Jacques Gauthier handles various types of financing, with a specialty in multi-residential and CMHC insured. His clientele includes commercial investors and developers. Mr. Gauthier has more than 35 years of experience in real estate.

Prior to joining CMLS in 2016, Mr. Gauthier built his career as an underwriter for CMHC before moving on to the mortgage financing private sector. In 1989, he started his own real estate agency. Mr. Gauthier is a licensed real estate broker and a member of OACIQ. He graduated from the University of Québec in Montréal.

Nektar oversees the commercial real estate finance division in Quebec. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the team and all aspects of commercial servicing operations. He has more than 24 years of experience in commercial real estate in various capacities including real estate brokerage, lending and acquisitions.

Prior to joining CMLS in 2019, Mr. Diamantopoulos held several senior executive level positions in the finance and real estate industry. He was responsible for representing clients on asset sales and developing financing solutions, targeting both conventional mortgage financing and equity sourcing. His appointment with CMLS will support the growth of our commercial lending and brokerage business in Montreal and further increases our commitment to, and investment in, the Quebec market. Nektar holds a Bachelor of Arts – Urban Planning from Concordia University.

Santiago Garcia-Rejon specializes in construction financing but also handles various types of financings including office, retail, industrial, hotels, senior housing and multi-residential. Mr. Garcia -Rejon is also a member of the CMLS Financial team responsible for delivering CMHC’s rental construction finance initiative. Santiago’s clientele includes commercial real estate investors and property developers.

Prior to joining CMLS Financial in Montreal, Mr. Garcia worked in the real estate finance groups at two major Canadian banks.

Serge Leduc focuses on all types of commercial real estate products, including office, retail, industrial, hotels, senior housing and multi-residential. He works with private portfolio owners as well as corporate and institutional clients. Mr. Leduc has 37 years of experience in the real estate industry.

Prior to joining CMLS in 2011, Mr. Leduc held a number of key roles, including partner with a leading Quebec real estate appraisal firm, Director of Acquisitions for one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers, and Senior Director of Commercial Financing for a Canadian chartered bank. He was a professional appraiser for 25 years and is an accredited member of OACIQ. Mr. Leduc holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in real estate business from the University of Québec in Montréal.

Charles-Benoit specializes in the multi-family asset class and supports the growth of the commercial brokerage and lending division for the Montreal and Quebec markets. Prior to joining CMLS, Charles-Benoit was a member of the Capital Markets team for a prominent brokerage firm. He was involved in the underwriting, due diligence and marketing of complex multi-residential dispositions of single assets and portfolios of direct real estate throughout the province of Quebec; participating in the closing of over $900 million in transactional volume since 2017. Charles-Benoit holds a Bachelor of Commerce, major in Finance from John Molson School of Business (Concordia University), is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and is a registered Commercial Real Estate Broker with OACIQ.

Charles-André works in the commercial brokerage and lending division in Quebec. Mr. Roy is responsible for conducting real estate debt and equity transactions. His expertise ranges from all asset classes and all financings such as conventional, CMHC insured loans, mezzanine and others. Prior to joining CMLS in 2019, Charles-André worked as an associate in the Debt & Structured Finance division at prominent brokerage firm. He was responsible for conducting real estate mortgage brokerage representing institutional and high net worth private clients. Mr. Roy has worked on over $1Bin real estate financing through construction, acquisitions, refinancing, equity, and other related deals. In addition, Charles-André conducted over $300 Million in real estate investment sales transactions.

Charles-André holds a Bachelor of Commerce, major in Finance from John Molson School of Business (Concordia). He is also Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

Andrew Ricciardi specializes in construction financing but also handles a variety of oncome producing asset types. He has over 10 years of real estate finance experience. Mr. Ricciardi is a member of the CMLS Financial team responsible for delivering CMHC’s rental construction finance initiative. His clientele includes commercial real estate investors and property developers.

Prior to joining CMLS in 2015, Mr. Ricciardi worked on several real estate projects in various roles. He holds an Executive MBA from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University.