Gupta will be based here and lead global securitization andcapital market activities, primarily in the US and Canada, for theStamford, CT-based company. He will also be responsible for leadingsales, marketing and transactional management of CMBS tojoint-venture partners and third parties in North America. He willreport to Alec Burger, SVP of the North America lendingdivision.

Gupta is a former global securitization segment leader with GECommercial Finance's capital markets group where he managed morethan $8 billion of securitization in a variety of asset classes anddelivered more than $300 million in net income for GE businessproperty, franchise finance and capital solutions Canada.

Through a spokesman, Gupta tells GlobeSt.com, "We will continueto concentrate on growing our existing lines of business, andcapital markets will grow our overall business," but declined toidentify any specific growth targets. GE's North America lendingdivision offers financing for all real estate sectors, includingsuch niche asset classes as affordable housing, golf, hospitality,vacation ownership, manufactured home and recreational vehicleparks.