Founder of The Praedium Group, Mr. Appel has been building the Company since 1991 and has overseen all aspects of The Praedium Group’s activities, including its strategy and its investment policy. Mr. Appel serves on the company’s Investment Committee. In addition to his responsibilities with The Praedium Group, Mr. Appel ran Credit Suisse/First Boston’s Commercial Mortgage Finance business from 1991 to 1994, where he became a Managing Director. At Credit Suisse, Mr. Appel supervised the execution of commercial and multifamily asset securitization and sale advisory assignments totaling in excess of $13 billion. Prior, Mr. Appel was a Vice President in