Jeff Hinkle
InvestorSenior Managing Director, Portfolio Management at EJF Ventures
About
Jeff Hinkle, CFA, rejoined EJF in 2024, having previously worked there from 2008 to 2016 as portfolio manager of the firm's debt opportunities strategies and a member of its Executive Committee. Between those tenures he founded Shoals Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm investing across the capital structure in the financial and real estate sectors, where he was Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. Earlier in his career he worked as a life insurance sector analyst at FBR and as an Associate Director at Navigant Consulting, and he holds an Economics degree from the College of William & Mary.
Colleagues at EJF Ventures
Alexandra Lawrence LaFrankie
Chief Compliance Officer at EJF Ventures
Asheel Shah
Senior Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Development at EJF Ventures
Brett Nelson
Managing Director, Portfolio Management at EJF Ventures
David Gallagher
Director, Business Development at EJF Ventures
Derrick Preuss
Managing Director, Business Development at EJF Ventures
Elizabeth VanBiervliet
Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Management at EJF Ventures
Jason Ruggiero
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager at EJF Ventures
Jay Ghatalia
Managing Director, Global Head of Fund Accounting at EJF Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jeff Hinkle?
- Jeff Hinkle, CFA, rejoined EJF in 2024, having previously worked there from 2008 to 2016 as portfolio manager of the firm's debt opportunities strategies and a member of its Executive Committee. Between those tenures he founded Shoals Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm investing across the capital structure in the financial and real estate sectors, where he was Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. Earlier in his career he worked as a life insurance sector analyst at FBR and as an Associate Director at Navigant Consulting, and he holds an Economics degree from the College of William & Mary.
- Where does Jeff Hinkle work?
- Jeff Hinkle is Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Management at EJF Ventures.








