Bio

Robert Vahradian is a Partner of GTIS and Head of U.S. Investments at GTIS and a member of the General Partner’s U.S. and Brazil Funds Investment Committee. Mr. Vahradian is responsible for overseeing the firm’s US investment business, including strategy, acquisitions, and asset and portfolio management. Mr. Vahradian’s experience in the real estate industry began in 1986. Previously, Mr. Vahradian was President of Allied Partners, a private real estate investment company, where he was responsible for the firm’s investment and development projects. Prior to Allied, Mr. Vahradian was the Chief Operating Officer and principal of The Athena Group, a residential investment and development company based in New York, with projects located primarily in New York, Washington, DC and South Florida. Mr. Vahradian managed the investment, financing and operating activities of Athena and its affiliated equity funds. Prior to Athena, Mr. Vahradian was a Director in Credit Suisse First Boston’s (“CSFB”) real estate investment banking and principal groups. At CSFB, he participated in public and private debt and equity offerings, and principal investments in real estate debt and equity transactions. Mr. Vahradian also developed and managed CSFB’s credit lease finance and securitization program, and a private equity investment vehicle targeting Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Vahradian is a member of the Board of Directors of LGI Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGIH) a publicly listed homebuilding company. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Tufts University and received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.