Key Takeaways
- • ACORE CAPITAL, a leading U.S. commercial real estate debt investment manager, appointed Cynthia Holahan as Chief Marketing Officer in a newly created role effective June 9, 2026.
- • Holahan brings over 20 years of marketing and communications experience, most recently serving as Head of Marketing for North America at Ninety One, a $226 billion global asset manager.
- • In her new position, Holahan will oversee ACORE CAPITAL's global marketing strategy, brand positioning, investor communications, and business development marketing efforts.
- • Her career includes progressive leadership roles at premier asset managers including OppenheimerFunds, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and Goldman Sachs' Executive Office, where she directed marketing strategies and led strategic initiatives at the C-suite level.
- • CEO Warren de Haan characterized the appointment as part of ACORE CAPITAL's strategy to build a world-class leadership team and amplify the firm's brand positioning to deepen global investor relationships.
Summary
ACORE CAPITAL announced the appointment of Cynthia Holahan as Chief Marketing Officer on June 9, 2026, establishing a newly created executive position within the commercial real estate debt investment firm. In this role, Holahan will lead the firm's global marketing strategy, brand positioning, investor communications, and business development marketing initiatives across all geographies.
Holahan joins ACORE CAPITAL with a demonstrated track record of building sophisticated marketing functions at tier-one asset managers. Most recently, she served as Head of Marketing for North America at Ninety One, a $226 billion global asset management firm, where she built and directed brand positioning, corporate communications, public relations, and channel marketing across the U.S. and Canada. Prior to this role, she held senior marketing positions at OppenheimerFunds, where she led institutional, private wealth, and EMEA marketing operations across the firm's growth channels and regions.
Her earlier career included 14 years at Goldman Sachs in progressively senior roles. She served as Vice President of Marketing & Communications within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), directing marketing strategy for the firm's quantitative and fundamental equity strategies. Additionally, she spent time in Goldman's Executive Office, where she led a global leadership program and strategic initiatives alongside then-CEO Lloyd Blankfein, demonstrating exposure to C-suite operations and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
CEO Warren de Haan framed the appointment as a milestone in ACORE CAPITAL's organizational development, stating that Holahan's "perspective and relationships will help amplify our brand and deepen our investor relationships globally." The move signals the firm's intention to elevate its marketing and investor engagement capabilities as it enters what leadership characterized as "an exciting next chapter" for the organization.
Holahan joins ACORE CAPITAL with a demonstrated track record of building sophisticated marketing functions at tier-one asset managers. Most recently, she served as Head of Marketing for North America at Ninety One, a $226 billion global asset management firm, where she built and directed brand positioning, corporate communications, public relations, and channel marketing across the U.S. and Canada. Prior to this role, she held senior marketing positions at OppenheimerFunds, where she led institutional, private wealth, and EMEA marketing operations across the firm's growth channels and regions.
Her earlier career included 14 years at Goldman Sachs in progressively senior roles. She served as Vice President of Marketing & Communications within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), directing marketing strategy for the firm's quantitative and fundamental equity strategies. Additionally, she spent time in Goldman's Executive Office, where she led a global leadership program and strategic initiatives alongside then-CEO Lloyd Blankfein, demonstrating exposure to C-suite operations and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
CEO Warren de Haan framed the appointment as a milestone in ACORE CAPITAL's organizational development, stating that Holahan's "perspective and relationships will help amplify our brand and deepen our investor relationships globally." The move signals the firm's intention to elevate its marketing and investor engagement capabilities as it enters what leadership characterized as "an exciting next chapter" for the organization.
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