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Andrew Brickley

Andrew is a member of:
Team Cook

Director, Commercial Financing

Andrew.Brickley@firstnational.ca

613.759.2085

Insightful. Meticulous. Proficient.

Andrew has recently joined the First National team, bringing 16 years of experience in real estate development that includes both asset management and project finance.

Always passionate about business strategy and financial modeling, Andrew leverages his education and early valuation experience in his current role. When he first joined First National, he contributed significantly to CMHC’s large borrower review. A highly intricate process, Andrew was able to dig into the financial language and clarify what was important and impactful. It’s a unique skill that he possesses – being able to surface complex financial insights and communicate them in a way that they become consumable by the business.

In his time in the real estate industry, Andrew has been exposed to many different ownership and deal structures and seen their evolutions. With growing complexity, it is important to draw on precedents and insights when evaluating portfolios and deals. Andrew’s diversity of perspective, which includes both asset management and borrowing, affords him unique insights in how he advises to create value. Whether it is accessing capital from CMHC and understanding borrower constraints, valuating portfolios or establishing acquisition partnerships, Andrew offers a depth of subject matter expertise that accounts for the deep, complex financial elements.

Working at First National, Andrew is excited to join an organization that aligns with his values and meets his standards as a borrower. He was a client of First National’s and always appreciated the company’s emphasis on people, relationships and execution. For Andrew, it is a unique opportunity to both represent and enliven those values with his own clients.