Prior to Coventry, Murphy served as global head of Real EstateInvestment Banking for Deutsche Bank, where he managed a team ofmore than 100 professionals in eight offices throughout the US,Europe, and Asia. Under his leadership, the team executed more than500 separate transactions on behalf of clients representing morethan $400 billion in total transaction volume. Significanttransactions included the sale of Hilton International Hotels in2005, and the Blackstone Group's acquisitions of Carr AmericaRealty in 2006, and Equity Office Properties and the Hilton HotelsCorporation in 2007.

Murphy tells GlobeSt.com that his responsibilities are threefold: to help raise capital; to identify investment opportunitiesto invest that capital; and to time when to monetize investments."Everybody wears a lot of hats," he says.

"We view the current environment as a very attractive one andour hope is that we see enough attractive investmentopportunities," Murphy tells GlobeSt.com. "Our hope is that I wouldbe able to help the firm raise more capital history to takeadvantage of the current investment climate, and that myrelationships and transactional experience will allow us toeffectively invest that capital and better identify appropriatetime to monetize investments."