Our People
Are what make us different
Our team has deep experience in loan origination, underwriting, and strategic capital deployment. From the top down, we’re relentlessly focused on delivering financing solutions for our clients that meet the needs of today, and lay the groundwork for a confident tomorrow.
Advisory
James Franz
Senior Advisor
James Franz, Senior Advisor
Jamie Franz joined Garrington in 2018 as Senior Advisor. His main role at Garrington is to help build and advise on the asset-based lending business.
Jamie has over three decades of experience in investment management, sales management and loan origination for both commercial and consumer banking, asset-based lending and factoring. Prior to joining Garrington, Jamie was a Managing Director at Ares Management, a $121 billion fund manager based in New York. He was a Regional Manager responsible for the Northeast, Midwest and Canada for Ares Commercial Finance, an asset-based lending fund. James sat on both the Management Committee and the Investment Committee and helped grow the fund from $150 million to over $1 billion in less than 4 years.
Jamie earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from St. Bonaventure University.