Andrew J. Welch (age 44) serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joined FelCor Lodging Trust in July 1998. Mr. Welch is responsible for corporate finance capital markets and treasury activities. Since joining FelCor Mr. Welch has negotiated and closed on more than $8.0 billion in capital raising transactions. Prior to FelCor Mr. Welch was Vice President and Treasurer for Bristol Hotel Company from August 1997. For approximately 13 years prior to joining Bristol Mr. Welch was responsible for originating investment banking and corporate banking business with Bank of America N.A. and Citibank N.A. Mr. Welch received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Kansas and a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University.