McLEAN, VA-Another month, another new executive face at JERobert Cos. The firm has named Michael Pralle as president and COOto be based here. Pralle will be responsible for managing thecompany's operations, as it continues to expand its globalinvestment platform.

Pralle was previously president and CEO at GE Real Estate,managing a global business portfolio of more than $78 billion inassets in 28 countries. He left the post inJune, as GlobeSt.com reported. During his 18 year-tenure at GE, healso served as the head of the businesses responsible for makingcommon equity, preferred stock, and convertible debt investments inprivate companies in the US, Europe and Asia, as well assupervising GE Capital's activities in 15 countries across Northand Southeast Asia. Prior to GE, Pralle spent six years in McKinseyand Co.'s London and Hong Kong offices.

“We are extremely pleased to have Michael Pralle join JER tolead and manage our business operations,” Joseph E. Robert, Jr.,chairman and CEO says in a statement. “[His] network ofrelationships in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia will be ofinvaluable importance as we continue to strategically grow ourbusiness.”