Jeffrey Aleshire has joined The Freedom Bank of Virginia as senior vice president and commercial real estate practice leader.
Aleshire was most recently managing director of commercial real estate at Burke & Herbert Bank where he was responsible for business development within the commercial real estate space, portfolio administration, and credit risk management.
Prior to Burke & Herbert Bank, he was senior credit officer at Bay Bank, FSB where he played a critical role in overseeing the credit risk management function of the bank and ensuring the integrity and profitability of its lending operations.
In his new role with Freedom Bank of Virginia, Aleshire will lead the commercial real estate team and will plan, direct, organize and carry out growth strategies to best serve clients in the commercial and investor residential real estate segments.
He will be responsible for managing and expanding existing client relationships, as well as developing new lead The Freedom Bank of Virginia relationships. He will play an active role in representing Freedom Bank in industry trade groups and community organizations within the real estate industry.
“Jeff is an experienced banker with extensive commercial real estate expertise and a great advisor to clients and mentor to colleagues,” says Joe Thomas, president and CEO of Freedom Bank of Virginia, in a release. “I have had the pleasure of previously working with Jeff and have seen first-hand the level of client service and industry knowledge he brings to our company and our clients.”
“We have conservatively managed the bank’s financial position and have capacity for additional commercial real estate exposure when other banks are pulling back and view this as an opportunistic time to grow our real estate loan portfolio,” Thomas adds. “Jeff will define the segments and develop the relationships to grow this important segment of our bank.”
