Slate Grocery REIT announced that Joe Pleckaitis, Senior Vice President, Finance at Slate Asset Management (?Slate?), has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Slate Grocery REIT, effective August 29, 2023. Pleckaitis will replace Andrew Agatep, who is stepping down from his role as CFO to pursue other opportunities. Pleckaitis joined Slate in 2017 and most recently has been leading the financial function for Slate?s North American private equity business, which spans Slate?s opportunistic real estate, real estate debt, and infrastructure strategies.

He oversees all financial aspects of the business, including corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, corporate accounting, and financial reporting and debt. Prior to joining Slate, Pleckaitis worked in the real estate audit practice at Deloitte LLP. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.