Mr. Mainelli joined Hudson Cove in 2009. Prior to joining Hudson Cove, he spent 11 years at Merrill Lynch from 1998, most recently in the Non-Mortgage ABS Principal Investment Group as a Portfolio Manager and Trader focused on, amongst others, whole loans, securities and portfolio hedging for 7 years. Before that, he was in the CDO/Credit Derivatives Group for 4 years, assisting in the structuring, trading and portfolio monitoring of CBOs and CLOs.

Earlier in his career he worked in the civil and environmental engineering field for 6 years.

Mr. Mainelli received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Rutgers University and an M.B.A from Fordham University. He is a CFA® charterholder.