Team

Capital markets, fund operations, credit — and on-the-ground Canadian origination.

Leeward Capital Partners is led by professionals with direct experience in institutional asset management, alternative credit underwriting, and fund operations. The platform's Canadian origination partner, Panacea Capital Partners, brings deep secured-lending and Canadian market expertise.

Leeward Capital Partners

Principals.


Hugh P. Tawney

Previously Director of RiverRock Funds, a private equity manager acquiring interests in life insurance. Prior to that, Senior Managing Director at L&S Advisors, a boutique asset management firm, where he was responsible for implementing the firm's first institutional development program.

B.A. in Political Science, University of Colorado; MBA, University of Maryland's R.H. Smith School of Business. Holds the Series 66 securities license.

Hugh P. Tawney

Managing Partner
Stephen Iliff

Previously Fund Controller for IBEX Investors, an early-stage venture firm focused on Israeli technology, where he oversaw 37 entities representing over $1 billion. Earlier roles include Fund Accounting Manager at ALPS (an SS&C company) and a series of positions at Brown Brothers Harriman, most recently as Senior Funds Supervisor.

B.G.S. in Economics with a Minor in Business (Finance emphasis), University of Kansas.

Stephen Iliff

Chief Financial Officer
Aaron Ensinger

Previously Vice President of Financing at Peakhill Capital, responsible for originating, structuring, and closing financing opportunities across the United States. Earlier, Senior Vice President at ArrowMark Partners, where he sourced, underwrote, and closed approximately $1 billion of commercial real estate loans across six capital providers.

Juris Doctor, University of Connecticut; Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan.

Aaron Ensinger

Chief Operating Officer
Panacea Capital Partners — Canadian Origination Partner

Local underwriting expertise, institutionally aligned.


Panacea Capital Partners is Leeward's independent Canadian origination partner — sourcing, pre-screening, underwriting, and facilitating mortgage opportunities across Canada. Panacea operates as a non-exclusive service provider.

Panacea's leadership brings more than a decade of Canadian secured-lending experience and a track record of funding 500+ private mortgages prior to working with Leeward.

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