Andrew Tauber

About Andrew Tauber

Commercial lending executive and specialty finance leader since 1990 with significant business development, risk management, strategic planning and organizational development experience. Managed organizations to maintain an edge in execution, ensuring that the team is productive and enthusiastic while engaging internal and external communities around it.Currently, President of Apex Commercial Capital and Executive Vice President and Director of Lending Subsidiaries for Firstrust Bank with primary operational focus on the lending subsidiaries of Firstrust. Developing strategic business partnerships, generating alternative investment approaches and roadmaps for revenue growth while optimizing the use of resources to achieve the highest level of profitability.Previously Director of Asset Strategies for WSFS Bank responsible for strategy to restructure and reduce the company\'s adversely-graded commercial loan portfolio and help implement policy to improve the overall hygiene of the commercial loan business. Coordinating all activities on a strategic level to provide recommendations to Executive Management and the Board of Directors to reduce fundamental weaknesses in the Bank\'s credit/loan policies. Prior to WSFS, a Senior Vice President, Market Director in Commercial Term Lending (Chase/WaMu) with strategic, financial, and operational responsibility for multi-family and commercial term lending in the Eastern United States. Prior to this role held leadership positions in the Commercial Deposit Services division and Specialty Finance division. Prior to Washington Mutual for nine years was with CoreStates Bank (which eventually rolled up to Wells) in the Specialty Finance lending division. Graduated Drexel University cum laude, been recognized for my commercial lending leadership and was named as one of “40 under 40” in the May, 2003 Philadelphia Business Journal.

Experience

1. Executive Vice President

   Firstrust Bank

   Jul 2012 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   Currently, Executive Vice President of Firstrust Bank with primary operational focus on the lending subsidiaries Firstrust. Developing strategic business partnerships, generating alternative investment approaches and roadmaps for revenue growth while optimizing the use of resources to achieve the highest level of profitability.• Development/implementation, revenue modeling and financial risk analysis of business opportunities that have included- Secured and unsecured consumer lending including residential mortgage- Marketplace Lenders and Peer to peer (P2P) finance companies- Commercial real estate- Factoring and asset based lending- Equipment leasing- Merchant cash advance- Structured settlements- Other niche consumer and commercial lending.• Making debt and equity investment recommendations in established, early stage and seed opportunities to the family office.• Analyzing competitive and market trends.• Organization, management and execution of due diligence related to potential partnerships, investments and acquisitions. • Setting objectives, sourcing, negotiating and collaborating across organization on post-deal integration.• Development and monitoring of performance metrics.

Education

• Drexel University's LeBow College of Business

  BS, Finance

  1985 — 1990

Skills

• Asset Based Lending
• Team Building
• Executive Management
• Commercial Real Estate
• Niches
• Sales Management
• Non-Performing Loans
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• New Business Development
• Distressed Debt
• Treasury Management
• Investment Banking
• Work-Outs
• Credit Analysis
• Deal Execution
• Team Leadership
• Commercial Banking
• Coaching
• Loans
• Mortgage Lending
• Transaction Experience
• Deal Screening
• Acquisition Targeting
• Financial Risk
• Asset Management
• Restructuring
• Real Estate Financing
• Special Situations Investing
• Real Estate Investor
• Financial Structuring
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Building Business Partnerships
• Relationship Management
• Mortgage Banking
• Underwriting
• Structured Finance
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Special Situations