Due to planned internal promotions, S&W has been retained by The Washington Trust Company (“Washington Trust,” washtrust.com) to lead the search for an experienced Commercial Real Estate Lender (CRE) to join their growing team.
Founded in 1800 and headquartered in Westerly, Rhode Island, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the U.S and one of the premier financial institutions in the region. The bank has almost $7B in total assets and serves customers across established business lines in commercial and mortgage lending and wealth management and operates 27 retail locations in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The bank is publicly traded (NASDAQ – WASH) and maintains consistent outstanding financial performance.
The CRE Lender will join a tenured team of lending professionals supporting an approximately $1.7B commercial real estate portfolio. The successful candidate will inherit a meaningful book of customers and credits and will be supported by an experienced team of Portfolio Managers and Commercial Loan Assistants (CLAs). We are seeking established commercial real estate lending talent with proven credit underwriting experience and a track record of new business generation for this outstanding opportunity. For additional information, please contact a member of the S&W search team: Cameron Boyd, Managing Partner, Financial Services (cboyd@smithandwilkinson.com) or William Wegener, Associate, Financial Services (wwegener@smithandwilkinson.com).