Team Members

Michael Clarke
Chief Financial Officer

Mike Clarke is the CFO of Kolter and has been with the firm since 1994.  Mike is responsible for the firm’s financial reporting, accounting, human resources and information technology, as well as for providing oversight of these functions for the firm’s portfolio companies.  Mike also oversees the firm’s indirect investments.
 
Since joining the firm, Mike has helped guide the company’s rapid financial growth and consolidation.  Mike provided support for the firm’s move into Florida, as well as for the realized investments of almost $3 billion of residential development to date, and the existing additional residential developments with expected value in excess of $5 billion.  He also provided support for the firm’s principally self-developed and self-managed 6 million square foot office portfolio, and almost 1800 unit multifamily portfolio the majority of which have since been sold with expected proceeds in excess of $1 billion.  Prior to Kolter, Mike worked for KPMG.
 
Mike earned a BA degree from the University of Toronto.
He is also a chartered accountant.

John Csapo
Chief Development Officer

John Csapo is the CDO of Kolter and has been with the firm since 1993.  John is responsible for overseeing the development of the firm’s long-term strategic assets, with a particular focus on land use issues.

Since joining the firm, John has helped to guide the company’s expansion into Florida.  Having been with the Kolter since its first investment in the state, John has overseen acquisition and development of high-rise, low-rise, and master-planned communities realized for over $2 billion.  He has also been instrumental in the acquisition of additional residential developments with expected value in excess of $5 billion. John has also provided oversight in the development of Kolter’s $400 million Florida multifamily portfolio, most of which is expected to have been sold by the end of 2007.  Prior to joining Kolter, John served as Executive Vice President of St. Andrews Development Company. 

John earned a BA degree from Princeton University. John is also a licensed Florida general contractor.

Peter Donnantuoni
Chief Operating Officer

Peter Donnantuoni is the COO of Kolter and has been with the firm since 2005.  Peter is responsible for implementing the firm’s and portfolio companies’ corporate strategies, with a particular focus on its residential development strategy.
 
Prior to joining Kolter, Peter was Executive Director of Taylor Woodrow, Inc. for its North American activities.  As Executive Director, he headed Taylor Woodrow’s Florida Land Development, Homebuilding, Tower and Club Operations Divisions, and he also headed the company’s legal department. Before joining Taylor Woodrow, Peter was a real estate lawyer with the law firm of Piper Rudnick in Tampa, Florida and was employed by Walt Disney World in connection with the development of Epcot Center and related projects.
 
Peter earned a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management from Pratt Institute in New York and a JD degree with honors from the University of Florida.   He is also a member of the Florida Bar and is a licensed Florida General Contractor.
 
Howard Erbstein
Chief Investment Officer

Howard Erbstein is the CIO of Kolter and has been with the firm since 2005.  Howard is responsible for the firm’s capital structure as well as providing oversight to acquisitions and financings across the firm’s portfolio companies.
 
Prior to joining Kolter, Howard was based in London as the managing principal of The Strategic Partners UK Fund, a real estate private equity fund that, under his leadership, grew from approximately $30 million to over $150 million in assets and returned a net IRR to limited partners in excess of 34%.  Before that, he was a real estate investment banker at Goldman Sachs in London and New York where he executed in excess of $1.5 billion of financings.   Howard began his career as a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.
 
Howard pursued undergraduate studies in Canada, earned an MSc degree (Econ) from the London School of Economics and an LLB degree with honors from Cambridge University.  He is also a member of the New York Bar.

Robert Julien
Chief Executive Officer

Bobby Julien is the CEO of Kolter and has been with the firm since 1993.  Bobby is responsible for the firm’s strategy as well as for support of the portfolio company leaders in the development of their strategies.
 
Since joining the firm, Bobby transformed Kolter’s portfolio from a multi-industry selection of businesses into a firm focused exclusively on real estate development, investment and construction.  Bobby has led the firm’s move into Florida, has realized investments of almost $3 billion of residential development to date, and has acquired additional residential developments with expected value in excess of $5 billion.  He has also realized the majority of the firm's investment in its principally self-developed and self-managed commercial portfolio, which consisted of 6 million square feet of office space and nearly 1800 multifamily units and is expected to acheive total proceeds in excess of $1 billion.
 
Bobby attended McGill University, where he studied business.