Pearlmark welcomes Mike Wesson as managing director

Michael Wesson has re-joined Pearlmark as a managing director and opened Pearlmark’s Irvine, Calif., office.

Wesson joins Pearlmark with a focus on debt investment originations, bringing more than 20 years of real estate investment experience.

Wesson joins Pearlmark from CIBC, where he held numerous roles over nine-plus years in New York and Newport Beach, Calif., most recently leading CIBC’s senior loan origination efforts in the Western Region. Prior to his time at CIBC, Wesson served as a vice president at Rockwood Real Estate Advisors. He is returning to Pearlmark, where he started as an analyst and rose to vice president over six years prior to joining Rockwood.