David Hastie

David is a finance, lending and leadership professional with over 20 years of experience across a broad range of debt products including asset-based lending, real estate, cash flow term lending, subordinated and mezzanine debt. He possesses extensive experience in leading high-performing teams, building brand awareness through business development activities, sourcing and negotiating new transactions, underwriting financing transactions, and managing a portfolio of borrowing relationships.

In his role as Senior Managing Director for Fiera Private Debt, David is responsible for executive leadership in managing and overseeing origination activities, assisting with the structuring and selection of credits and overseeing the day-to-day portfolio management of debt investments. He is also involved with business strategy and the development of critical processes and procedures to continually streamline the debt investment process.

Prior to joining Fiera Private Debt in May 2024, David was Managing Director, Head of Originations at Cortland Credit Group, where he was responsible for all loan origination activities for the firm, including management of the origination team. Prior to Cortland, he has worked in loan origination and leadership roles for sub debt lender First West Capital, Roynat Capital (subsidiary of Scotiabank) and equipment lender, GE Capital. He also spent 2 years as an investment banker with BMO Capital Markets in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets business units.

He holds an undergraduate degree (B.Comm) from the University of British Columbia and an MBA (Honours) from McGill University. He lives in downtown Toronto with his wife and young daughter.