Mr. Hughes is SL Green's chief financial officer, responsible for finance, capital markets, investor relations and administration. Prior to joining SL Green in February 2004, Mr. Hughes was managing director and chief financial officer of the private equity real estate group at JP Morgan Partners. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Hughes was partner and chief financial officer of Fortress Investment Group, an investment and asset management firm which managed an $873 million real estate private equity fund and a New York Stock Exchange listed real estate investment trust with assets in excess of $1.3 billion. While at Fortress Investment Group, Mr. Hughes was actively involved in evaluating a broad range of real estate equity and structured finance investments and arranged various financings to facilitate acquisitions and fund recapitalizations. Mr. Hughes also served as chief financial officer of Wellsford Residential Property Trust, where he was responsible for that company's financial forecasting and reporting, treasury and accounting functions, capital markets and investor relations. Mr. Hughes received his B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Public Accountant. |