Stew Ward

Stew Ward is a Co-Founder and member of the Investment Committer of ACORE CAPITAL.

Mr. Ward has over 35 years of experience in leadership roles in the commercial real estate finance industry and capital markets. Prior to ACORE Capital, Mr. Ward’s leadership roles include: Chief Financial Officer of Starwood Property Trust, a founder of Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance, a founding partner of Coastal Capital Partners, Co-leader of the construction lending business and risk management of Nomura’s commercial real estate finance division, and ultimately co-managed the division. Mr. Ward began his career at Morgan Stanley’s fixed income division.

Mr. Ward received a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Colorado and a M.B.A. degree from Carnegie-Mellon University.