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Mr. Zerbst joined CB Richard Ellis Investors as president in 1997. From 1998 through 2006 he served as CEO and had overall responsibility for investment policy and the strategic direction of the firm. He has led the growth and transformation of CB Richard Ellis Investors from a domestic pension fund adviser with $3.7 billion of assets under management to a multi-strategy, global investment organization with a portfolio of more than $28 billion. In 1981, after a career in real estate research and education, Zerbst founded and served as CEO of Piedmont Realty Advisors, a San Francisco-based registered investment advisory firm. In 1991, Piedmont merged with The RREEF Funds, a pension fund adviser with over $6 billion under management at the time. While a partner at RREEF, he was responsible for all investments in the western United States and opportunistic investments nationally. | 