Spotlight

After 15 years lending across A10, Builders Capital and Ready Capital, Alex Gursky joined OakNorth’s US team for one reason: room to be creative. He sat down with us to talk hotels, distressed pre-2022 vintages, and why the best deals come from knowing what a sponsor actually needs.

Sam Hollander joined OakNorth’s US debt originations team after working alongside the bank as a co-lender. He shares what drew him in, why the current CRE market is so interesting, and what it takes to help build a direct lending platform from the ground up.

Dylan Jagjivan went from a 2017 intern to Associate Director of Debt Finance in just three years — and then relocated to New York to help build OakNorth’s US business. He shares what makes the culture, flat structure, and pace here so different.

From Associate Director in 2019 to Director of Debt Finance and a move to New York, Max Saidman has built a fast-moving career at OakNorth. He talks through the culture, the flat structure, and what it takes to progress here.