Portfolio Transformation Strategy
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Kevan Gorrie
• President and Chief Executive Officer
• Over 20 years of real estate experience in Canada,
the United States and Germany.
• Previously served as the President and Chief
Executive Officer of PIRET, where he led the
business until its strategic sale to Blackstone
Property Partners and Ivanhoé Cambridge in May
2018.
Teresa Neto
• Chief Financial Officer
• Over 30 years of varied business experience,
including 10 years as a CFO for publicly-traded
real estate investment trusts in Canada.
•Previously served as the CFO of Pure Industrial
Real Estate Trust and prior to that at Northwest
Healthcare Properties REIT.
Lorne Kumer
• Executive Vice President, Head of Global Real
Estate
• Over 25 years of experience in the real estate
industry working for both public and private
development companies
• Experience includes acquisitions, due diligence,
leasing, land use and development approvals,
sales and construction
Michael Ramparas
• Senior Vice President, Global Real Estate and
Head of Investments
• Over 18 years of broad work experience with a
focus on real estate, equity investments, and
corporate underwriting.
• Previously held senior positions at Fortress
Investment Group and Hexagon Capital Partners
Witsard Schaper
• Vice President, Head of Europe based in
Amsterdam
⚫20 years of extensive real estate investment
experience in international private and public real
estate transactions across Europe
•Prior to joining Granite, Mr. Schaper was a
Director at CPPIB in London responsible for the
investment program in Europe
Jon Sorg
• Vice President, Head of U.S. based in Dallas
• 19 years of investment, operations, underwriting
and valuations experience in a variety of markets
across the central US
• Prior to joining Granite, Mr. Sorg spent 12 years at
Prologis, where most recently he served as Senior
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