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We lend billions of dollars to commercial real estate projects every year. But it’s not just capital that distinguishes us. It’s the empowered nature of our workforce. Our advisors are experienced experts whose sole focus is to deliver financing strategies that enable you to achieve greater success.

Our Better Lending culture – three decades in the making – is built on the skill that comes from pure mortgage lending. Because we start from a position of knowledge about you, your project, and your market, we can design solutions that are fit for your purpose. And because accountability is in our nature, we meet our commitments.

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Jim Foote

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Team Foote

Assistant Vice President, Commercial Financing

Jim.Foote@firstnational.ca

519.630.1394

Intuitive. Inventive. Composed.

Jim is a senior member of the First National Financial commercial team. He brings 25 years of experience in both real estate finance and sales.

For Jim, personal service means being thoughtful and intuitive. He invests time and energy in getting to know clients’ strategies, focus and business goals. That insight allows him to tap his broad market knowledge to match market opportunities with the right clients, at the right time.

In Jim’s view, it’s important to really care. He cares about clients, taking a long-term view and building dynamic relationships. He cares about the community, volunteering on a Board of a not-for-profit affordable housing provider. And he cares about deals, demonstrating a true passion for digging in and getting them done. Jim believes strongly in finding creative solutions and tackling challenges with composure and diplomacy.

Working at First National, Jim is inspired by the can do, will do attitude and support of the whole First National Team. He values the execution mentality and associated flat corporate structure, giving him the confidence that what he promises and presents is what he ultimately delivers to his clients.