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This list showcases the top United States based CFO’ operating in the Commercial Real Estate space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Noaman Ahmad
CFO of Doma
Noaman Ahmad is the chief financial officer of States Title responsible for all aspects of finance and underwriting. previously, Noaman was Senior Vice President of Finance for a multi-billion global insurance company where he oversaw finance, investments, strategy and M&A and led the company and its investors through a successful sale and exit. Earlier in his career, he was a general manager at Aon and also led Aon’s consumer and SME innovation effort. Noaman started his career as a management consultant with Bain & Company and subsequently spent several years as a Private Equity investor in the US and UK.
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About Doma: Doma is an insurtech platform that uses machine intelligence to remove friction from residential real estate transactions.
Tom Cashel
CFO of MetaProp
Tom Cashel serves as MetaProp’s Chief Financial Officer providing all support services required to leverage the team and run the business operations, including accounting, compliance, HR, strategic advice, budgeting and modeling. Tom also supervises the firm’s professional tax and fund administration vendors. Tom is also a Managing Director at Chatsworth Securities a Greenwich, CT based investment banking firm. Earlier, Tom was a Partner with Brookfield Financial in New York where he focused as a real estate investment banker on the senior living space to project the firm’s Toronto based healthcare expertise into the US marketplace. Prior to this Tom spent 7 years up to late 2013 working with Cushman & Wakefield running a Capital Markets team in the EMEA region. Tom started his career as an emerging market debt and derivatives trader predecessors to JP Morgan in New York, London and Warsaw and later as an investment banker at ING Barings, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and America’s Growth Capital. At DLJ and AGC where he served both banks as a Managing Director, Tom was heavily focused on technology business, including principal merchant banking investments. Tom managed DLJ’s JV with Poalim Capital Markets covering pre-IPO tech companies interested to list on the NASDAQ. Tom also spent several years working with a partner on US technology M&A transactions. Tom spent 12 years in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. He is a graduate of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company Management Training Program – Finance. He pursued non-matriculated course work towards a master’s in international relations at the University of Southern California in London before deciding he preferred to start work in banking and holds a BA from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Tom holds FINRA Series 7, 79 & 63 registrations and a New York State Real Estate Salesperson license.
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About MetaProp: MetaProp is a venture capital firm focused on the real estate technology industry.
Mike Peregrina
CFO & Co-Founder of Homie
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About Homie: Homie is the future of home buying and selling. Customers save thousands of dollars—we’re not focused on commissions. #wegotyourback
Marie D Reynolds
Chief Financial Officer of Boston Financial Investment Management
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About Boston Financial Investment Management: Boston Financial Investment Management is a real estate investment management company.
Marie D Reynolds
Chief Financial Officer of Boston Financial Investment Management
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About Boston Financial Investment Management: Boston Financial Investment Management is a real estate investment management company.
Andrew Gregoire
CFO of Life Storage, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 2012. Previously, Andrew served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance from 1998 to 2012. Prior to joining Sovran, he was a Senior Manager at Ernst and Young LP where he was employed from 1988 to 1998. It was at Ernst & Young in which Andrew was introduced to Sovran during the Company’s Initial Public Offering in 1995. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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About Life Storage, Inc.: Life Storage, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT).
Alan Catherall
CFO and President of AirSage
Alan B. Catherall is the President and Chief Financial Officer of AirSage.
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About AirSage: AirSage provides population location, movement, and traffic information based on wireless signaling data.
Almon C. Hall III
SVP & CFO of Nortek
CFO at Nortek
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About Nortek: Nortek, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of residential and commercial building products primarily in the United States, Canada,
Richard Whitney
Senior Vice President and CFO of Brookfield Residential Properties
Mr. Richard T. Whitney has been the President of Brookfield California Land Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Brookfield Residential Corp. since 2002 and also serves as Senior Vice President of Southern California Land. Mr. Whitney served as a Senior Vice President, Finance of Brookfield Residential Group. He joined Brookfield Properties in 1989.
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About Brookfield Residential Properties: Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. operates as a land developer and homebuilder in North America.
Craig J. Laurie
CFO of Brookfield Residential Properties
Craig J. Laurie is the CFO at Brookfield Residential Properties
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About Brookfield Residential Properties: Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. operates as a land developer and homebuilder in North America.
Alan Goldman
Chief Financial Officer of eXp Realty
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About eXp Realty: eXp Realty is a cloud-based real estate brokerage that provides brokers and realtors with training, tools, and support.
Dawn K. Neher
CFO of Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC)
Dawn Neher is the CFO of CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center). She previously served as the CFO of New England Development. Before joining New England Development, Dawn Neher served as senior vice president at Aetna Realty Investors where she specialized in acquisitions and joint ventures. Ms. Neher received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Hartford and a master’s in business administration from the University of Connecticut. Her professional affiliations include memberships in the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, New England Women in Real Estate, National Association of Female Executives, The Boston Club, and Real Estate Finance Association.
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About Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC): Cambridge Innovation Center is an office space facility for small and growing companies.
Jordan Kozar
President & Chief Financial Officer of Red Dot Storage
Jordan Kozar is a President & Chief Financial Officer at Red Dot Storage. Kozar joined Sunnova Energy Corporation in February 2015. Kozar brings valuable financial expertise from his prior role as an investment banker, including extensive experience with capital markets transactions, knowledge of the energy industry and familiarity with master limited partnerships. Prior to joining Sunnova Kozar was employed in the investment banking group with Citigroup Global Markets as Vice President of Capital Markets from 2006 to 2015. While at Citigroup, Kozar focused on the energy sector, primarily covering midstream companies. Kozar graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance degree.
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About Red Dot Storage: Red Dot Storage is a company offering storage services to individuals and businesses.
Greg Conley
Executive Managing Director,& CFO of HFF
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About HFF: HFF incorporates capital markets knowledge with local real estate expertise to successfully complete
Michal Pasula
Chief Financial Officer of Genea
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About Genea: Genea is a SaaS cloud-Based, automated property technology in Access Control, Overtime HVAC management, and Submeter Billing.
Troves B Gilbert
Chief Financial Officer of Koontz Construction
Troves Gilbert has served as Chief Financial Officer of Koontz Corporation since its founding in 1997. Mr. Gilbert has over 36 years of experience in finance, accounting, construction, and commercial real estate. During his tenure with the Company, he has been primarily responsible for the financial aspects of real estate transactions totaling over $1.3 billion. He has oversight responsibility for the Company’s accounting, finance, risk management, human resources, and information technology. As a member of Koontz Corporation’s executive leadership team, he is active in strategic planning and providing overall direction for the Company. Prior to joining Koontz Corporation, Mr. Gilbert was a CPA with the first ten years of his career spent with the San Antonio office of Ernst & Young.
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About Koontz Construction: Koontz Construction is a vertically integrated commercial construction division of Koontz Corp.
Joe F. Martinez
Chief Financial Officer of Metis Legacy Group
Joe F. Martinez is a senior partner at Hangar 75. He is also the co-founder and advisor at CREELiT.
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About Metis Legacy Group: Métis Legacy Partners is actively engaged in the acquisition of multi-family real estate.
Timothy Leal
Chief Financial Officer of Genesis
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About : Genesis provides civil engineering, landscape architecture, planning, GIS, CEI, and urban design services.
Samuel M. Goldstein
CFO of Galman Group
Samuel M. Goldstein serves as the Chief Financial Officer at The Galman Group.
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About Galman Group: Galman Group creates quality rental apartment homes with numerous amenities, convenient locations, and tranquil environments.
Rich Pankow
Chief Financial Officer of Goodall Homes
Rich Pankow has been the Chief Financial Officer for Goodall Homes since 2009. Rich began his career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen in 2000 and started in residential construction and development with NVR in 2004. Rich has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Georgia, a Master of Accountancy from the College of William and Mary and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Mercer University. Rich is an officer of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville, and he and his wife Jenny have three sons.
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About Goodall Homes: Goodall Homes provides single-family and other traditional homes.
John Wilson
CFO of Fairway America
John Wilson serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Fairway America.
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About Fairway America: Fairway America is a full-service private equity and advisory firm focusing on commercial real estate asset-based investments.
Frank Dolbow
Chief Financial Officer of Taylor & Mathis
Frank joined T&M in 1988 and, since 1995, has served as Chief Financial Officer responsible for the company’s accounting, financial, tax, information systems and human resources matters. Prior to joining the company, Frank served as Treasury Analyst for Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. He began his career as a Staff Accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Frank received his CPA certificate in 1985. Frank is from Salem, New Jersey. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Virginia.
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About Taylor & Mathis: Taylor & Mathis is a diversified real estate company specializing in the development, marketing and management of office.
Kenneth A. Steele
CFO of Hatteras Financial
Mr. Steele is the chief financial officer, secretary and treasurer of our manager and has been our chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary since September 2007. Since September 2002, Mr. Steele has also been the chief financial officer, secretary and treasurer of ACM. Prior to joining ACM, Mr. Steele had been a senior manager with Dixon Odom PLLC, an accounting firm, where he specialized in real estate, financial institutions, and mergers and acquisitions since 1991. He was responsible for the firm’s REIT tax work and for public and private real estate investment partnerships. He also provided consulting services related to corporate finance, commercial and residential development, and equity investment. A certified licensed public accountant, Mr. Steele earned a Masters of Accounting from the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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About Hatteras Financial: Hatteras Financial is an externally-managed mortgage REIT.
Steven M. Belote
CFO of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust
Steven M. Belote, a Certified Public Accountant, has served as our Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since August 2011. After receiving a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech University, he spent seven years working in Washington, DC with BDO Seidman, LLP, a large international public accounting and consulting firm. In June 1995, he joined Shore Bank as their CFO, subsequently playing a significant role in taking the bank public in 1997. Mr. Belote served as CFO for the bank’s publicly-traded bank holding company, Shore Financial Corporation, until the company was purchased in June 2008. Mr. Belote continued as the bank’s CFO until becoming its president in June 2009; a role he held until December 2010.
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About Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a leading REIT dedicated to opportunistically acquiring and re-invigorating well-located,
Steven M. Belote
CFO of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust
Steven M. Belote, a Certified Public Accountant, has served as our Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since August 2011. After receiving a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech University, he spent seven years working in Washington, DC with BDO Seidman, LLP, a large international public accounting and consulting firm. In June 1995, he joined Shore Bank as their CFO, subsequently playing a significant role in taking the bank public in 1997. Mr. Belote served as CFO for the bank’s publicly-traded bank holding company, Shore Financial Corporation, until the company was purchased in June 2008. Mr. Belote continued as the bank’s CFO until becoming its president in June 2009; a role he held until December 2010.
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About Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a leading REIT dedicated to opportunistically acquiring and re-invigorating well-located,
Michael V. Pappagallo
CFO of Brixmor Property Group
Michael V. Pappagallo is the CFO at Brixmor Property Group.
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About Brixmor Property Group: Brixmor Property Group Inc. (Brixmor), is a internally-managed real estate investment trust
Doug Vaughn
Chief Financial Officer of Lig Assets
Mr. Vaughn has been a senior finance analyst with major financial institutions such as the former Leader Financial Corporation and Union Planters Mortgage, both now Regions Bank. While there he was responsible for all line of business and product profitability reporting and assisted marketing with customer profitability systems. He was responsible for bringing Risk Adjusted Capital analysis to the savings industry before it became a regulatory requirement. While at Union Planters Mortgage he installed software to amortize and impair test the Mortgage Servicing Rights, some of the most complicated derivative instruments in existence. While at First Tennessee Capital Markets (FTN Financial) he was responsible for marketing the Mergers and Acquisitions departments as well as the Asset Liability and bond accounting departments. He also spent time in Structured Finance working with company issued Collateralized Debt Obligations.
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About Lig Assets: Lig Assets is a multi-faceted worldwide investment company that focuses on real estate, media, and the seafood industry.
Jason Kelley
CFO of FullCapitalStack
Jason Kelley is Chief Financial Officer at Thirty Capital.
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About Commercial Defeasance, FullCapitalStack, Thirty Capital: FullCapitalStack is part of the QuietStream Financial portfolio of innovative companies.
Brett A. Brown
CFO & EVP of Inland Private Capital
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About Inland Private Capital: Inland Private Capital offers replacement properties exchange transactions and multiple-owner real estate investment solutions.
