Morgan joined PGIM Real Estate from Grosvenor Fund Management after spending five years with Royal Bank of Scotland. He previously established and led DB Real Estate (RREEF) for Non-Japan Asia from 1999 to 2006. Prior to it being acquired by Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan worked for Bankers Trust Company. His career began in investment banking at PaineWebber in New York and he has been based in Asia since 1989. Morgan has a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies from Columbia College. He has lived and worked in the U.S., Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Prior to joining GI Partners, Mr. Sheputis was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fortune Data Centers, which helped establish the wholesale data center segment in Silicon Valley in 2007. In 2014, the Fortune properties and team were merged with the Dallas Infomart to create Infomart Data Centers, where Mr. Sheputis served as President. Prior to Fortune, Mr. Sheputis founded and managed several Silicon Valley ventures, including roles as co-founder and COO of Totality, EVP of Operations at Solidcore, and SVP of Sales for BeVocal.

Jeff has more than 38 years of real estate experience. In 2000, Jeff began leading the growth and success of NEBF’s in-house real estate investment operation, NEBF Real Estate, and directed the formation of National Real Estate Advisors, and its subsidiary National Real Estate Development. He has broad and diverse experience in the real estate investment and development process, with particular insight into legal, finance, and construction aspects. Following service in the Peace Corps and work as a lumber trader, Jeff spent several years at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arnold & Porter. While there, he was involved in multi-billion-dollar international debt restructurings, as well as complex real estate transactions, with a focus on the development projects of non-profit groups and universities. After forming the law firm of Counts & Kanne, Chartered, Jeff was intimately involved in structuring numerous complex investments in real estate development projects nationwide for institutional clients.

Mr. Kanne received his Bachelor of Arts in History and Juris Doctor with high honors from the University of Iowa. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Mr. Kanne is a member of the Order of the Coif of the University of Iowa College of Law.

In 2001, he founded Spire Technology, a DC property development company that acted as a long-term development partner of a Forbes listed UHNW investor from Hong Kong.  At Spire Technology, Nigel developed several DC facilities that served major multinational corporations including Fujitsu, Colt, Marsh, Unisys Corp, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. Other notable projects Nigel has been involved in include the development of Skyline 3000 in America and Australia, where he undertook a major DC consolidation programme with IBM, as well as formulating and implementing a £300 million DC strategy for British Telecom (BT), involving 13 DCs across Europe. 

Nigel started his career as a valuer at Richard Ellis Adelaide in 1986. He holds Bachelor of Applied Science in Property Resource Management from the University of South Australia.