Unreasonable Mentors

Lou Molinari

Global Head of Capital Solutions at Barclays Capital

Lou is an Unreasonable Mentor. Lou has participated in 3 programs, including Unreasonable Impact Americas 2023, and has advised over 39 Unreasonable companies.
Mr. Molinari is a Managing Director and Head of the Capital Solutions group at Barclays, based in New York. Mr. Molinari is responsible for managing the Capital Introductions and Strategic Consulting teams within Prime Services Distribution and is a member of the Prime Services Distribution Senior Management Team. Mr. Molinari joined Barclays in September 2008 from Lehman Brothers, where he was a Managing Director and US Head of the Capital Introductions Investor Coverage group.
Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, he was a founding partner and President of Metropolitan West Securities LLC., a US Investment Advisor and Broker Dealer firm. Under his leadership, Metropolitan West accumulated over $400bn in assets under custody across 50+ account relationships globally. Mr. Molinari was a member of Metropolitan West’s executive, credit and investment committees.
He began his career at Merrill Lynch, working in various roles throughout the firm and ultimately serving as Managing Director of their Institutional Asset Management businesses. Mr. Molinari has a JD from Fordham University Law School and a BS in Business Administration from Fordham University.