Jeffrey Busch
Mr. Busch has more than two decades of real estate industry experience as a developer, manager and investor. He has developed properties valued at hundreds of millions of dollars in various real estate asset classes, including large- scale residential, commercial, hospitality, and retail projects, as a principal, and as a senior-level representative of the U.S. government. Earlier in his career, Jeffrey Busch was appointed by two United States Presidents to serve in senior staff capacities – he served as, including Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), and later as United States Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. At HUD, Mr. Busch oversaw a yearly budget of US$3.2 billion used to develop housing and commercial real estate.
Mr. Busch is a graduate of the New York University Stern School of Business. He also holds a Masters of Public Administration from New York University, and a Doctor of Jurist Prudence from Emory University.
Mr.Robert J. Kiernan
Mr. Robert J. Kiernan, aged 52, is the Chief Financial Officer of IA Group and Global Medical REIT Inc. and American Housing REIT, Inc. Mr. Kiernan is a financial executive with 30 years of successful experience in financial accounting, reporting and management. He joined IA Group,GMR and AHR in August 2017 as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kiernan’s experience includes initial and secondary public offerings, business combinations, quarterly, annual and other filings with the SEC, and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley internal control requirements. His extensive management and accounting experience has focused on the financial services industry, including broker dealers, mortgage REITs, and investment funds.
Prior to becoming IA Group’s,GMR’s and AHR’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Kiernan served as the Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of FBR & Co. (“FBR” NASDAQ: FBRC) commencing in October 2007. Prior to joining FBR, Mr. Kiernan served as the Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Arlington Asset Investment Corp. (“Arlington Asset” NYSE: AI) commencing in April 2003. Prior to joining Arlington Asset, Mr. Kiernan was a senior manager in the assurance practice at Ernst & Young.
Mr. Kiernan holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Mount St. Mary’s University, Cum Laude (1987) and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.