Mr. Kurd is a Co-Chief Investment Officer at Savanna where he is a member of the Investment Committee and Senior Management Committee. He is responsible for new investments and managing assets in Savanna’s portfolio. At Savanna, Mr. Kurd has led the underwriting, acquisition, financing, management, and disposition of over $4.5 billion of transactions across all types of real estate. Prior to joining Savanna in 2010, Mr. Kurd worked as a Financial Analyst in the Commercial Real Estate Group at Deutsche Bank in New York. At Deutsche Bank, Mr. Kurd provided financing to public corporations, private equity groups and individuals owning or acquiring commercial real estate assets in all property types within the United States. Mr. Kurd received a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also guest-lectured at Columbia University and sits on the Board of Directors for the Long Island City Partnership.