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Carl White

Management Consultant & Executive Director

€2,200/day
Berlin, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Carl

International Executive & Legal Strategist | Real Estate, Capital Raising, Business Development

I am a globally experienced executive and legal strategist with over 15 years of expertise across real estate investments, capital acquisition, and business development. My career spans Europe, the U.S., Africa, and Southeast Asia, where I have advised leading institutions, governments, and high-growth ventures on complex, high-value initiatives.

With a law degree from Stanford University and a track record of securing over USD 3 billion in capital, I operate at the intersection of finance, strategy, and innovation. I specialize in cross-border transactions, sustainable growth strategies, and structuring deals that unlock long-term value.

Fluent in four languages and equipped with strong negotiation skills, I bring creative, solution-oriented thinking and a global network to every engagement. Whether supporting a one-week sprint or a year-long transformation, I deliver results with precision, agility, and a deep understanding of diverse regulatory and commercial landscapes.



  • German

    Fluent

  • Italian

    Basic

  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Edenwell Capital Partners
    Chief Strategy Officer
    REAL ESTATE
    October 2025 - Today (9 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    Leading strategic vision and execution for a purpose driven real estate platform focused on transforming the living sector through impact integration, technology enablement, and intergenerational design. Responsible for developing investment frameworks that unite Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA), co-living, and senior living into financially sustainable, technology-enhanced communities.
    Key Responsibilities:

    - Architect investment strategies and capital structures that align institutional return requirements with measurable social impact across housing sectors, including affordable housing integration and community value creation
    - Design and implement technology roadmaps for smart building infrastructure, operational efficiency platforms, and ethical data monetization strategies that enhance resident experience while creating additional revenue streams
    - Develop partnerships with impact investors, development finance institutions, and strategic operators across the PBSA, co-living, and senior living sectors to build scalable deployment capabilities
    - Structure innovative financing vehicles and public-private partnerships that leverage impact capital, traditional debt markets, and equity to fund intergenerational mixed-use developments
    - Lead market analysis and site selection across target geographies, incorporating demographic trends, regulatory landscapes, and impact opportunity assessments into acquisition strategy
    - Build frameworks for measuring and reporting social outcomes, from educational support programs to health and wellness initiatives, that meet investor ESG requirements and maximize community benefit
    - Collaborate with development, operations, and technology teams to ensure strategic alignment from concept through operational delivery
    Corporate strategy construction Coaching Business development English
  • FUNomenal Ventures Berlin
    CEO/Founder
    REAL ESTATE
    February 2016 - May 2022 (6 years and 3 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    • Supervise, research, and analyze processes for real estate evaluations and transactions.
    • Meet fnancial and growth return brand objectives through the identifcation of quality sites that see an IRR of a minimum of 17%.
    • Identifed 6 off-market properties across Europe and Southeast US states in conjunction with major developers and to obtain planning permission, raised equity, and secured debt fnancing.
    • Leveraged high-level contacts at European Debt Capital Market teams to raise over €3 billion in fnancing over a 12-month period.
    • Conduct negotiations of rental leases and purchase contracts in compliance with real estate law.
    • Foster strong and lasting relationships with domestic and international investors, equity funds, lenders for equity and debt.
    • Raised over $175 million in equity capital in 2020 for US-based development projects.
    Entrepreneurship Financial Analysis Effective Team Leader
    Negotiation Business analysis Real Estate Management Business Development Strategic planning
  • White Keys Real Estate Partners LLC
    Chief Investment Officer
    REAL ESTATE
    August 2021 - Today (4 years and 11 months)
    Responsible for sourcing real estate investments by developing and executing new strategic real estate investment alternatives
    designing plans for the selected strategic investment initiatives,
    creating and maintaining an effective acquisition team (outside real estate brokers and consultants) and managing the people, programs, processes, and analysis of acquiring commercial real estate,
    recommending and prosecuting financing programs for the existing portfolio,
    sourcing debt capital to support the activities of the real estate portfolio
    overseeing the operations of the pipeline of real estate development projects.
    Investor relations Real estate artificial intelligence Business plan

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Education

  • Doctor of Law
    Stanford Law School
    2000
    Juris Doctor,
  • Bachelor of Science
    Northeastern University
    1997
    Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Public Policy

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