Community Investment Management

Co-founder and Partner at Community Investment Management, leading business development. Previously co-founded Minlam Asset Management (Managing Director 2005-2012) and later served as Director of Sales at TriLinc Global to launch an SEC-registered impact investment fund focused on emerging market SME private credit.

Eikenberg co-founded CIM's emerging markets strategy in 2020 and leads its investment and operations work from Indonesia. He previously spent a decade at Bamboo Capital Partners (fintech equity fund manager, Head of Financial Inclusion, Regional Director for Latin America), worked at BlueOrchard Finance on microfinance debt operations, and began his career at JPMorgan in London.

Managing Director on the investment team based in New York. Previously led NY business development for fintech analytics firm DealVector, co-founded and served as investment officer at emerging-markets asset manager GMG Investment Advisors, and held roles at Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and Cargill Financial Services. Holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Jeff Hilton is a Managing Director on CIM's Investment and Finance teams, based in San Francisco. He previously led capital markets at Opportunity Fund, was CFO of Aura Financial, and spent over a decade as a portfolio manager focused on securitized products at BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors, after starting his career at Providian Financial.

Alberto Mulás is a Principal on the investment team, based in Mexico City. He previously served as a Vice President at Covalto (a fintech-turned-bank) leading corporate development and structured lending, and worked at Kearney and Morgan Stanley. He holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and a BA in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana.

Alejandro Arenas is a Senior Director on CIM's investment team based in Bogotá, Colombia. He previously worked as a VP handling early-stage venture capital at investment bank Inverlink, as a private equity associate for Latin America at Developing World Markets, and as a private bank analyst at J.P. Morgan. He holds an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School and a BA in Economics from Universidad de los Andes.

Arash Gourtani is a Senior Director on CIM's investment team (working as a consultant through Codevity). He previously co-founded Impact Credit Solutions as Chief Analytics Officer, and held quantitative and data science roles at Funding Circle UK, Barclays, and HSBC focused on SME credit risk. He holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD in statistics/operational research/mathematics.

Audrey Gordon is a Senior Director on CIM's investment team, based in San Francisco. She previously served as VP of Private Credit at New Island Capital Management and worked in community lending and debt underwriting roles at Wells Fargo and Bank of America. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

Bhavan Barhate is a Principal on CIM's investment team, based in Mumbai. He previously co-managed three private credit AIFs at Northern Arc Investment Managers overseeing about $225M, and was a senior consultant at Capgemini India. He holds a PGDM in Finance and is a CFA charterholder.

Alejandra Granados is a Manager on CIM's investment team based in Bogotá. She previously worked as a structuring analyst in investment banking at Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional, a Colombian development bank, and interned at Axon Partners Group. She holds degrees in Business Administration and Economics from Universidad de los Andes.

Andrea Bernal is an Operations Associate at CIM's Colombia office. She previously worked as an accounting assistant at BMZ SAS and Trichem de Colombia SAS, and holds a B.S. in Accounting and is a certified public accountant in Colombia.

Barry Joseph is a Director of Risk at CIM, based in San Francisco. He previously held risk, credit, lending, and treasury roles at fintech companies including Settle, Ripple, Flexport, and CircleUp, and began his career in the Federal Reserve System during the 2008 financial crisis. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Economics from American University.

Bharat Desai is a Senior Manager on CIM's investment team based in New York City. He previously worked as a senior data scientist at Nikel, an embedded finance company in Southeast Asia, focusing on fintech credit due diligence and portfolio monitoring, and earlier conducted machine learning research at the NUS-Singtel R&D Lab. He holds a B.Eng in Systems Engineering from the Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Investment Analyst at CIM based in Bogotá, Colombia, who previously worked as an Investment Analyst at the IFC focusing on financial institutions and held roles at BBVA Colombia. She holds a M.Sc. in Financial Management and a B.S. in Finance.

Camila Lopera is an Associate on CIM's investment team based in Bogotá, previously working as a structured finance analyst at Fitch Ratings Colombia and as a corporate investment banking operations intern at J.P. Morgan Colombia. She holds degrees in Economics and Finance (with a data science emphasis) from Universidad EAFIT.

Eichner leads CIM's Client Solutions team and sits on its Investment Committee. He previously ran capital development at SOSV and held business development and investment committee roles across private credit firms including Serengeti Asset Management, Garrison Investment Group, Gruss Capital and Goldman Sachs's Special Situations Investing Group, beginning his career in consulting at PwC.

Doris Agustina is an Operations Associate based in Bali, Indonesia. She previously worked in accounting at The Dog Paradise, as Head of Administration at Bent Blackstone Indonesia, and began her career as an Administrative and HR Officer at Grama Bazita Maintenance Indonesia. She studied Computerized Accounting at the University of Technology Mataram.

Dryden Liddle is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at CIM, based in San Francisco. He previously led legal and compliance at Aura Financial Corporation and LawFinance Group, and earlier practiced at Kirkland & Ellis and a London law firm; he is admitted to practice in California, New York, and England & Wales.

Investment team manager at CIM based in Bogotá, previously CFO and co-founder of Factcil, a fintech for freelancers, with prior credit roles at Banesco, BRC Standard & Poor's, and Banco Davivienda. He is a CFA charterholder and co-founder of CFA Society Colombia.

Senior Associate on the Data & Reporting team at CIM, based in Bogotá. He previously built data-driven solutions and machine learning models at Kinesso (part of Interpublic Group) and worked on growth and data science initiatives at Rappi. He holds a bachelor's in Physics and a master's in Particle Physics from the Universidad de los Andes.

Malika Anand is Director of Impact at CIM, previously serving as Head of Impact, ESG & Research at Catalyst Fund and researcher at CGAP within the World Bank. She holds a BA in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and an MPAID from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Nicolas Pérez is an Associate on CIM's Investment team based in Bogotá. He previously served as Head of Data & Analytics at Pronus, a Colombian fintech-focused boutique investment bank, and worked as a structured finance analyst at Crisil (an S&P company). He holds B.S. degrees in Business Administration and Economics from Universidad de los Andes.

Peter Matsis is Head of Technology at CIM, based in San Francisco, with a background in building custom software for complex business operations and large data sets. He previously led software and database development at ABC Bus Companies and S & A Homes, and holds a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University focused on Software Engineering and Management.

Rachel Balmy is a Senior Manager at CIM focused on operations, investor relations, and portfolio research. She previously worked as a Communications Associate at UC Berkeley's Office of Sustainability and Energy and as a GIS consultant at StreetLight Data, and holds a B.S. in Society & Environment and a B.A. in Geography from UC Berkeley.

Rayna Kutsal is an Operations Associate at CIM based in San Francisco. She previously served as Manager of Membership & Communications at the Hotel Council of San Francisco and holds a B.A. in Psychology from UC Davis.

Sam Huang is an Associate on CIM's Investment team, based in New York City. He previously worked as an Associate at Hudson Cove Capital Management focused on underwriting asset-based lending, and as a Macroeconomic Analyst at CTBC Financial Holding.

Sami Aldabyani is an Associate on CIM's investment team with a background in mortgage, consumer, and SME capital markets, having previously worked at EnFin, Funding Circle, and PennyMac. He is a CFA charterholder with a B.A. in Economics and Accounting from UC Santa Barbara.

A junior investment analyst on CIM's investment team based in Bogotá, Colombia. He previously worked as a financial risk consultant at Deloitte & Touche and as a microeconomics teaching assistant at Universidad de los Andes, where he earned an M.Sc. in Applied Economics and a B.S. in Economics.

COO of CIM with extensive experience in investment management and fintech. Previously President of LendingClub's investment management subsidiary, a Managing Director at BlackRock, and a Principal at Barclays Global Investors, and also led business operations at LendingClub and Shopify's Merchant Services division. Holds an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and a BS from Cornell University.