Buford H Ortale has bought stock on 6 days since Nov 2020

Buford H. Ortale is an independent director of Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (FBRT) and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee; company proxy materials list him as a director since 2016.( He is described by the company as a private equity investor based in Nashville, Tennessee, and his recent Form 4 filing reflects additional stock compensation tied to his board service at FBRT.(

Ortale began his post-M.B.A. career in 1987 with Merrill Lynch’s Merchant Banking Group in New York and later became a founder and Managing Director of NationsBanc’s High Yield Bond Group.( His broader career includes serving as a general partner of multiple investment partnerships and holding principal or board roles in several private and public companies; he also leads or advises several ventures, including Sewanee Ventures, The Enliven Partnership, Armour, LLC, Western Express, and PNQR. He earned his B.A. from The University of the South (Sewanee) and his M.B.A. from Vanderbilt.(

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