Regency Affiliates, Inc. Officers

 

Laurence S. Levy - Chief Executive Officer

LAURENCE S. LEVY has been our chairman of the board, president and Chief Executive Officer since October 2002. In June 1986, Mr. Levy co-founded Hyde Park Holdings, Inc.,a private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, and has been its chairman of the board since that date. In March 1991, Mr. Levy acquired Warehouse Associates L.P., a private logistics provider, and has served as its chairman of the board since that time. In April 1999, Mr. Levy and John Hancock Financial established PFI Resource Management LP and Mr. Levy has served as manager since that date. PFT Resource Management is an investor in the Private Funding Initiative program in the United Kingdom which is privatizing state infrastructure assets. In October 1999, Mr. Levy, together wits DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners II, formed a predecessor of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, LLC. Since that time, Mr. Levy has served as a director of, and consultant to, Ozburn-Hesse Logistics, which is an independent logistics company. In January 2000, Mr. Levy, in partnership with John Hancock Financial, acquired Derby Industries LLC, a leading sub-assembler to the appliance industry. Since that time, Mr. Levy has served as chairman of the board of Derby Industries LLC.In December 2002, Mr. Levy, in partnership with Macquarie Bank, acquired Parking Company of America Airports LLC, an off-airport parking company. Since that time, Mr. Levy has served as a director of Parking Company of America Airports. From August 1991 until May 1999, Mr. Levy was chief executive officer of High Voltage Engineering Corporation, a diversified industrial and manufacturing company, and from March 1988 until January 2003 served as a member of the board of directors. Mr. Levy received a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelors of Accountancy degree from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg , South Africa , and an M.B.A. from Harvard University and graduated as a Baker Scholar. He is also a Chartered Accountant ( South Africa ).


Neil N. Hasson - Chief Financial Officer

Neil is currently a private real estate investor. In his present capacity, he has acquired over Ł250 million of commercial real estate in the UK in the last three years, as well as acquiring strategic stakes in real estate operating companies in the UK, Europe and the US. Neil’s clients are predominantly "high net worth families". Previously, Neil was the head of European Real Estate for DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners (“RECP”), a $660 million real estate opportunity fund managed by Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Neil joined DLJ as Managing Director in New York in January 1995, where he was one of three founding partners. The gross acquisition cost of real estate acquired by the fund was in excess of $2 billion. Neil moved to London in the summer of 1998, and was responsible for investing $70 million of equity for RECP in four major transactions.

Prior to DLJ, Neil worked for Goldman Sachs in New York, London and Tokyo.

Neil currently serves as a non-executive director of Sterling Centrecorp, a real estate company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Neil holds an MBA (with distinction) from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Fulbright scholar. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.