GREGORYA. HAIDET
President and Managing Principal

Gregory Haidet is President of Signet Finance Group, LLC and Signet Capital, LLC, a closely-held private equity and structured finance company.  Mr. Haidet has over 30 years of diversified experience in the financial services industry with a primary focus on originating and structuring equity and mezzanine investments, credit tenant lease real estate loans, corporate real estate sale and leasebacks, taxable and tax-exempt fixed and floating rate note financings, first mortgage bonds and commercial mortgage permanent loan placements. Mr. Haidet is also affiliated with Signet Enterprises, a diversified international corporation with interests in commercial real estate development, manufacturing, distribution and public relations.

Mr. Haidet has participated in over $1.0 billion of complex real estate financing transactions and is active in structuring credit tenant lease financings, COP’s, lease revenue bonds, synthetic lease financings and other similar structured real estate financings.  Mr. Haidet has funded many complex financing structures with sources that included taxable and tax-exempt floating rate notes, tax‑exempt industrial development revenue bonds, private senior debt placements and commercial bank loans. Mr. Haidet executed real estate lease transactions secured by leases with tenants including Summa Health, IBM, Imation, Walmart, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreen, Cardinal Health, and Eckerds among others.

Mr. Haidet held various senior management positions within the commercial banking and equipment leasing industries.  Mr. Haidet’s banking accomplishments include chairing several credit executive committees and restructuring several consumer, small business lending and corporate banking business units which significantly improved business unit profitability and productivity.  Mr. Haidet also has experience as the treasurer of a closely-held high technology leasing company.

Mr. Haidet received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration concentrating in Finance from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and received his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Mr. Haidet’s securities qualifications include FINRA Series 7, Series 24 and Series 63.