Gupta will be based here and lead global securitization and capital market activities, primarily in the US and Canada, for the Stamford, CT-based company. He will also be responsible for leading sales, marketing and transactional management of CMBS to joint-venture partners and third parties in North America. He will report to Alec Burger, SVP of the North America lending division.

Gupta is a former global securitization segment leader with GE Commercial Finance's capital markets group where he managed more than $8 billion of securitization in a variety of asset classes and delivered more than $300 million in net income for GE business property, franchise finance and capital solutions Canada.

Through a spokesman, Gupta tells GlobeSt.com, "We will continue to concentrate on growing our existing lines of business, and capital markets will grow our overall business," but declined to identify any specific growth targets. GE's North America lending division offers financing for all real estate sectors, including such niche asset classes as affordable housing, golf, hospitality, vacation ownership, manufactured home and recreational vehicle parks.