Background

Michael Ward has over 44 years’ experience in commercial real estate lending and Mortgage banking.  Mr. Ward has worked with real estate owners, and developers to find the most competitive loan terms in the marketplace.  Mr. Ward originates commercial mortgages with institutional investors and borrowers, typically long-term fixed rate, non-recourse debt. Mr. Ward was the President of the former Vanguard Financial Company, where he grew the loan servicing portfolio from $125 million to in excess of $1 billion from 1992 through 1999, of which Vanguard was sold to Fifth Third Real Estate Capital Markets in 1999. In 2003 Mr. Ward joined Triad Capital Advisors as Senior Vice President and Partner from 2003-2013. In October 2013, Mr. Ward formed Vanguard Financial Services as CEO.  Since the beginning Mr. Ward has originated in excess of $10 billion of commercial real estate mortgages.

Education

Michael is a Certified Mortgage Banker. He attended the Ohio State University.