Sharon Nachman
Director of Business Development at Bayport Funding
Sharon Nachman is the Director of Business Development at Bayport Funding, a direct bridge lender serving real estate developers and investors. She is typically the first point of contact for new borrowers, brokers, investors, and business partners, and she has built her career on a single conviction: that lasting business is grounded in relationships.
Across 12 years at Bayport and six years earlier as a marketing manager at Bosch, that principle has guided every stage of her work. She works at a firm that has originated more than $2.2 billion. In 2023, she was named a HousingWire Insider, and she was profiled in The Elite Officer.
12 years at Bayport Funding | 2023 HousingWire Insider | 6 years Marketing Manager at Bosch
The First Voice Clients Hear at Bayport Funding
At Bayport, a new client’s first impression of the firm typically comes through Nachman. In a business where a borrower is often working against a deadline or resolving a capital problem mid-project, that first conversation carries real weight.
Among the clients and broker partners she serves, she is known as accessible, responsive, and focused on solving the problem in front of her. That standing is earned through years of consistent work.
“Clients and colleagues would describe me as someone who genuinely cares about people and works hard to find solutions.”
From Corporate Marketing to Real Estate Lending
Nachman spent six years as a marketing manager at Bosch, where she built a foundation in relationship management, strategy, and understanding what clients need. The work was substantive, but she was drawn to something more dynamic and immediate, where she could solve problems in real time and help clients reach meaningful business goals. Bayport offered exactly that.
“Bayport stood out because of its entrepreneurial environment and relationship-focused approach. I believed in the company’s vision and saw an opportunity to create long-term partnerships rather than simply complete transactions.”
The transition tested her. Moving from corporate marketing into real estate finance pushed her beyond her established expertise and taught her the value of adaptability and relationship-building. Both have served her through every market shift since.
The Long Game
Twelve years in, the approach has proven itself. Single transactions have become repeat clients and referral networks, the progression Nachman points to when she explains why relationships come first.
Day to day, she develops new partnerships, strengthens existing ones, identifies opportunities, and guides deals from a first conversation through to closing. She is the connective tissue between a client who needs capital and the Bayport team that provides it.
“Throughout my journey, one thing that has remained consistent is my belief that success is built through relationships. I have always approached business with a long-term mindset and believe trust, consistency, and treating people the right way is the foundation for meaningful growth.”
Education and Background
Nachman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing from the College of Management Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion, Israel. Her six years at Bosch, a global industrial engineering company, gave her a frame for relationship management that remains uncommon in private lending.
Areas of Expertise
The 12 years since have made her fluent in Bayport’s full range of bridge products, expertise drawn from the client side of every conversation.
Nachman works in business development and client relationships across Bayport’s lending platform: first contact, partnership building, and guiding borrowers, brokers, and investors from an initial conversation toward a funded deal.
She writes from direct experience, where the relationship is the work.
Sharon Nachman is the Director of Business Development at Bayport Funding, a direct bridge lender with more than $2.2 billion in originations serving real estate developers and investors across 36 states. Recognized as a 2023 HousingWire Insider, she brings 12 years of business development and relationship management experience to the firm and writes on client relationships and the partnership side of private bridge lending.
