Professional experience

Dwayne George, Executive Vice President, leads a national team responsible for sourcing debt opportunities for BWE’s Affordable and Conventional Fannie, Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA platforms. Dwayne, with over 20 years of lending and origination experience, diversifies BWE’s affordable business, enhances the existing suite of debt product offerings, and manages customer engagement efforts to increase brand awareness.

Prior to BWE, Dwayne served as the Executive Vice President and Head of Production at Merchants Capital. In this role, he implemented new strategies to source, negotiate, and structure business opportunities for Merchants Capital to outpace, $6 Billion in annual multifamily affordable and conventional production. In addition, he directed long-range planning, client engagement initiatives, recruiting, training, and the development and implementation of all debt products.

Dwayne’s other responsibilities included managing the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Credit and Closing teams. During his tenure, Dwayne defined the strategic direction of the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae platforms, which in 2023, culminated in #1 and #5 national rankings, respectively. Finally, Dwayne cross sold debt and equity and spearheaded technology integration to improve stakeholder reporting.

Prior to joining Merchants Capital, Dwayne functioned as the Senior Production Director, where he managed a team of 15 Production professionals in the Target Affordable Housing Division at Freddie Mac. Among other duties, Dwayne managed the strategic direction of Freddie Mac Optigo Lender Network, a platform that consisted of 19 Lenders, responsible for originating $6 Billion of annual Affordable Housing production. Prior to his role as Senior Production Director, Dwayne served as a Senior Relationship Manager for three years, where he managed the top 4 lenders, which generated $1.5 Billion of annual Target Affordable Housing production. In addition to leading the platform in annual production sourced during this period, Dwayne played a critical role in the development and implementation of TAH product offerings, which include Non LITHC Forward, Bridge to Resyndication, TEL, and Index Lock TEL.

Prior to joining the production team, Dwayne served as a Senior Underwriter in Freddie Mac’s Target Affordable Housing Group, where he was responsible for obtaining and granting credit approvals for LIHTC Preservation, Section 8, Bond Credit Enhancements, Moderate Rehabilitations, and Extended Use loans totaling $300-$400 million in annual production. During his first three years at Freddie, Dwayne orchestrated the purchase of $920 million in Freddie Mac Target Affordable originations, which included the firm’s largest Target Affordable Housing CME transaction, the first Short Term Bond Execution, and the first R.A.D conversion.

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