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Ameris Bank and CoreVest have appointed new leaders to spearhead their wholesale and private lending operations.
Ameris Bank has appointed Brian Parks (pictured left) as head of wholesale banking, a newly created role where he will report directly to president Lawton Bassett. Based in Atlanta, Parks will oversee Treasury management, industry specialty banking, commercial real estate and capital markets, and corporate banking, as well as the metro Atlanta market.
Parks joined Ameris in 2020 as regional president, leading the bank’s expansion throughout Florida from Jacksonville to Tampa. He brings over 22 years of experience from his time at SunTrust (now Truist), where he held roles such as commercial team leader and regional president, and advised middle-market businesses in the Southeast on complex capital structures.
“Brian has broad banking expertise and a proven ability to lead high performing teams,” Bassett said. “In this newly created position of head of wholesale banking, he will spearhead the company’s growth initiatives and build upon our strong commitment to customer service.”
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Meanwhile, CoreVest American Finance Lender has named Fred Matera (pictured right) as chief executive officer. Matera has been with CoreVest’s parent company Redwood since 2019 and served as co-head of CoreVest for the past year. He will report to Dash Robinson, president of Redwood.
With over 30 years in the residential lending and fixed income markets, Matera previously served as chief investment officer at Redwood and led the residential consumer mortgage banking platform.
CoreVest provides long-term rental portfolio loans, short-term bridge loans, investment credit lines, and build-for-rent programs. The company has reported closing nearly $23 billion in loans and financed over 160,000 units.
"Fred’s proven track record and market expertise will be instrumental as CoreVest enters a new stage of growth,” Redwood CEO Christopher Abate said in a Press release.
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