8 September 2008 – GE Real Estate announces the promotion of Mike Bryant, previously Managing Director of public markets origination at GE Real Estate UK, to the newly created position of Managing Director, International Debt, GE Real Estate International.
Mike Bryant joined GE Real Estate in 2003 and to date has been responsible for originating equity opportunities in the UK private and public property markets. Over the past 12 months, his focus has increasingly turned to the acquisition of performing debt portfolios, where, backed by its AAA-rated balance sheet, GE has exercised its unique ability to identify, underwrite and execute acquisitions of significant loan portfolios in the UK and on a pan-European basis. These transactions total €4.3 billion and include £2 billion of loans acquired from Bradford & Bingley in November 2007, €1.3 billion from Capmark and a €642 million portfolio from Credit Suisse. Prior to joining GE Real Estate, Bryant spent over 10 years at a number...