Christopher Hoeffel

J. Christopher Hoeffel joined Redwood Trust in October 2019 as a Managing Director in connection with Redwood’s acquisition of CoreVest, an originator of business purpose mortgage loans. Mr. Hoeffel also serves as Chief Financial Officer of CoreVest American Finance. He has more than 30 years of experience at top financial institutions and remains active in the finance industry where he is on the board of, and was a former president of, the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association (now CREFC) and held leadership roles at the Mortgage Bankers Association. Prior to CoreVest, Mr. Hoeffel was Managing Director at Investcorp, where he was head of Real Estate Debt Investments. He joined Investcorp from JP Morgan/Bear Stearns where he was Senior Managing Director and global co-head of Commercial Mortgages. He also held prior positions at Eastdil and Walker Dunlop. Mr. Hoeffel holds a BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.