Investing in a sustainable future for all

Jennifer von Bismarck is a founding partner and CEO of Galway Sustainable Credit (“GSC”) where she co-leads the Company’s efforts to originate and underwrite transactions in sustainable credit, serves on the boards of portfolio companies, raises corporate capital, and oversees day-to-day operations of the Company. Prior to forming GSC, Ms. Von Bismarck served as an investment partner in Galway II, III and IV, as well as affiliated entities, TowPath Partners and ARENA Investments (collectively the “Galway Companies”). These prior investment enterprises served to originate, underwrite and acquire niche non-correlated assets in structured credit as well as sustainability. Ms. von Bismarck served on the investment committee of these entities, helped lead the acquisition of $2 billion in financial assets, including a portfolio of commercial energy efficiency assets, and oversaw the issuance of over $1 billion in debt and private placements. One such placement won the US Asset-Backed Securities Deal of the Year Award. Prior to her work with the Galway Companies, Ms. von Bismarck served as the second team member hired to manage the personal net worth of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Ms. von Bismarck serves on the board of Partnership for Responsible Growth, a non-profit organization working to establish a regulated price on carbon. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke and an MBA from Cornell University.

Trent Yang is a founding partner and President of Galway Sustainable Credit (“GSC”) where he co-leads the Company’s efforts to originate and underwrite transactions in sustainable credit, serves on the boards of portfolio companies and manages the day-to-day activities of the Company. Prior to forming GSC, Mr. Yang, served as the Vice President of private equity for AMG National Trust Bank (“AMG”), a $5B privately held wealth management firm headquartered in Denver, CO. Within this role, he created AMG’s sustainability Private Capital investment vehicle and was responsible for leading, sourcing, investing, and managing sustainability, energy, infrastructure, and international private equity investments for AMG. Trent has over 15+ years of entrepreneurial, investment, strategy, and project/product development experience including time as founder/CEO of a water technology company based in Boston, founder and founding director of a public-private partnership with the University of Colorado for commercializing renewable energy technologies, investor with a $1B venture capital firm focused in technology and cleantech investments, and providing strategic advice to US government and Fortune 500 companies. Trent has deployed and managed over several hundred million dollars of investments in the energy and technology space and is a recognized expert in the energy industry and sits on the Blackstone Entrepreneurial Network in Colorado. Trent has a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Colorado and M.S. in both Aerospace Engineering and Technology Management & Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ben Mummert is a founding partner and CFO of Galway Sustainable Credit (“GSC”) where he co-leads the Company’s efforts to underwrite transactions in sustainable credit and oversees the financial operations of the Company. Prior to forming GSC, Mr. Mummert served as CFO and head of underwriting for Galway II, III and IV, as well as affiliated entities, TowPath Partners and ARENA Investments (collectively the “Galway Companies”). As part of his work for the Galway Companies, Mr. Mummert helped structure investments in over $2 billion of financial assets and structure, rate and sell over $1 billion of asset backed bonds and private placements backed by these assets. Before joining the Galway Companies, Mr. Mummert was a senior auditor at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Mummert holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from James Madison University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.