Michael Franco

Michael Franco serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SitusAMC, guiding the firm’s overall management, strategy, and operational activities. Michael joined SitusAMC upon the merger of Situs with American Mortgage Consultants (AMC) in June 2019 and shortly thereafter became CEO of the joint company. Prior to being the CEO of SitusAMC, Michael was the CEO since 4Q 2011 of AMC, where he oversaw the expansion of that business to become the largest provider of due diligence and consulting services to the residential secondary market. 

Michael was previously employed as a Managing Director at Five Mile Capital Partners LLC ("Five Mile") a real estate-oriented private equity fund manager with a mandate to invest in real estate assets, loans and companies that deal in financial assets. While at Five Mile, Michael was involved in the evaluation of financial services private equity investments including residential originators, mortgage insurance companies, equity and mortgage REITS, commercial mortgage special servicers, banks, specialty finance companies, corporate mezzanine lending, and a variety of commercial real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Five Mile, Michael worked at General Electric where he was involved in a variety of financial and operational roles throughout the country, most notably at GE corporate headquarters in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Professional Recognition

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

CFA Institute Member

Education

Fairfield University

Bachelor’s degree in finance and economics

Summa Cum Laude