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John Carrafiell | |
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| Born | John Anthony Carrafiell March 8, 1965 |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Title | Co-CEO of BentallGreenOak |
John Carrafiell is a Co-CEO of BentallGreenOak.
Carrafiell received his B.A. from Yale University in 1987. [1]
Carrafiell joined Morgan Stanley in 1987 [2] and held various management positions there from 1994 to 2009 including: Head of Acquisitions for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds’ European Investment Program (1994); [2] Head of Morgan Stanley’s European Real Estate Group (1995); [2] Managing Director (1999); [2] Global Co-Head the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Division and member of the Investment Banking Operating Committee(2005); [2] President of the Special Situations Fund III (2006); [3] and Senior Advisor (2009). [4]
In 2004, after the Morgan Stanley-led £1.7 billion takeover of Canary Wharf, [5] Carrafiell became a member of the board of Canary Wharf, Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Operating Management Committee. Carrafiell formed Alpha Real Estate Advisors in 2008 [6] which advised Songbird Estates PLC (controlling owner of Canary Wharf) in its £1.03 billion recapitalization. [7] In 2010, Carrafiell co-founded GreenOak Real Estate, a private equity real estate firm with investments in the United States, Japan, the UK and Spain. [8] [9]
Carrafiell is currently serving on the Supervisory Board of Klepierre. [10]
He previously sat on the Management Board of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) [11] and on the Supervisory Boards of Corio [10] and Deutsche Immobilien Chancen Group. [12] Carrafiell also served as a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute [13] and as a Director of the Canary Wharf Group [14] and Grupo Lar. [15]
Carrafiell has established scholarship and teaching funds to support students, teaching, and research at the Yale School of Architecture. [1] He also established a scholarship fund for the Yale School of Art. [16] He is a member of the Yale School of Architecture Deans’ Council. [17]
Carrafiell is a supporter of the Ever Episcopal Campaign [18] and is a member of the Tate Modern (London) Acquisitions Committee. [19]
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