Jonathan Westeinde Chief Executive Officer

Jonathan is the founder and CEO of the Windmill Development Group. He brings vast experience in finance as well as corporate strategy and business development as they relate to green development practices.

Under Jonathan’s leadership, the team has been directly engaged in over $5B in high performing socially responsible real estate outcomes.

Jonathan is specifically interested in creating alternative financing vehicles to create ‘planet fit’ real estate assets. He is a recognized leader in Canada for finding innovative solutions for non-conventional lifecycle financing. These include innovative partnerships to create zero carbon district energy systems and energy services contracts to introduce geothermal and green loans.

Jonathan’s most recent focus has been originating and co-managing The One Planet Living Real Estate Fund, a new real estate impact fund which is driving a $1B pipeline of new One Planet Living communities in Canada.

In 2021, Jonathan was recognized as one of Canada’s Clean 16 for his contribution to clean capitalism in Canada, and in 2018, he received the National Green Building Leader award from the CaGBC. He sits on a number of profit and non-profit boards.

Before founding Windmill, Jonathan was a founding partner of Venbridge, a venture capital services division of Gowlings, one of Canada’s leading law firms. Before that, Jonathan was CEO and founder of LOSC, Inc., a Boston-based venture capital firm. He also held senior positions with Corel Corporation and Exocom Consulting after completing his MBA at Trinity College, Dublin.