ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwired - Apr 29, 2015) - Bourne Financial Group, a senior housing real estate investment and development company based in Winter Park, FL, announces today the addition of Sharon Yester as its chief operating officer. Sharon joins the team with 27 years of healthcare leadership and senior housing experience.

Prior to joining Bourne Financial Group, Sharon worked at CNL Financial Group, where she acted as the company's chief asset management officer from 2011-2012, and its chief healthcare strategist from 2013-2015. From 2001 to 2007, Sharon served as the senior vice president of asset management at CNL Retirement Properties, and then at HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP) after the REIT was acquired by HCP for $5.2 billion in 2006.

Sharon will oversee asset management and development at Bourne Financial Group -- a position that will allow her to put her extensive expertise in asset management, senior housing development, and senior housing operations into practice.

"We couldn't be more pleased to welcome Sharon to our team," said Robert A. Bourne, CEO of Bourne Financial Group. "Her decades-long career in senior housing and her outstanding reputation in the broker-dealer community are invaluable assets to our company."

Bourne Financial Group was established in July 2014 by Robert A. Bourne, the former Vice-Chairman of CNL Financial Group, and R. Kyle Bourne, who serves as the company's chief investment officer. Bourne Financial Group specializes in senior housing development and acquisitions, with a primary focus on "needs-based" properties such as assisted living and memory care communities.

By the end of September 2015, Bourne Financial Group anticipates it will have ten senior housing communities open or under construction in four states, representing approximately $200 million in assets under management.

The company plans to continue the expansion of its team in Winter Park throughout the year.

For more information on Bourne Financial Group, visit: www.bournefinancialgroup.com.

About Bourne Financial Group

Bourne Financial Group, LLC ("BFG") is a real estate investment and development company that specializes in senior housing development and acquisitions. BFG's mission is to obtain maximum value for investors through the development of new assets and opportunistic acquisitions of existing assets.