Prior to founding HASTA, the company’s principals built the first ever institutional rental residential platform in Mexico, leveraging their extensive knowledge and experience in the asset class from the U.S. while carefully adapting the platform to meet the needs of the local Mexican market. HASTA’s business is built upon a foundation of providing exceptional world-class customer service to our residents and an ethos of always striving to exceed their residents and customers expectations.

OUR TEAM

Mark Hafner
CEO

Mark is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of HASTA Capital. Prior to founding HASTA, Mark was Senior Managing Director at Greystar, the largest operator of apartments in the U.S. In over 12 years at Greystar, Mark held multiple leadership roles across the company, most recently leading Greystar’s international expansion into Europe and Latin America where he oversaw the investment and development of over 30,000 residential units in Europe and Mexico. During his tenure with Greystar, Mark led the investment, acquisition, and development of over $9.0 Billion USD of multifamily rental properties and student housing.

Mark graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from The State University of New York at Oswego and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He previously worked at Merck & Co. and Clear Channel Communication. Mark is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC).

Rodrigo Suárez
COO GLOBAL, CEO LATIN AMERICA

Rodrigo is the Co-Founder, Global COO, and CEO of HASTA’s Latin America Division. Prior to founding HASTA, Rodrigo was Managing Director at Greystar in Latin America, where he was responsible for all of Greystar’s business activities in the region, including the company’s Investment, Development, and Property Management divisions. Rodrigo was responsible for investing a $250M USD equity fund and for the sourcing, underwriting, negotiating, and execution of the development deals that made up that fund. Rodrigo was also responsible for the management of a 2,000+ unit portfolio in Mexico.

Rodrigo graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from The Cooper Union in New York and received an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. He previously worked at DeSimone Consulting Engineers in New York City as a structural engineer.

Rodrigo is President of the Asociacion de Vivienda en Renta, A.C. (AVER), and a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).

Carlos Aguilar
CFO GLOBAL

Carlos Aguilar is Global Chief Financial Officer of HASTA Capital. Previously, he was CFO of O’Donnell Capital Management, an industrial developer and investment manager. Carlos oversaw fund management, investor relations, capital markets, as well as, financial planning, accounting and taxes.

Before O’Donnell he was the Investments and Financial Planning Director of Abilia, a private real estate company. Carlos headed fund management and investments in office, mixed-used, condominiums and apartments in Mexico and the US. Additionally, he has investment banking experience and was an auditor in PwC.

Carlos has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Tecnologico de Monterrey and an MSRE from New York University.

Jonathan Taylor
CIO GLOBAL

Jonathan is Global Chief Investment Officer of HASTA Capital. Prior to joining HASTA Capital, Jonathan led the Investment Strategy & Research team as Managing Director at Greystar, the largest residential rental specialist globally. Prior to his tenure at Greystar, Jonathan was an Equity Research Associate at Green Street Advisors, a sell-side equity research company focused on independent real estate research.

Jonathan has a wide variety of experience having led the investment strategy efforts of both global institutional investment managers as well as boutique real estate organizations. He has played an instrumental role in privatizing two public real estate companies, formulating, and capitalizing both commingled closed- and open-ended funds, and enhancing the investment process of asset managers through extensive research and thought leadership.

Jonathan graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University. Jonathan is a CFA charter holder and a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive).

Sebastian Muñoz
MANAGING DIRECTOR, SOUTH AMERICA

Sebastian Muñoz is Managing Director of HASTA Capital Colombia. Prior to HASTA, Sebastian was Head of Real Estate of the Andean Region at Deloitte. There he participated in real estate projects for sale and rent, of all asset classes, with GLAs from 5,000 m2 to 140,000 m2. He has also led, as an investment banker, the structuring of private equity funds for real estate development with a pipeline of up to 1.5 trillion Colombian pesos.

Sebastián has participated in multiple real estate projects and developments, capital and debt structuring, financial and real estate transactions, national and international fundraising, in amounts from $1 million to $250 million USD.

Sebastian has a bachelor’s degree in Management Engineering from The University EIA in Medellín. He also has a Master’s degree in Real Estate (Finance and Investment from NYU. Sebastian has also worked in property management and development in Colombia (Alberto Alvarez S S.A.), development in NYC (Titanium Realty Group) and as a banker in the main bank of Colombia (Bancolombia).

Juan Pablo Arango
MANAGING DIRECTOR, COLOMBIA
Juan Pablo formó parte del equipo inicial de HASTA en Suramérica, participando directamente en las primeras transacciones de la empresa en la región. Durante su tiempo en HASTA, ha asumido diversas responsabilidades y cargos, involucrándose en el análisis y generación de nuevos negocios, el desarrollo de proyectos en curso y la operación de activos existentes.
 
Previamente, trabajó en Deloitte dentro de la práctica de Real Estate Financial Advisory, donde participó en consultorías para fondos inmobiliarios y otras compañías enfocadas en el desarrollo, adquisición y transformación de activos inmobiliarios de distintos usos. Lideró y ejecutó procesos de valoración de múltiples activos y portafolios en Colombia, Perú y México, y contribuyó en diversas transacciones y joint ventures en la región. Antes, formó parte del equipo de administración y desarrollo de un parque logístico del cual hoy hace parte de su junta directiva y tuvo pasado en el mercado de valores (Valores Bancolombia) y una Startup post ronda semilla. 
 
Juan Pablo es un BA del Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración (CESA) y ha cursado diversos cursos de especialización en el sector inmobiliario.
Yair Neuman
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CHILE
Yair fue durante 6 años Subgerente de Desarrollo Inmobiliario en Parque Arauco, en donde implementó la diversificación de la compañía hacia inversión en activos de renta residencial, liderando 6 transacciones de multifamily. Antes fue durante 2 años parte del equipo de Fondos Inmobiliarios de LarrainVial Asset Management, levantando capital equivalente a US$ 60 MM para un fondo de multifamily y US$ 50 MM para un fondo de desarrollo residencial para la venta.
 
Yair es Ingeniero Comercial de la Universidad de Chile, tiene un Master en Finanzas en la misma casa de estudios, y ha cursado programas del rubro inmobiliario en distintas instituciones dentro de las que destaca el ESE Business School de la Universidad de los Andes.
Matthew Masinter
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, US INVESTMENTS

Matt Masinter leads HASTA’s US investments team. In this role he is responsible for the overseeing of HASTA’s acquisitions and dispositions throughout the US. Matt was previously Executive Vice President and head of acquisitions and dispositions at Waterton.  While at Waterton, Matt oversaw $6.9 billion of acquisitions, $3.2 billion of dispositions and led the successful deployment of approximately $4 billion of equity in its institutional series of value-add funds and separate accounts.

During his 25+ year career, Matt has transacted on over $11 billion in property acquisitions and dispositions, managing diverse transactions and property/deal types, including value add, core, development, preferred equity, debt, and real estate securities.  Mr. Masinter holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington University in St. Louis. He has previously held the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He is a member of the National Multi Housing Council and the Urban Land Institute.
Trey Miller
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CONSTRUCTION
Trey is Managing Director of Construction at HASTA. Prior to HASTA, Trey was the Managing Director of Renovations and Capital Projects for Mill Creek Residential where he oversaw capital projects for Mill Creek’s national portfolio and built their renovation and due diligence programs from the ground up. Prior to his tenure at Mill Creek, Trey worked at Greystar overseeing both new ground-up construction and renovations of existing properties. Over the past 25 years, Trey has led the construction and renovation of over 15,000 apartment units.
Rob Kolinsky
SENIOR DIRECTOR, ASSET MANAGEMENT

Rob is a Senior Director of Asset Management at HASTA Capital. Prior to joining HASTA, Rob was a Vice President of Asset & Portfolio Management at Pearlmark Real Estate where he oversaw a portfolio of multifamily, student housing, and office properties and was integral in the due diligence process of all new equity and debt investments. Before Pearlmark, Rob was with The Scion Group, overseeing the firm’s $5 billion USD, 60,000+ bed student housing portfolio.

Rob has a wide array of experience in the real estate industry across various functions including acquisitions, asset management, development, and capital markets at firms including J.P. Morgan and Inland Private Capital Corporation.

Rob graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.

Daniel Maldonado
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MEXICO
Daniel Maldonado es Director de Desarrollo para México. Previo a su incorporación a Hasta Capital, se desempeñó como Vicepresidente Asociado en CCLA Group, donde lideró el desarrollo, la construcción y el arranque operativo de diversos activos multifamily en la Ciudad de México y Monterrey. Anteriormente, colaboró en WeWork y en Ópera Desarrolladora, enfocando su trayectoria profesional en el desarrollo inmobiliario.
 
Es Licenciado en Arquitectura por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y cuenta con una Maestría en Reconversión de Proyectos Industriales por la Universidad de la Sorbona, París
Hilde Veda
DIRECTOR, INVESTOR RELATIONS

Hilde Veda is Director of Investor Relations at Hasta Capital. Previously, Hilde was Manager of Portfolio Analytics and Investor Services at PGIM Real Estate, responsible for information for clients and financial analysis of the different Investment Funds. In previous years, she was an Associate of Portfolio Management at PGIM Real Estate, being responsible for the Fund Management of Industrial Assets.

Hilde received her MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.

Andrea Izquierdo
GLOBAL MARKETING DIRECTOR

Andrea Izquierdo is the Global Marketing Director at HASTA Capital. Previously, Andrea was the Head of Marketing at Nomad Living, a company dedicated to managing multifamily housing in Latin America. In this role, she was responsible for designing and implementing marketing strategies aimed at stabilizing asset occupancy and strengthening brand development and positioning. She also led the creation and implementation of a strategic marketing plan for the launch of new projects in Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Mexico. 

Andrea holds a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from the Universidad Anáhuac and a Master's in Digital Marketing from EUDE Business School, as well as a Master's in Integrated Marketing from Universidad Anáhuac Mexico.

Steffani Betancourt
RETAIL ASSET MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR

Steffani was Senior Legal Manager at UrbanHub, a multifamily developer in Mexico City. Steffani was responsible for conducting the due diligence for new property acquisitions, negotiating retail lease, purchase, construction and service contracts for the company, as well as handling insurance and bonds. Prior to UrbanHub, she worked in the Real Estate Department at Walmart Mexico and Centroamerica, where she headed the area responsible for negotiating lease and purchase agreements for new stores.

Steffani received her Master in Corporate Law from Tecnologico de Monterrey and a Bachelor of Law from the same University.