Chief Executive Officer
Gary Bechtel
Four decades in institutional CRE lending; $10B+ originated, including scaling a national lending platform from $24M to $850M AUM.
The Team
The team has been here before.
Lenders, owners, operators, and servicers — across every cycle since the early ’90s. The seats we sit in now, we’ve sat across from.
$25B+team career CRE financings
150+years combined experience
$10B+originated by our CEO
Leadership
Leadership
President & Chief Strategy Officer
Raymond T. Davis
20+ years across real estate finance, fund formation, and M&A; leads Oak’s strategy and insurance SMA platform.
Chief Sales & Distribution Officer
Kevin P. Kennedy
26 years at BlackRock; leads capital formation and distribution relationships.
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Paul Cleary
Runs the platform’s operations and holds its credit standards; operator and attorney in one seat.
Chief Financial Officer
Thomas A. McGovern
20+ years on Wall Street — Nomura, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers. CPA and CFA.
EVP & Chief Credit Officer
Matthew Webster
30+ years in CRE credit; former Global Head of Real Estate Finance at HSBC. CFA.
Capital Markets & Investments
Brook Scardina
20+ years in institutional capital markets; roughly $12B deployed across cycles.
Senior Advisor Legal Affairs
Robert R. Kaplan, Jr.
$4B+ in securities transactions; recognized by Best Lawyers every year since 2013.
Commercial Real Estate Lending