Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018236
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Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 for managing the servicing and asset management departments, loan restructurings and loan workouts. He also takes the lead in strategically developing and expanding our servicing and asset management functions. With more than 20 years of commercial real estate finance, loan restructuring and loan workout experience, Mr. van der Reis has an extensive background in special servicing. Prior to coming to Arbor, he worked for one of the premier special servicers in the commercial mortgage backed securities ("CMBS") industry for over two decades where he gained invaluable experience working out and restructuring complex CMBS loans. Mr. van der Reis was also responsible for the processing and resolution of all performing loan consent matters, including the management of credit, underwriting and structuring of sale and assumption transactions.

Gianni Ottaviano. Mr. Ottaviano is responsible for managing the complete flow of structured loan production at Arbor, including comprehensive deal management, screening and oversight of team members. He also oversees and manages the flow of multifamily structured transactions that are sourced by Arbor’s national sales team. During Mr. Ottaviano’s tenure with Arbor, he has taken on a variety of increasingly vital roles within the group, including loan production, transaction screening, underwriting, deal management, relationship management, closing and asset management. Mr. Ottaviano began his real estate industry career with Arbor in 1999 after working for five years in the accounting group at Ford Models.

Steven Katz. Mr. Katz is responsible for growing Arbor’s presence in the residential real estate market, including the firm’s Single-Family Rental Portfolio platform. Mr. Katz has more than two decades of experience in mortgage trading, securitization, banking and servicing. Prior to joining Arbor, Mr. Katz served as a Managing Director for Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for leading the residential loan trading and lending groups. In his previous role, he served as CEO and Chief Investment Officer for Seneca Mortgage, a brand of privately held entities focused on residential mortgage servicing and investments. Mr. Katz previously worked in other capacities for Arbor, such as serving as Chief Investment Officer for Arbor Residential Mortgage.

David E. Friedman. David Friedman joined Arbor in 2022 as Executive Vice President responsible for leading Arbor’s loan-syndicated lending platform tasked with the development of our strategic partnerships for loan origination and establishing access to new sources of capital, as well as managing and growing existing relationships to fund Arbor’s business needs. In May 2024, David was given expanded responsibilities and named as Chief Credit Officer and Head of Non