William M. Petak

William M. Petak is the Managing Director, and National Head of Origination, of the Mortgage Lending and Real Estate Department of AIG Global Investment Corp. and Senior Vice President for AIG Mortgage Capital, LLC. He is responsible for the fixed income group’s nationwide production of real estate investments and mortgage lending.  Prior to SunAmerica Investment's merger with AIG in January of 1999, Mr. Petak was SunAmerica Investments’ Senior Vice President, and was responsible for SunAmerica’s national mortgage lending and real estate investments as well as its leveraged lease real estate acquisitions.  From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Petak has served as a Loan Committee member and as a member of the Board of Directors for Greenpark Financial, one of the nation’s largest Fannie Mae DUS lenders.  He is a founding member of the Board for the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA and currently serves as Chairman.

Mr. Petak has over 24 years of experience in the real estate industry.  Prior to joining SunAmerica in January 1990, he was Director of Acquisitions for a Southern California apartment developer, responsible for acquiring and arranging financing for all construction projects and land acquisitions.  From 1983 to 1989 he worked with Pacific Financial Group, a privately held Beverly Hills real estate investment company, as Vice President of Acquisitions.  During his tenure at Pacific Financial Group, he was responsible for locating, analyzing and structuring acquisitions exceeding $750,000,000, as well as coordinating the financing and refinancing of all portfolio assets.

Mr. Petak is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Finance and Business Economics and is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association.