Kathy Farrell
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Head of Truist Asset Finance
Kathy Farrell is head of Truist Asset Finance for Truist Financial Corporation, where she oversees one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate platforms, including Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, as well as Truist’s market-leading Premium Finance business.
Since joining Truist’s predecessor, SunTrust, in 2013, she has built an industry-leading Commercial Real Estate platform that works with many of the country’s largest and most active real estate investors.
Within Truist Asset Finance, the Commercial Real Estate businesses provide capital to a wide range of investors, including publicly traded REITs, homebuilders, private equity funds, and private real estate developers and operators. In addition to traditional commercial real estate banking activity, the practice includes Truist Community Capital, which participates in tax credit investment activity in Low Income Tax Credits (LIHTC), New Markets Tax Credits, small business investment companies (SBICs) and community development funds, as well as Grandbridge, a Fannie Mae delegated underwriting and servicing (DUS) lender and Freddie Mac Optigo lender.
Farrell also oversees the Premium Finance business, which includes AFCO Direct in the United States and CAFO in Canada. Both are leading providers of insurance premium financing.
Farrell serves as a member of Truist’s Operating Council and sits on the Truist CRA Oversight Committee. She is a board member of Truist Securities Inc. and the Chair of the Truist Foundation, a private foundation focused on economic mobility and strengthening small businesses.
Active in her community, has been heavily involved with the Westside Future Fund since its founding in 2014. Serving on the board for six years, she led efforts to revitalize five historic neighborhoods in Atlanta. She is also a board member of the Atlanta Beltline Partnership and the board chair of the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia.
Farrell earned a bachelor’s degree from The College of the Holy Cross and lives in Atlanta with her husband and three children. Outside of work, she’s a general sports enthusiast and enjoys playing tennis and golf.