Prudential Names Portfolio Manager

Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., the commercial mortgage lending business of Newark-based Prudential Financial, has named Paige Hood, a managing director, the company's new general account portfolio manager.Mr. Hood will be responsible for overseeing the portfolio of mortgages originated for the Prudential Insurance Company of America's general account, Prudential Financial reports. He is taking over from David Stewart, who is retiring. Mr Hood has worked for Prudential for the last 15 years in the areas of loan origination, asset management and credit underwriting. In related personnel changes, Prudential has hired Dale Fathe-Aazam as a principal responsible for overseeing the company's institutional mortgage portfolios for its Prudential Real Estate fixed income investors. Mr. Fathe-Aazam will also serve as the Western region product specialist for the general account, Prudential said. Most recently, Mr. Fathe-Aazam was a managing director for Heller Real Estate Finance in Los Angeles. Also, Marcia Diaz and Michael Jameson, both currently Western regional loan originators, will replace Mr. Hood in overseeing the West Coast generalist origination teams.