KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II
Closed On July 31, 2018
Board of Directors
NAME | BOARD OF DIRECTORS | CONFLICTS COMMITTEE | AUDIT COMMITTEE |
---|---|---|---|
Keith Hall | x | ||
Peter McMillan III | x | ||
Kenneth G. Yee *$ | x | x | x |
Laurent Degryse * | x | x | x |
John P. Joliet * | x | x | x |
* – Independent Director
$ – Financial Expert
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Keith D. Hall is our Chief Executive Officer and serves as one of our directors. He is also the Executive Vice President of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, positions he has held since the respective formations of these entities in June 2005 and August 2007, and a sponsor of KBS Legacy Apartment REIT, which was formed in 2009. Mr. Hall also owns and controls a 50% interest in GKP Holding LLC. GKP Holding owns a 33 1/3% interest in KBS Holdings LLC, which entity is the sole owner of our advisor and the dealer manager of this offering. Mr. Hall is also a member of the investment committee formed by KBS Capital Advisors to evaluate and authorize new investment opportunities for KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT.
Mr. Hall is a co-founder of Willowbrook Capital Group, LLC, an asset management company. Prior to forming Willowbrook in 2000, Mr. Hall was a Managing Director at CS First Boston, where he managed CSFB’s distribution strategy and business development for the Principal Transaction Group’s $18.0 billion real estate securities portfolio. Mr. Hall’s two primary business unit responsibilities were Mezzanine Lending and Commercial Real Estate Development. Before joining CSFB in 1996, he served as a Director in the Real Estate Products Group at Nomura Securities, with responsibility for the company’s $6.0 billion annual pipeline of fixed-income commercial mortgage-backed securities. Mr. Hall spent the 1980s as a Senior Vice President in the High Yield Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert’s Beverly Hills office, where he was responsible for distribution of the group’s high-yield real estate securities. Mr. Hall received a Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors in Finance from California State University, Sacramento.
Peter McMillan III is one of our Executive Vice Presidents, our Treasurer and Secretary, and one of our directors, positions he has held since January 2015. He is also an Executive Vice President, the Treasurer and Secretary and a director of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II and KBS REIT III, positions he has held for these entities since June 2005, August 2007 and January 2010, respectively. He is President, Chairman of the Board and a director of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, positions he has held for these entities since December 2008 and February 2013, respectively. He is also an Executive Vice President of KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, which position he has held since August 2009. In addition, Mr. McMillan is a sponsor of our company and is a sponsor of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS REIT III and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, which were formed in 2015, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009 and 2013, respectively. Mr. McMillan owns and controls a 50% interest in GKP Holding LLC. GKP Holding owns a 33 1/3% interest in KBS Holdings LLC, which is the sole owner of our advisor and our dealer manager. Mr. McMillan is a member of the investment committee formed by KBS Capital Advisors to evaluate and recommend new investment opportunities for us.
Mr. McMillan is a Partner and co-owner of Temescal Canyon Partners LP, an investment advisor formed in 2013 to manage a multi-strategy hedge fund on behalf of investors. Mr. McMillan is also a co-founder and the Managing Partner of Willowbrook Capital Group, LLC which, from August 2003 until December 2012, was an asset management company. Prior to forming Willowbrook in 2000, Mr. McMillan served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of SunAmerica Investments, Inc. which was later acquired by AIG. As Chief Investment Officer, he was responsible for over $75.0 billion in assets, including residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, public and private investment grade and non-investment grade corporate bonds and commercial mortgage loans and real estate investments. Before joining SunAmerica in 1989, he served as Assistant Vice President for Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company with responsibility for the company’s $6.0 billion fixed income portfolios. Mr. McMillan received his Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Wharton Graduate School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors in Economics from Clark University. Mr. McMillan is a member of the Board of Trustees of Metropolitan West Funds and TCW Mutual Funds and is a former director of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
Kenneth G. Yee is one of our independent directors. Since 2000, Mr. Yee has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ridgecrest Capital, Inc., a real estate financial advisory services and structured finance firm. Mr. Yee previously served in the same positions for Ridgecrest Capital, Inc. from 1992 to 1997. From 2007 to June 2011, Mr. Yee was also the managing director of Cappello Capital Corp. Mr. Yee served as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions for Imperial Credit Commercial Mortgage Investment Corp from 1998 to 1999. From 1990 to 1991, Mr. Yee served as Vice President and Controller for Secured Capital Corp. (now known as Eastdil Secured LLC, a division of Wells Fargo), a real estate advisory and investment banking firm. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert from 1987 to 1990. From 1986 to 1987, Mr. Yee was an associate consultant for Kenneth Leventhal & Company, a real estate consulting and public accounting firm. Mr. Yee was a financial analyst with Deseret Pacific Mortgage from 1985 to 1986 and he was a senior accountant with Ernst & Whinney, a public accounting firm, from 1982 to 1985.
Mr. Yee received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Master of Business Administration and Master of Business Taxation degrees from the University of Southern California. He also received a Master of Science in Real Estate Development degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Yee is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Certified Public Accountant, a licensed attorney and a licensed real estate broker.
Laurent Degryse is one of our independent directors, a position he has held since April 2014. Mr. Degryse has been involved in the real estate development industry for over 22 years with a focus on real estate activities in Belgium. For the past five years he has been self-employed and engaged in real estate development and venture capital activities. In 2002, Mr. Degryse founded Urbis Development, a real estate development company located in Luxemburg, and served as its Managing Director until, in 2008, it created a joint venture with another real estate company, Herpain SA, and became Herpain Urbis.
Since December 2007 he has also served as the Managing Director of Hunza Ventures and Managing Partner of Hunza Management, affiliated venture capital companies based in Luxemburg that invest in technology and life science projects. In connection with his position at Hunza Ventures, he serves as a member of the supervisory board of Hunza Ventures II SCA SICAR, a fund raised by Hunza Ventures that is investing and raising capital for venture investments; and from December 2007 through June 2012 he served as a member of the supervisory board of Hunza Ventures SCA SPF, a fund that raised and fully invested €15 million in 14 venture investments. Mr. Degryse also manages his own portfolio of investments in Europe, Asia and the United States.
In addition, Mr. Degryse has served as the chairman of the board of SoftKinetic International SA since 2008. He is currently a director of Herpain Urbis Retail (since 2008) and previously served as a director of Herpain Urbis (from 2007 – 2013) and Herpain Enterprise (from 2008 – 2013). Herbain Urbis Retail, Herpain Urbis and Herpain Enterprise are related companies with expertise in real estate development and construction for office, residential and commercial real estate in Belgium. In addition, from March 2007 through March 2012 he served as a member of the supervisory board of Urbis SCA. Mr. Degryse is a member of the board of trustees and member of the finance and the audit committee of MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Degryse is a graduate of the Solvay Business School at the University of Brussels, Belgium where he received a Master in Business Engineering. Our sponsor has concluded that Mr. Degryse is qualified to serve as one of our independent directors for reasons including his expertise in the real estate development business. With over 22 years of experience in the real estate industry, with a particular focus on investments in Belgium, Mr. Degryse offers insights and perspective with respect to our investment portfolio and our focus on European investment opportunities.
Mr. Joliet has been a Partner at American Discovery Capital since he founded the company in 2016. American Discovery Capital is an independent merchant banking firm focused on principal investments in leading family-owned and middle-market companies in selected high-growth sectors. Prior to founding American Discovery Capital Mr. Joliet was a Partner and Managing Director at Moelis & Company where he was responsible for leading the firm’s global investment banking activities in the Enterprise Software sector. Prior to joining Moelis &Co., Mr. Joliet spent ten years at UBS Investment Bank where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Software Investment Banking, as well as the Head of the Los Angeles office. Mr. Joliet began his investment banking career with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”), and remained with DLJ until its sale to Credit Suisse in 2000. Before he began his investment banking career, Mr. Joliet spent four years as a consultant with Coopers & Lybrand in Boston, London UK, and Chicago, and was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Joliet studied at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan,where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration. He earned a Master of Business Administration, with honors, from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.