John M. Barkidjija

John M. Barkidjija has served as Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Real Estate and Specialty Finance for Byline Bank since January 2019. Previously, Mr. Barkidjija was Senior Vice President, Group Head, Commercial Real Estate of Byline since January 2014. Prior to joining Byline, Mr. Barkidjija served as a consultant and Chief Credit Officer at Bridgeview Bank, a Principal with Mbark Financial, LLC, Executive Vice President – Asset Management and Special Asset Consultant at ST Residential, LLC, and Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Risk Officer at Corus Bank, N.A. Prior to his career in banking, Mr. Barkidjija also practiced corporate law at Christy & Viener and Jones & Blouch. Mr. Barkidjija received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Columbia University’s Columbia College, a juris doctor degree from New York University School of Law and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.