John P. Oswald

John Oswald is the President and CEO of the Capital Trust Group, an international merchant/investment bank with offices in London, New York, Washington DC, and Beirut. Oswald is responsible for the US operations of the Group and its worldwide investment banking operations. His responsibilities have included managing a number of private equity funds, both in the US and European markets, which have focused on mezzanine and equity investments ranging from approximately $10 million to $50 million in middle market, private, and public companies with revenues from $20-$500 million. Oswald has also managed an extensive portfolio of US real estate comprised of office/retail space primarily in suburban areas in the US.

The investment/banking advisory function of Capital Trust includes advising clients with respect to mergers and acquisitions, financings and dispositions of holdings in the oil and gas, real estate, entertainment, education, construction, media, and communications areas. Oswald has also been responsible for completing numerous public debt offerings and public issuances of stock in the Group’s portfolio companies.

Oswald is also the President and CEO of Verus International, Ltd., an international merchant bank with offices in New York and Barbados.

Prior to joining Capital Trust in 1993, Oswald was a partner at the international law firm of Lord Day & Lord. He began his career as an accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co. and he is a certified public accountant.

Oswald serves as a director of numerous corporations, including Preem Holdings AB, the largest downstream refining operation in Europe; Samir, the third largest public company in Morocco and the only downstream oil refinery in Morocco; and numerous directorships with respect to portfolio companies in the Group’s investment portfolio.