John Roche is the Chief Financial Officer of Gramercy Capital Corp. A seasoned Chief Financial Officer with an impressive REIT and real estate background, Mr. Roche is ideally suited to guide the newly combined entity into its next phase of growth as an integrated commercial real estate finance and property investment company. Before joining Gramercy, from 2000 to 2007, Mr. Roche served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at New Plan Excel Realty Trust, one of the nation's largest real estate companies with over 450 shopping centers encompassing more than 65 million square feet. While at New Plan, Mr. Roche oversaw the issuance of $2 billion of debt and equity and facilitated acquisitions and dispositions of assets in excess of $5 billion and $700 million of redevelopment projects. Mr. Roche departed New Plan upon the closing of its sale to Australia's Centro Properties Group. |