Our team
Better people make better lending
We lend billions of dollars to commercial real estate projects every year. But it’s not just capital that distinguishes us. It’s the empowered nature of our workforce. Our advisors are experienced experts whose sole focus is to deliver financing
strategies that enable you to achieve greater success.
Our Better Lending culture – three decades in the making – is built on the skill that comes from pure mortgage lending. Because we start from a position of knowledge about you, your project, and your market, we can design solutions that
are fit for your purpose. And because accountability is in our nature, we meet our commitments.
Better by design, better by nature, better for you in every corner of the country.

Neeraj Israni
Neeraj is a member of:
Commercial credit team
Manager, Commercial Credit
neeraj.israni@firstnational.ca
416.597.7188
Positive. Motivated. Composed.
“I add value by combining my wealth of knowledge with my passion to learn.”
Neeraj has been a part of the First National team since 2015 and has been a Manager in Commercial Credit since 2022. Prior to joining First National, he spent five years as a Commercial Funding Manager overseeing disbursement of mortgage funds. Neeraj prides himself on his positive outlook. When confronted with difficult situations, he stays focused on the solutions rather than the stress. Self-improvement motivates him. It’s a value he upholds and aims to inspire in his team. In a busy and high-pressure industry, Neeraj emphasizes staying calm and composed, always focusing on the end goal.
When he’s not adding value for First National borrowers, Neeraj treasures time with his family, stays current with the news, explores the globe, keeps fit and feeds his inner foodie.