John Pennington

John Pennington is currently Partner Emeritus and the Bridge Investment Group Board of Directors – Secretary.

Until March 2021, John was the; (i) CCO – Chief Compliance Officer and point of contact for all inquiries regarding U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance, regulations and exams, (ii) DCFO – Deputy Chief Financial Officer with signing authority on over 1,500 bank accounts, (iii) President of over 100 Bridge controlled corporations in Delaware, (iv) AMLO – Anti-Money Laundering Officer for all of the Bridge controlled Cayman Islands international feeder funds, (v) Secretary for the Bridge Partners Committee, the Bridge ALCO Committee and the Bridge Fund Operations Committee, (vi) member of the investment committee for the Real Estate Opportunity Capital Fund LP – “Bridge Multifamily Fund I”, (vii) the Head Chair of Bridge’s Business Recovery & Continuity committee and (viii) the FINRA super account administrator (SAA) for Bridge Investment Group.

John Co-Founded Bridge Investment Group’s family of private equity funds in 2008. During his tenure at Bridge Investment Group, he has held a Series 65 and a Series 7 securities designation, with additional responsibilities for Bridge Investment Group’s Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) entities, SEC financial reporting & compliance, Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) regulations , the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulations, Europe’s AIFMD regulations, the firm’s risk matrix, onsite SEC exams, code of ethics, securities licensing for Investment Advisor Representatives (IAR), policies and procedures manual, budgets, insider trading mitigation and prevention, general solicitation, pitchbook and advertising, social media, financial reports, fund formation, filing Form ADV, filing Form PF, filing REG D Form D, Blue Sky filings, investor reporting, capital raising, bank relationships, private equity fund management, corporate insurance liability, anti-money laundering, real estate loan underwriting including large acquisitions from government auctions and also quarterly & annual fiduciary compliance training of Bridge personnel.

John Co-Founded Bridge Loan Capital Fund LP in 2005 and served as Managing Director until 2020. He was the Co-Founder and President (1989 to 2016) of an import/export company, which subsequently enabled the Co-Founding & Co-Ownership of businesses located in Spain, Canada, Germany and Puerto Rico. From 1997 through 1999 he was a Co-Owner and Operations Officer of a publicly held company with 140 employees where he was responsible for audits, SEC reporting, and international sales. In 2003 he served on the Advisory Board of the Westminster College School of Business in Salt Lake City, Utah and in 1988 earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Utah.