Gadsden Properties, Inc. Announces Changes to Its Officers and Members of Its Board of Directors
September 08, 2020 at 04:10 pm
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Gadsden Properties, Inc. announced the following changes to its officers and members of its board of directors: On September 1, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Michael Cha to fill the position of Chief of Staff of the Company. Due to his employment with the Company, Mr. Cha has resigned, as required, as Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee, but remains a member of the Board. BJ Parrish was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Cha has been the Senior Trader and Senior Energy Analyst at BBT Capital Management Advisors LLC, the Connecticut-based hedge fund for the Bass Family of Fort Worth, Texas for the past 14 years. He was head trader for the $1billion long-short energy and utilities fund, managing beta exposure, prime brokerage, portfolio allocation, and directing commission schedules for over 40 institutional brokers. From 2016 through January 2019 he was also responsible for identifying, analyzing and managing the investments in the hedge fund. Prior to that, Mr. Cha was a founding member of J.P. Morgan’s corporate debt and equity securities division in 1989-1990 following the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, when the J.P. Morgan was first granted powers to underwrite corporate securities. He brought the first equity-linked public offering by any commercial bank since 1933, when he led the due diligence, roadshow, and research coverage on a Dow Chemical Exchangeable Note in 1991. At J.P. Morgan, Mr. Cha led the Independent Power Producer (IPP) sector research team where he raised the firm to number 3 in the IPP equity underwriting league tables from a previously unranked position. He later headed the Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (E&P) sector research team and lead or co-managed over 30 primary and secondary offerings, elevating J.P. Morgan to number 1 in the E&P league tables from a previously unranked position. He conducted due diligence, built financial models, published research, and marketed globally on over 25 energy companies with assets in North America, Asia, FSU, South America, and West Africa.
Gadsden Properties, Inc., formerly FC Global Realty Inc., is a real estate investment company. The Company seeks to invest in a diversified portfolio of commercial and residential real estate properties and other real estate investments located both throughout the United States and in various international locales. Its business segment includes hospitality-oriented development opportunities; and mixed-use urban infill master plan development opportunities in secondary markets. The Company seeks to acquire investments in a variety of real estate projects, including residential developments, commercial properties such as gas station sites, and hotels and resort communities. The Company focuses on global hospitality in its international asset base and focuses hospitality, urban infill and mixed-use projects in its domestic asset base.