Our team

Leadership & deal officers

Headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, with regional desks in London, Nairobi, Singapore and São Paulo.

Eleanor Whitfield

Chief Executive Officer

Asheville, NC

Founded Westford in 2009 after 14 years in leveraged and project finance. Leads the investment committee and syndicate relationships.

Head of Project & Infrastructure Finance

Nairobi

Has arranged more than USD 3 billion of PPP and concession debt across Africa and the Middle East. Civil engineer by training.

Chief Risk Officer

Asheville, NC

Oversees credit, E&S risk and portfolio monitoring. Previously led credit risk for a European infrastructure fund.

Head of Mining & Resources

Singapore

Mining engineer with 20 years in reserve-based lending and offtake structuring across Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

Managing Director, Latin America

São Paulo

Leads the São Paulo desk covering energy, agribusiness and mining in Brazil, Peru and Chile.

Head of Asset & Business Finance

Asheville, NC

Runs the SME, equipment and fleet finance desk, closing 150+ facilities a year from USD 50K to USD 50M.

Director, Education Funding

London

Former university CFO who designs deferred-repayment scholarship and campus facilities.

General Counsel

Asheville, NC

Leads legal structuring, documentation and regulatory compliance across 60+ jurisdictions.

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