TUCKER HUGHES

MANAGING PARTNER | AUSTIN, TX

Tucker Hughes is co-founder and Managing Partner at Peregren and has more than two decades of real estate finance, development and capital markets experience. Previously, Tucker was national Head of Commercial Real Estate at Axos Bank, overseeing $1 billion of transitional and stabilized loan originations during his 8-month tenure. Prior to Axos, Tucker was an advisor for a large Canadian pension fund where he participated in the origination of $1.7 billion in transitional loans. Prior to the advisory role, Tucker was Managing Director at Bank OZK (formerly Bank of the Ozarks) where he assembled and managed a real estate lending team across five offices (Dallas, Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and San Francisco). During his tenure, the Real Estate Specialties Group closed over $25 billion in loans and had one of the lowest loss ratios in the country. Tucker graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and received an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

TRIPP TAYLOR

PARTNER | LOS ANGELES, CA

Tripp Taylor is co-founder and Partner at Peregren and has over a decade of real estate finance and capital markets experience. Previously, Tripp was a Vice President at Axos Bank where he managed an originations team focused on transitional real estate lending opportunities. Prior to Axos, Tripp was an Assistant Vice President at Bank OZK (formerly Bank of the Ozarks) and a member of the originations team focused on commercial real estate lending throughout the western US. Prior to Bank OZK, Tripp worked in multifamily agency MBS lending and capital markets at Newmark Knight Frank (formerly Berkeley Point Capital). Tripp graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.