team

Our team has the experience and proven success with the requisite capacity to secure and efficiently execute lending and origination opportunities.

Isaac Oved

Chairman of The Oved Group

Joseph Oved

Chief Executive Officer

Isaac Oved

Chairman of The Oved Group

The eldest of the four Oved brothers, Isaac took his father’s original seed capital and founded Oved Apparel, the current anchor business of the Oved Group, in 1981. Over 30 years ago Isaac began planning for the future, investing the family in long-term assets with a focus on generating passive income and additional wealth creation. With over $1bn in commercial real estate transactions across 20+ deals, the Oved family is currently invested in more than $500mm of real estate across the country.

Joseph Oved

Chief Executive Officer

Joseph is the CEO of IceCap Group and the Oved Group’s Real Estate divisions. Joseph manages the Oved’s current portfolio of real estate and leverages that knowledge to direct and manage IceCap's lending activities. Joseph focuses on financing, new business opportunities, maintaining smooth day-to-day operations, and critical problem solving. Joseph has almost a decade of experience in purchasing value-add properties in New York, presiding over $750mm of real estate purchases and debt transactions. Joseph graduated from CUNY Baruch with a major in Real Estate Finance.

Ezra Dweck

President

Jack Oved

Managing Principal

Ezra Dweck

President

Prior to joining IceCap Group, Ezra was the Head of Private Equity at Safra Asset Management and later the Chief Investment Officer at Brooklyn based Duke Properties. At Duke, he led the acquisition of over 40 properties and developed a keen understanding of the New York City market. At IceCap, Ezra runs the Originations, Underwriting, and Closing teams. Ezra graduated with honors from the Wharton School of Business and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jack Oved

Managing Principal

Jack is responsible for managing post-closing duties, monitoring day-to-day execution of internal policies, as well as operations and loan servicing. Additionally, Jack develops relationships with capital partners and implements the firm’s compliance programs. Jack graduated from Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Baruch with a major in Finance.

David Jacob

Chief Credit Officer

Felix Rivera

Chief Financial Officer

David Jacob

Chief Credit Officer

David is the Chief Credit Officer with over 20 years of experience in real estate credit, lending, securitization, and trading. David was most recently the Head of Credit at Toorak Capital Partners, a leading real estate private debt investor backed by KKR. Prior to Toorak, David was a Principal at Prudential Mortgage Capital Company where he led the Capital Markets pricing team. Previous to Prudential, David spent six years as Co-Head of CMBS/CRE CDO trading at both Sterne Agee Inc and StormHarbour Securities. David graduated with High Honors in Economics from Brandeis University and has an MBA from Stern School of Business.

Felix Rivera

Chief Financial Officer

Felix is the Chief Financial Officer with over 27 years of real estate experience in lending, risk management, asset management, and capital markets. Most recently Felix was co-founder & COO of Streamline Realty Funding, an origination service company that sources and underwrites commercial bridge loans throughout the United States. Felix spent 15 years at Deutsche Bank where he held various roles in CRE, including COO of Deutsche Banc Mortgage Capital. He holds a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S. in Real Estate Finance from New York University.

Stephen Schwartz

Head of Capital Markets

Andrea Propp Knorring

Chief Strategy Officer, Fund Management & Investor Relations

Stephen Schwartz

Head of Capital Markets

With over 20 years of commercial real estate experience, primarily focused on mortgage debt and capital markets, Stephen adds significant institutional relationships and knowledge to the platform. Stephen has held senior roles at leading global investment banks, including Deutsche Bank, RBC, Macquarie, and Jefferies. He has transacted in risk across the capital structure including senior loans, mezzanine loans, and both performing and distressed commercial real estate securities. Stephen graduated from Hobart College with a degree in economics.

Andrea Propp Knorring

Chief Strategy Officer, Fund Management & Investor Relations

Andrea is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Fund Management & Investor Relations. With over 13 years of experience in the finance industry, Andrea has spent time on both the buy-side and the sell-side. Prior to her current role, she was a Director of Marketing and Investor Relations at LibreMaxCapital, an $8bn structured credit asset manager. From 2014 to 2018, Andrea was responsible for Investor Relations & Marketing at Jamison Capital Partners, a discretionary macro commodity hedge fund managing $2bn at its peak. From 2010 to 2014, she worked at Goldman Sachs as an Analyst on the commodity trading floor in Calgary and then as a Relationship Manager with the Institutional Client Group in New York. Andrea holds a BComm in Energy Management from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

Michael Stone

Chief Technology Officer

Thomas DeMartin

Chief Executive, BluFin Group Division

Michael Stone

Chief Technology Officer

Michael is the Chief Technology Officer with more than 15 years of architecting and developing highly scalable enterprise solutions across multiple business lines and technology systems. Most recently Michael was a Technical Architect at Penrod, a Salesforce Platinum implementation partner, where he routinely worked with his internal and external teams to solve complex business problems and mitigate technical risk, while building long term strategies for numerous healthcare companies. Prior to Salesforce consulting for the last 3+ years, Michael played a significant role at GeoBlue, a travel health insurance company, while acting as an Integration Architect, Solution Architect, Salesforce Developer and Senior Web Developer. Mr. Stone received a B.T. in Web Development and Management from Morrisville State College

Thomas DeMartin

Chief Executive, BluFin Group Division

Thomas brings a comprehensive financial, analytical, credit, and accounting background to IceCap Group. He holds a BSBA with a concentration in Accounting from Rider University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Louisiana State University. Thomas graduated with the highest honors in both programs and is CPA certification eligible. Prior to IceCap Group, Thomas was SVP of Business Purpose Lending at Logan Finance Corporation.

Dalton Harben

President | Head of Production, BluFin Group Division

Chad Saunders

COO | Head of Underwriting, BluFin Group Division

Dalton Harben

President | Head of Production, BluFin Group Division

Mr. Harben brings a storied past and the legacy of industry-leading production in every role that he has held. He has a 22-year pedigree in the mortgage industry from retail to wholesale encompassing Agency, Non-QM, and Commercial Products. He holds a BSBA in Mathematical Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a minor in Asian Studies.

Chad Saunders

COO | Head of Underwriting, BluFin Group Division

Chad began his career in insurance, specializing in residential investment properties and commercial real estate. After insurance, Chad joined Amres Corporation where he was integral to the development of the wholesale lending division Amres Wholesale and business purpose arm, Ambridge. Chad has managed a staff of more than a dozen underwriters. Following Amres, Chad was Director of Business Purpose Underwriting at Logan Finance Corporation. Chad holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance with a concentration in investment management from Virginia Tech.

Tie Wei

Deputy Chief Credit Officer

Joseph Bekar

Head of Underwriting

Tie Wei

Deputy Chief Credit Officer

Tie is the Deputy Chief Credit Officer with over 20 years of experience in real estate lending & investing, structured products, and derivatives trading. Tie was most recently the co-founder of Silvan Funding and Chief Investment Officer at Silvan Real Estate Income Fund. Prior to Silvan, Tie co-founded Metamorphic Capital, where he acquired and rehabbed distressed properties. Tie has held senior trading positions at leading global investment banks, including Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and HSBC. Tie graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University and an MBA from University of Chicago.

Joseph Bekar

Head of Underwriting

Joseph is the Head of Underwriting at IceCap Group. Having worked with the Oved Family for over 5 years, he has been an integral part of IceCap Group since its inception. His experience involves several property acquisitions, as well as leasing and loan origination/underwriting for both the Oved Family and IceCap. Joseph’s intimate knowledge of the market allows him to secure profitable loans for the company, participating in over 900 loan originations totaling $500mm to date. Joseph is a graduate of Baruch College.

Pasi Mantyla

Compliance Officer

Ayelet Shalmon

Controller

Pasi Mantyla

Compliance Officer

Pasi is the Compliance Officer with 35 years of experience in risk management. Most recently, he spent 12 years providing legal and business consulting work for leading law firms, financial institutions, and Deloitte. Prior to his time doing consulting work, he spent 12 years as the Associate Director of Collateral at WestLB bank. Pasi completed an ACAMS certification as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. Pasi received his MBA from the University of Vaasa in Finland and his J.D. from Rutgers Law School.

Ayelet Shalmon

Controller

Ayelet Shalmon is the Controller at IceCap Group. She has extensive experience in accounting, having held various roles in the real estate finance industry.

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31 West 34th Street Suite 1012
New York, NY 10001


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