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Red Oak Appoints New President and Chief Operating Officer

Red Oak, a Michigan-based commercial real estate finance company and Regulation A+ sponsor, has named a new president and chief operating officer.

Red Oak, a Michigan-based commercial real estate finance company and Regulation A+ sponsor, has named Paul Cleary as president and chief operating officer. He brings nearly 25 years of national commercial real estate lending experience and has held leadership positions at lenders including securitization, private credit and regulated institutions.

Prior to joining Red Oak, Cleary served as the senior loan originator at Parkview Financial, a national private mid-market commercial real estate lender specializing in construction lending. He was previously COO at Money360, a mid-balance bridge lender where “he was instrumental in developing the company’s technology platform and implementing operational efficiencies,” the company said.

“Throughout Paul’s 25 years in commercial real estate, he has become an expert in many facets of the industry,” said Gary Bechtel chief executive officer. “We believe Paul will increase production efficiency at Red Oak by implementing his knowledge in operational tools and information systems, as well as team and portfolio management.”

In past roles, Cleary served as executive vice president of loan production at Cherrywood Commercial Lending, LLC, senior vice president of commercial real estate lending at Kinecta Federal Credit Union, and SVP of operations and credit at Impac Commercial Capital Corporation.

He holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Irvine, a juris doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Red Oak Capital Holdings is a group of commercial real estate capital entities that lends and invests on commercial real estate, raising capital through retail and institutional channels.

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