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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.

Better by design, better by nature, better for you in every corner of the country.

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Mark Jewells

Mark is a member of:
Team Jesic

Director, Commercial Financing

Mark.Jewells@firstnational.ca

403.513.0203

Determined. Supportive. Entrepreneurial.

“I add value by maintaining strong relationships with clients, offering a new perspective on commercial mortgage applications based on my risk analysis.”

Eight of Mark’s 12 years in the industry have been spent at First National. He began as Team Lead and Underwriter, leading a team of nine responsible for assessing risk on residential mortgage applications. He then took on the role of Account Manager, managing a large broker portfolio across southern Alberta. Extremely driven and determined to achieve his goals, Mark is always seeking ways to grow, learn and evolve professionally. He thrives on being part of a team and is invested in the success of others. For Mark, working in an entrepreneurial culture like First National’s empowers him to constantly seek new, more effective ways to service clients and conduct business.

When he’s not adding value for First National borrowers, Mark spends time with his wife and young daughter and enjoys snowboarding and hiking.