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Mr. Kruth is Managing Partner of Brooklyn Queens Properties, a private equity firm focused on the investment and redevelopment of residential and mixed-use properties in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.

Formerly, Mr. Kruth was Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Global Real Estate Securities Funds at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he oversaw an investment team of eight professionals through March 2011.

Prior to his tenure at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Kruth was a Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst at both Citigroup Property Investors and Alliance Capital Management for eight years, where he was responsible for investing in REITs and other public real estate related companies in the US and internationally.

Mr. Kruth began his career in private equity at the Yarmouth Group (also known as Lend Lease) in 1988, where he worked on teams that made direct investments in North America, Europe and Asia.

He founded the firm’s entity level investment platform, which was a prelude to the public REIT sector’s growth in the mid-1990s. Mr. Kruth is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has 25 years of experience in global real estate investing in both the direct property market and through public securities. Mr. Kruth’s extensive professional accounting and financial expertise, including with respect to the real estate industry, allow him to make key contributions to the board of directors on financial, accounting, corporate governance and strategic matters.