Stefanos Arethas is a Managing Director Head of Commercial Real Estate Finance at Santander Corporate and Investment Bank. Mr. Arethas responsibilities include leading a team delivering the full suite of commercial real estate finance products including direct lending, warehouse lending, securitization and fund finance. Mr. Prior to Santander, Mr. Arethas was head of commercial real estate finance at Atlas SP Partners (an Apollo company), and before that Mr. Arethas was head of commercial real estate origination at Credit Suisse. Mr. Arethas’ past experience also includes a senior ratings analyst within the CMBS and CRE CLO group at Moodys Investors Services and as a Vice President at Truist Bank. Mr. Arethas serves on the Board of Governos for the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council. Mr. Arethas received a Masters in Real Estate from Georgetown University and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Mr. Arethas has lectured on commercial real estate finance at Georgetown University and George Washington University.