North American National Title Solutions (NANTS) recruited Thomas Newburn as a national commercial business development representative. A 28-year veteran of commercial title services marketing, Newburn has extensive experience working with national pension funds, insurance companies, REITs, hedge funds, real estate attorneys and other owners and developers of retail, multifamily, hospitality an industrial properties.
“Tom has had a long, successful career in the title industry and brings the experience and knowledge of how that industry has changed,” NANTS National Commercial Division Director John Shafer said in a news release. “His vast network of customers will allow North American Title Company’s National Commercial Division to expand its footprint on a national basis and will benefit all our local operations.
“Adding Tom to our team affords us a great opportunity to move forward in 2016 with our intended goals as we continue to expand our efforts as a national company,” Shafter said.
Newburn worked for several years selling oil and gas equipment to major and independent oil companies, eventually becoming a crude oil trader. He moved to the title industry in 1988, taking a position as a commercial marketing representative for one of the top title insurance underwriters in the country. He has held several commercial sales and business development positions with other top underwriters over the years, handling major national accounts.
In other North American Title news, Russell Hirayama joined North American Title Co. as a chief title officer in its California and Nevada title operations. He will provide expert title advisory and solution-centered support for major projects, commercial and other high-liability transactions.
“Russell has an impeccable reputation in our business,” NATC Vice President, California/Nevada Operations Manager David Simmons said. “We were able to recruit him based upon our reputation, our staff and the quality title product we provide with our local process and quality control.”
Hirayama most recently spent more than 10 years as a chief title officer for a major national title company and has worked on residential, subdivision, commercial and agricultural properties with liabilities as high as $500 million. His title industry career began in 1977 with Safeco Title, when he went through its title officer training program after graduating from the University of California, Davis. Hirayama worked in Fresno County and then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to work for several other title companies and an underwriter.