Seth Mackler is the Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Real Estate Finance, where he leads the business that develops relationships with professional real estate investors, developers and builders. He has been with Firstrust for 15 years and has more than 35 years of banking experience. He started his career as an examiner with the Department of the Treasury and subsequently was an executive at Prime Bank, Summit Bank, and Commerce Bank in a variety of roles. Most recently, he headed the expansion of the bank into the Maryland & DC markets and spearheaded a national platform to finance the construction of Net Leased properties.