TOWNSEND - Key Persons
Adam Orlansky is an Associate Partner at The Townsend Group. His responsibilities include sourcing and executing investment opportunities for Townsend's Special Situations group via co-investments, joint ventures, recapitalizations, and secondary acquisitions.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2020, Mr. Orlansky was a Director of Investments at Callahan Capital Properties, and subsequently Ivanhoe Cambridge following its acquisition of Callahan. His responsibilities included overseeing acquisitions and dispositions and assisting with asset management for a portfolio of institutional-quality office properties located in urban U.S. markets. Prior to Callahan, Mr. Orlansky worked for PwC's Real Estate Advisory practice performing transaction consulting, financial due diligence, and valuation services.
Mr. Orlansky received his MS in Accounting and BSBA in Finance and Real Estate, Cum Laude, from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. He is a CPA, inactive status.
Aimee May - Chief Compliance Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
Prior to joining The Townsend Group 2016, Ms. May spent five years as a Compliance Analyst at Cyprium Investment Partners, an SEC registered investment advisor in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to Cyprium, Ms. May worked at KeyBank as a Compliance Specialist where her responsibilities included compliance, internal audit, and process improvement.
Ms. Mansour has over 30 years of experience leading global economic research and strategy. Most recently, Asieh served as Head of Americas Research at CBRE, managing a 200-member real estate research department, supporting brokerage, capital markets, and investment management across the Americas. Prior to joining CBRE, Ms. Mansour was the Chief Economist and Global Investment Strategist for Deutsche Bank's Alternative Asset Management Arm, RREEF. She was responsible for global macroeconomic strategy and shaping both strategic and tactical investments across the real asset classes. Across her senior roles, Asieh covered private and public real estate, structured debt and infrastructure, and advised internal and external clients on optimal investment strategies.
Ms. Mansour received her PhD, MA, and BA degrees in Economics from Tufts University and contributes frequently as a speaker, writer, and journal editor on the essential and complex issues of investing in real estate globally. She also serves as an independent non-executive director at First Sentier's Global Diversified Infrastructure Fund.
Job Titles:
- Finance
- Partner
- Senior Director
Brian White joined The Townsend Group in 2007 as the Controller. In 2015, Brian was promoted to Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Brian was the Controller at WR Hambrecht + Co., a boutique investment banking firm based in San Francisco. Additionally, Brian was an audit manager at Grant Thornton LLP, focusing on the financial services and software industries.
Brian earned a BS in Business from Miami University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA and the Ohio Society of CPAs.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
Mr. Ahern joined The Townsend Group in 1991 and currently manages information technology for Townsend.
Mr. Ahern's responsibilities include the implementation and monitoring of all of Townsend's hardware and software. Mr. Ahern oversees the Townsend database as well as maintaining the security of all data proprietary to Townsend and provides for the complete backup of all computer systems in case of system failure or disaster.
Mr. Ahern received his BS in Management Information Systems from The University of Dayton.
Chae Hong is a Partner in The Townsend Group's advisory practice and is based in San Francisco. He leads real asset consulting relationships for a select number of retainer and project clients.
He joined Aon in 2009 and has over 20 twenty years of real asset industry experience. His experience includes market research, manager research, and direct property underwriting, and he has consulted or advised on over $10 billion of institutional real assets, including timber, agriculture, infrastructure, and real estate. Mr. Hong has also sourced and performed due diligence on real assets investment opportunities both domestically and internationally. He has held senior positions with notable firms such as Callan Associates, Cliffwater, and RREEF.
He holds a BA and MBA degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Job Titles:
- Assistant General Counsel
- Asst. General Counsel
Charlie serves as an Assistant General Counsel and is responsible for legal oversight of The Townsend Group.
Mr. Cunningham joined The Townsend Group in 2012 and is the primary relationship manager for several of the firm's institutional clients totaling $15 billion in net assets. Mr. Cunningham's responsibilities include development and execution of investment strategy, new investment recommendations, and portfolio management. Mr. Cunningham also contributes to global real estate fund underwriting and leads the firm's timberland and farmland research team.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Cunningham worked as a Consultant at Hewitt EnnisKnupp (previously Ennis, Knupp & Associates), providing real estate advisory and reporting services on over $3.5 billion in real estate assets. While at Hewitt EnnisKnupp, Mr. Cunningham was responsible for all timberland and farmland manager and market coverage at the firm, as well as recommendations leading to more than $250 million in client capital commitments across real estate, farmland, and timberland investments. His career began underwriting public securities at Mason Street Advisors while also managing a portion of Marquette University's Endowment as a member of the Applied Investment Management (AIM) Program.
Mr. Cunningham is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and a member of The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries. Mr. Cunningham earned a BS in Business Administration, majoring in Finance, International Business, and Spanish, from Marquette University.
Christian Nye joined The Townsend Group in 2016. He is an Associate Partner on the portfolio management team. His main responsibilities include strategic and investment planning, investment due diligence and execution, portfolio analytics, and performance reporting. He also supports the development of Townsend's research and investment strategies.
Mr. Nye received his BSBA specialized in Finance and Real Estate from The Ohio State University. Mr. Nye is a CFA® charter holder.
Mr. O'Connell is an Associate Partner at The Townsend Group in Cleveland. His role includes portfolio modeling and analytics, market research, due diligence, and writing and reviewing investment recommendations to support the discretionary portfolio management team. He is also responsible for coverage of the open-ended funds universe, providing portfolio construction, investment research, due diligence and new fund underwriting, and investment recommendations to Townsend's global client base.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group 2014, Mr. O'Connell worked for Red Stone Equity Partners, LLC as an Acquisitions Analyst, where he performed financial analysis, market analysis, origination, and underwriting of affordable housing real estate properties and participated in the acquisition and syndication of low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) investments nationwide.
Mr. O'Connell received his BA from Miami University and completed post-baccalaureate coursework at Cleveland State University. Mr. O'Connell was inducted into The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) in 2022.
Dan Ryder joined The Townsend Group in 2018 and now serves as a Vice President within the North America fund underwriting team. His responsibilities include underwriting non-core fund offerings across real estate equity and debt.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Ryder worked at Parkwood LLC, a private financial services firm in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to working at Parkwood, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he analyzed the financial statements of publicly traded real estate clients.
Mr. Ryder graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University with a BSBA in Accounting. He is a registered CPA in the state of Ohio.
Daniel Stenger is a Partner of The Townsend Group. Mr. Stenger's responsibilities include overseeing advisory client relationships and servicing all aspects of those relationships. This includes strategic and investment planning, performance reporting, and due diligence.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2002, Mr. Stenger worked as an income tax preparer and financial planner, providing estate planning, insurance planning, tax planning, and retirement planning for clients. Mr. Stenger is currently a member of The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Mr. Stenger received a BS in Finance from Miami University.
David Dix is a Partner with The Townsend Group based in London and is responsible for the management of client portfolios with a particular focus on real estate exposures.
Mr. Dix has over 20 twenty years' experience in real estate investment and management in Europe, Asia, and the United States. He joined The Townsend Group in 2018 from CBRE Capital Advisors (London) where he was responsible for advising global clients on indirect real estate investment strategies.
Prior to CBRE, Mr. Dix was a principal with a Japanese fund manager (seven years), largely based in Tokyo, and with Macquarie Bank in Sydney, Australia (ten years). At Macquarie Bank, he initially focused on investment and financial (FX and interest rate) risk management advisory roles thereafter moving into real estate fund management including three years as CEO of a $2.2 billion cross-border listed REIT. He has been directly involved in the strategy development, capital raising, and management of more than $3 billion of real estate funds and provided strategy and investment advice to institutional real estate investors in the Europe, U.K., U.S. and Asia.
Mr. Dix holds a MA in Land Economy from Cambridge University (U.K.) and a BA in Agricultural Economics from Sydney University (Australia).
Don Shin joined The Townsend Group in 2021 and is a Vice President. He is responsible for portfolio management and business development in the Asia- Pacific region and is based in Hong Kong.
Previously, Mr. Shin was with IGIS Asset Management, where he worked on evaluating and executing acquisition opportunities and the asset management of investment portfolios in Korea. He started his career at CBRE in Korea.
Felix Fels joined The Townsend Group in 2015 and currently works as an Associate Partner in San Francisco. Mr. Fels is involved in portfolio management for $2 billion of discretionary real estate assets under management and investment advisory for clients totaling $30 billion of real estate allocations. His responsibilities include strategic and investment planning, portfolio management, investment due diligence and execution, portfolio analytics, and performance reporting. Mr. Fels was temporarily based out of Townsend's London office to assist with European investment efforts and client relationships before returning to Townsend's San Francisco office.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Fels interned for IDS Real Estate Group in Los Angeles and DWS Group in Frankfurt, Germany, where he assisted with macro research and portfolio management of multi-asset strategies.
Mr. Fels graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Economics from Occidental College, where he managed part of the college's endowment in an equities and fixed income portfolio for two years.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President in the European Fund Underwriting Team Based in London
George Fenton joined The Townsend Group in 2019 and serves as Vice President in the European Fund Underwriting team based in London. His responsibilities include investment due diligence of real estate funds and clubs, performance benchmarking, manager research, and market research.
He previously worked for LaSalle Global Partner Solutions as an Associate focused on U.K. and European fund underwriting. He assisted portfolio managers in the running of commingled real estate fund of funds portfolios investing in the U.K. and globally.
George received a BA(honours) in English from Royal Holloway, University of London and holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).
Mr. Yu is an Associate Partner of The Townsend Group based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for fund management and underwriting new investment opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2020, Mr. Yu was an Associate Director for Invesco Real Estate where he was responsible for direct property acquisitions, underwriting, portfolio management, and an Asia-Pacific research strategist covering core and non-core direct strategies. Prior to Invesco Real Estate, Mr. Yu worked at Jones Lang LaSalle in the Asia Capital Markets team and at Cushman & Wakefield in the Research & Advisory group.
Mr. Yu earned an MSc in Investment Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and holds a BA in Economics from Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Job Titles:
- Certified Management Accountant
- Partner
Iftikhar is a Partner in the Toronto office and leads global infrastructure research, monitoring, and related consulting function. He advises public and corporate pension plans, university endowments, and other institutional investors on infrastructure strategy and planning, portfolio design and construction, and investment selection as well as performance monitoring and reporting of funds and co-investments in clients' portfolios.
Prior to joining Aon in 2016, Iftikhar led an in-house investment team at a large investment holding company where he was responsible for asset allocation, manager selection, and transaction due diligence. Previously, he held senior positions in investment banking where he executed a variety of debt and equity transactions in power, renewable, transportation, healthcare, and social infrastructure sectors.
Mr. Ahmed is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), received an MBA in Accounting and Finance, Master in Public Policy, Administration and Law, and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President Within the Advisory Group in San Francisco
Jack Dowd joined The Townsend Group in 2019 and serves as Vice President within the advisory group in San Francisco. His responsibilities include strategic and investment planning, portfolio analytics, investment recommendations, and performance reporting. Other responsibilities include manager due diligence, modeling exercises, and project research. He is also a member of the ESG team.
Prior to his time at The Townsend Group, Mr. Dowd spent five years with the Capital Group where he provided equity management and research support for retail, institutional, and private client portfolio managers. Prior to Capital Group, Mr. Dowd spent three years with First American Financial where he worked as a member of the Investment Group which managed the fixed income investment portfolio for the company.
Mr. Dowd is a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Mr. Heacox joined The Townsend Group in 2014 and is a Partner within Townsend's portfolio management team with a primary focus on the firm's secondary investment and direct real estate strategies. Mr. Heacox has helped lead investment strategy implementation and portfolio management for several open-end and closed-end real estate programs totaling approximately $3 billion of investor capital. Mr. Heacox's primary responsibilities include investment sourcing and underwriting, as well as initiating portfolio recommendations to Townsend's Investment Committee. He also helps oversee acquisition, disposition, financing, and major capital activities within the firm's largest directly-managed property portfolio. Mr. Heacox helps lead currency hedging strategy across several of the firm's global real estate programs and is actively involved in sourcing and underwriting real estate secondary interests and fund recapitalization opportunities. In addition to his investment-related responsibilities, Mr. Heacox also helps lead investor relations and distribution activity for Townsend's fund management business.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Heacox worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as an Auditor in the real estate and manufacturing industries.
Mr. Heacox received his BSBA in Accountancy and MBA from John Carroll University's Boler School of Business. He is a CFA® charterholder.
Mr. Bannon, Associate Partner, joined The Townsend Group in 2011 in the Cleveland office. James works alongside the portfolio management team with responsibility for developing and maintaining investor relationships, focusing on the firm's commingled fund clients.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Bannon was a Financial Data Analyst at Imagine software, a worldwide provider of portfolio and risk management software, where he was responsible for reviewing, researching, and approving client requests for new securities as well as processing corporate actions and other security life events. Prior to Imagine, Mr. Bannon began his career at Custom House Global Fund Services, one of the largest independent hedge fund administrators in the world, where he was a Supervisor of Fund Administration responsible for creation and management of net asset value production for offshore and onshore hedge funds.
He received a B. COMM with honors from National University of Ireland Galway.
James is a Vice President at The Townsend Group where he focuses on acquisitions and asset management for the Special Situations group. Mr. Kipling focuses on deploying Townsend's discretionary capital across Europe through LP and GP-led secondaries, platform and entity investments, recapitalizations, programmatic joint ventures, and co-investments.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group 2021, James spent six years working in CBRE's Corporate Finance team where he was responsible for providing financial analysis to fund and asset managers who were seeking to raise capital for existing real estate vehicles or new real estate strategies.
James earned a BA in Economics from the University of Exeter, has an MSc in Real Estate from the University of Reading, and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the Pension Real Estate Association
Jay Long joined The Townsend Group in 1994. He is a Partner of the firm, Chair of the Investment Committee, and Member of the Global Macro Strategy Committee. Jay also leads the ESG Team at Townsend. During his tenure at Townsend, Jay led the development of the Special Situations team, which focuses on co-investments and secondary transactions. He has significant due diligence expertise having led the Asian and European due diligence teams and contributes to the discretionary portfolio management and advisory consulting practices.
Mr. Long is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), the CFA Institute and the Cleveland Society of Security Analysts.
Mr. Long is a CFA® charter holder and received an MBA from The Ohio State University and a BSBA from Miami University.
Jeff joined The Townsend Group in 2009 and serves as Partner, helping lead investment sourcing, execution, and related capital raising for Townsend's Special Situations group, with a particular focus on joint ventures, recapitalizations, and secondary opportunities. Jeff has led more than two-dozen such investments spanning $1.2 billion of client equity. Jeff's fifteen years of investment and deal structuring expertise spans a wide range of strategies with particular emphasis on data centers, SFR/BTR, multifamily, secondaries/recapitalizations, prop-tech, co-GP ventures, and real estate operating companies. Jeff also brings over ten years of distribution and product development experience across institutional capital raising for both closed-end and open-end vehicles, registered products/interval funds, and defined-contribution space. He plays a lead role in strategic deal syndications and co- investment capital raising for Townsend's Special Situations group. Prior to 2020, Jeff served as a portfolio manager for Townsend's commingled investment funds, having led capital formation and investment strategy execution for six closed-end and two open-end fund vehicles totaling approximately $2 billion of investor capital, focused largely on direct investment and joint venture opportunities.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Jeff worked for an Ohio-based commercial real estate development and property management company.
Jeff is a CFA® charter holder and received his BS in Finance from Miami University's Richard T. Farmer School of Business.
Mr. Leighton joined The Townsend Group in 2013 and advises a diverse group of institutional clients on real asset programs covering real estate, infrastructure, timberland, and agriculture. Mr. Leighton advises clients ranging from $15 billion to $170 billion in total plan assets with total real asset investment programs in excess of $35 billion. Mr. Leighton's primary responsibilities include strategic planning, portfolio construction, investment planning, due diligence, and recommendation of potential investment opportunities, fee modeling, performance analytics, and managing client relations.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Leighton worked in structured finance for the Debt Capital Markets group at Banc of America Securities. While at Banc of America Securities, Mr. Leighton provided financial support to the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) trading desk. His career began in Financial Services with The Vanguard Group where Mr. Leighton managed and developed relationships with high-net-worth individuals.
Mr. Leighton received his BBA in Finance from Radford University.
Mr. Davenport joined The Townsend Group in 2012. As a Partner, Joe is responsible for discretionary portfolio management for clients with more than $3 billion in total real estate assets under management. Mr. Davenport participates in strategic and investment planning, investment due diligence and execution, portfolio management, and performance reporting.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Davenport worked in risk management and corporate finance for a Fortune 100 insurance and financial services company.
Mr. Davenport received a BS in Finance and Real Estate from The Ohio State University, and a MS in Finance from Indiana University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Investment Committee
- Partner
John Schaefer is a Partner of The Townsend Group and member of the Investment Committee and the Global Macro Strategy Committee. Mr. Schaefer is responsible for investment research, due diligence, and underwriting, globally, with a focus on non-core investment strategies. He has also served as the lead portfolio manager on several of the Townsend multi-manager, commingled funds responsible for portfolio construction, portfolio management, and due diligence of funds, co-investments, direct properties, and secondary interests.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2010, Mr. Schaefer was a founding member of the real estate group at UBS Wealth Management where, as a member of the investment committee, he was responsible for the creation of a $10 billion global portfolio of direct properties, commingled funds, and REITs. Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Schaefer worked in Deutsche Bank's real estate private equity group where he was responsible for structuring, underwriting, negotiating, and closing real estate investments. Mr. Schaefer began his career as a research analyst with Lend Lease Rosen.
Mr. Schaefer received an MBA with honors from Columbia Business School and a BS with honors from the University of California, Berkeley.
Joseph Tang is a Partner of The Townsend Group. Mr. Tang is responsible for leading Townsend's commingled fund investments and managing the firm's existing real estate portfolios in the Asia-Pacific region.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2010, Mr. Tang was a Fund Manager of ING Real Estate Select where he was responsible for managing and investing the real estate portfolio of ING in Asia with a specific focus on Greater China. Prior to ING Real Estate, Joseph was a Director in Hypo Real Estate primarily responsible for originating and underwriting structured credit facilities for real estate projects in Asia.
Mr. Tang received a BS from the University of Victoria and a Master of Finance from the University of Hong Kong.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner and Head of Aon Investments Inc
Ms. Rode is Partner and Head of Aon Investments Inc.'s ("Aon") global private equity and infrastructure research group where she manages all related research, strategy, and consulting assignments for retainer and project clients on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis.
Prior to joining Aon in 2009, Karen was a Senior Managing Director for GE Equity, where she managed a portfolio of limited partnership investments and direct co-investments. She was President and CEO of Global Fund Partners, GE Capital's fund of funds, and practice director of the Healthymagination Fund, GE's internal healthcare growth equity fund.
Karen joined GE via its acquisition of Heller Financial in 2001. She began her career as an auditor with Ernst & Young and subsequently joined Heller Financial Inc.'s Leveraged Finance Group where she spent nine years, working in capital markets, sourcing, underwriting, and portfolio management of highly levered senior and mezzanine loans and co-investments in private equity backed companies. In 2000, she moved to the firm's equity team and focused on underwriting and managing fund and equity co-investments.
She is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago and a Certified Public Account. Karen has an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Finance and Accounting from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Laurie Woolmer is a Partner within The Townsend Special Situations group. Mr. Woolmer leads Townsend's Special Situation team in Europe, deploying the firm's discretionary fund and separate account capital through LP and GP-led secondaries, platform and entity investments, recapitalizations, programmatic joint ventures, and co-investments. In addition, Mr. Woolmer also has significant asset management and portfolio management responsibilities.
Mr. Woolmer started his career at BNP Paribas in London, before moving to work in the Corporate Finance arm of CBRE. Immediately prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2015, Mr. Woolmer worked at private equity secondary firm Landmark Partners, where he worked on acquiring secondary positions in European closed-ended fund structures.
Mr. Woolmer earned a BSc from the University of Bristol, has an MSc in Real Estate Finance from Kingston University, and is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of Townsend 's Investment Committee
Martin Rosenberg is a Partner and a member of Townsend's Investment Committee. He advises a diverse group of institutional clients on real asset programs covering real estate, infrastructure, timberland, and agriculture.
Before joining The Townsend Group in 2005, Mr. Rosenberg was an attorney in the private equity group at Jones Day, where he focused on private fund formations, leveraged buyouts, and venture capital transactions.
Mr. Rosenberg received a JD from the New York University School of Law and a BA from The Ohio State University. He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries
Michael Golubic joined The Townsend Group in 2003 and is a Partner of the firm. He is a primary senior relationship manager and portfolio manager to discretionary clients of the firm with real asset allocations exceeding $1 billion. Mr. Golubic also maintains primary responsibility for the firm's efforts in the evaluation of global real asset strategies with a focus on infrastructure. He has been responsible for over $8 billion in client commitments to private equity infrastructure funds and co-investments. During his tenure at Townsend, Mr. Golubic has also participated in the underwriting of open-end commingled funds as well as U.S. and Latin America non-core real estate opportunity funds.
Mr. Golubic is a member of The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) and The Pension Real Estate Association (PREA). In addition, Mr. Golubic frequently speaks at industry conferences including past participation at the Milken Institute Global Conference, PEI Infrastructure Investor Summit, and IREI Investing in Infrastructure Conference. In 2018, Mr. Golubic was named as one of the Knowledge Brokers New Guards by CIO Magazine.
Mr. Golubic received a BS in Finance and Management Information Systems from Miami University.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Partner
- Associate Partner With the Townsend Group Providing Services to Several
Mr. Stark is an Associate Partner with The Townsend Group providing services to several of the firm's institutional clients, including multiple domestic and international public pension plans, endowments, and fund of funds. His responsibilities include portfolio analytics, portfolio management, research, strategic planning, and monitoring performance at the fund and client levels.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2010, Mr. Stark was an Institutional Consulting Analyst for Graystone Consulting, a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. At Graystone, Mr. Stark was a member of a team that managed capital for foundations, endowments, pensions, hospitals, and high-net- worth clientele. His responsibilities included preparing asset allocation models, investment policy statements, customized performance measurement reports, and investment decisions.
Mr. Stark received his MBA and BSBA in Finance, both from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.
Mike Petras joined the Townsend Group in 2009 and is currently a Vice President. His responsibilities include strategic planning, portfolio structuring, performance analytics, and quarterly portfolio performance reviews for discretionary clients. Previously, Mr. Petras managed Townsend's fund-level database.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Petras worked in Key Bank's Corporate Real Estate department where he was responsible for lease administration on a portfolio of over 200 properties. Additionally, he worked at the McDonald Financial Group, handling performance reporting for a fund product.
Mr. Petras received a BS in Finance from Villanova University and obtained his MBA from Cleveland State University.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Head of Europe, and Member of the Investment Committee
Morgan Angus is a Partner, Head of Europe, and member of the Investment Committee at The Townsend Group. Mr. Angus is responsible for leading Townsend's business in the region including investment, business development, and portfolio management of global mandates. He is also a member of the ESG team.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2014, Mr. Angus was a Senior Investment Manager with Aberdeen Asset Management, where he was responsible for investing in global private equity and real assets funds, managing portfolios with over $1.2 billion of commitments. Previously, he was a senior member of Aberdeen's property multi manager business where he was responsible for the investment and management of U.K. and global indirect property portfolios.
Mr. Angus received a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree The University of Western Australia.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President in the Portfolio Management Team
Myles is a Vice President in the portfolio management team at The Townsend Group in London. Myles directly supports portfolio managers in the management of global client mandates and his role involves portfolio modelling and analytics, market research, due diligence, and making investment recommendations. He is also a member of the ESG team.
Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2018, Myles was an Analyst at Aviva Investors and worked for both the U.K. direct and global indirect real estate businesses.
Myles is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC), and holds a Master's degree in Real Estate from Cass Business School, London.