenders in the U.S. Prior to his current roles, Tanguy spent several years in investment banking with Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley (London), nearly a decade investing institutional capital at TPG, co-founded Vivint Solar, and served as Chief Operating Officer and President of SolarCity where he oversaw 10,000 employees, and helped grow to 40% of market share. Alongside Hayes, Tanguy oversaw origination of ~17,000 solar systems per month and tracked performance of hundreds of thousands of systems across FICO bands, lease/PPA/loans, and geographies while serving at SolarCity.

Andrew Mills

Partner

As a Partner of GoodFinch, Andrew brings valuable fintech and clean energy experience to this seasoned team. Andrew was the first employee of GoodLeap before founding GoodFinch with Hayes and Tanguy. Prior to GoodLeap, Andrew worked at SolarCity where he helped launch the company's first international expansion in Mexico City. Andrew graduated from Princeton University, where he was Captain of the Varsity Soccer Team and President & Co-Founder of Princeton's Best Buddies chapter.

Nick Franchot

Partner

Nick Franchot is a partner at GoodFinch. Mr. Franchot's prior experiences include leading the credit investment program of Hall Capital, a $50 billion multi-family office headquartered in San Francisco, investing for the global macro hedge fund Passport Capital, and serving as a Senior Policy Advisor at the US Treasury Department during the first term of the Obama Administration. Mr. Franchot holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Yale University.

Jaime Hutson

Partner

Jamie Hutson is a partner at GoodFinch and leads the firm's commercial solar investment program. Mr. Hutson previously spent the last 6 years as an executive at Distributed Solar Development Renewables (“DSD”), the former commercial solar division of General Electric (“GE”) that was spun out with financial backing of BlackRock. Mr. Hutson was the Chief Investment Officer of DSD and was responsible for the firm's underwriting, capital markets and asset management, and led a first-of-its-kind commercial Asset BackedSecuritization in 2022. Under Jamie's leadership, DSD developed or acquired over 500MW of operating commercial solar assets, deploying over $2 billion of project capital. Prior to DSD, Jamie was a VP at GE Capital's Energy Financial Services focused on utility scale renewable energy tax equity investments. Jamie has over $6 billion of renewable project finance transaction experience and has been one of the industry's leading pioneers over the past decade. He received his MBA and a Master of International Affairs in energy economics from Columbia University.

Nira Desai

Director of Finance

As Director of Finance at GoodFinch, Nira is responsible for managing accounting, finance, and tax operations. Nira has over ten years of experience in accounting and financial operations. Prior to GoodFinch, Nira spent ten years at Waterfall Asset Management in New York, a distressed credit hedge fund, where she was part of the company's growth from $2B to $10B in assets under management. During her time at Waterfall, Nira served as the Director of Finance and Control where she focused on streamlining back-office accounting and operational processes both in the U.S. and Europe. Nira then served as the Director of Risk Management at Waterfall where she created a counterparty risk function. Nira began her career at KPMG as an Audit Associate working in the real estate and pension practice. Nira holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and a master's degree in professional accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. Nira also holds a CPA license in the State of New York.

Andrew Coronios

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Prior to joining GoodFinch, Andrew was a long-time partner in the banking and finance practice at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP and Chadbourne & Parke LLP, where he specialized in structured finance, securitization and secured lending with a particular focus on esoteric assets. He did the first residential solar securitization for SolarCity, the first securitization of residential solar assets with tax equity partnerships (including the first tax insurance policies for this asset class) for SolarCity and one of the first residential solar loan securitizations for Dividend Finance. Andrew was named Deal Maker of the Year by the American Lawyer in 2014 for the first SolarCity securitization. He has represented financial institutions, private funds and private and public companies in billions of dollars of working capital facilities, warehouse financings, term loans and securitizations of residential TPO solar assets and solar loans. Most recently, prior to joining GoodFinch Andrew represented GoodFinch in a series of purchases of assets in the bankruptcy of SunPower. He received a JD from Albany Law School of Union University and a B.A. from Tufts University. Andrew is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Erik Fogelberg

Head of EV Charging Investments

Erik Fogelberg leads GoodFinch's investment program focus on electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. With over 35 years of experience in sales, business development, and consulting, Erik is a recognized leader in advancing clean technology solutions across commercial and industrial sectors, public agencies, and utilities. Erik previously served as an executive at two prominent Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) companies, ChargePoint and Wallbox. As General Manager at Wallbox, he spearheaded the company's North American operations, overseeing all strategic and operational efforts. At ChargePoint, he led North American commercial sales and played a pivotal role in driving 70% of the company's global revenue. Under his leadership, ChargePoint solidified its position as the market leader in the U.S. EV charging network, maintaining a dominant 32% market share with over 70,000 ports nationwide. Earlier in his career, Erik ran global sales at NECES, focusing on utility-scale battery storage solutions. He was instrumental in closing the largest deal in the company's history - a groundbreaking 250MW battery storage project with LS Power. From 2010 to 2017, Erik led SolarCity's commercial solar division, which was later integrated into Tesla. There, his team deployed over 1.2GW of solar and solar-plus-storage solutions for commercial and public sector clients, growing the division from a regional player to one of the largest commercial solar providers in the U.S. During this time, Erik's team was a pioneer in the integration of photovoltaics and battery energy storage systems (PV+BESS), deploying some of the first utility-scale PV+BESS projects in the U.S. Erik holds a BA in Spanish Literature with honors and a minor in Economics from UCLA. His deep expertise in the clean tech sector, combined with his proven ability to drive commercial success and market leadership, makes him a trusted advisor and innovator in the field.

Brian Jayes

Director of Finance

Brian Jayes is the Director of Finance for GoodFinch and oversees the firm's corporate finance. Mr. Jayes has worked with the firm's executive team for over a decade, including helping to establish GoodFinch's initial finance and accounting function when GoodFinch was first founded. Mr. Jayes' background includes leading financial planning and analysis at GoodLeap LLC, as well as other similar roles in the renewable energy industry at SolarCity, Tesla, GivePower, and Omni Energy (acquired by SunRun).