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Westcore's Airport Development Partners Strengthens European Board
SAN DIEGO and LAUSANNE,Switzerland, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Westcore
Properties announced today that its European affiliate Airport Development
Partners SA (ADP), has appointed Dr. Hans-Peter Kohlhammer and Jan Danielsson
to its Advisory Board. Westcore allocated $100 million to create ADP in May
2008 to focus on the acquisition, operation and development of regional
airports inEurope.
Commenting on the board appointments, company chairman Marc Brutten said,
"With decades of top-level air transport and airport sector experience,
Hans-Peter and Jan count among the most experienced and reputed personalities
in European civil aviation. We are honored to have them on board."
Prior to founding his own consulting business focused on corporate
turnaround strategies, Dr. Hans-Peter Kohlhammer was CEO and Director General
of SITA S.C., the world's leading provider of network and communication
solutions to the air transport industry. His other positions have included CEO
of Grundig AG and Thyssen Telecom AG. He is chairman of the supervisory board
of Regify AG, deputy chairman of the board of Vivanco AG and a member of the
board of directors of VimpelCom (Russia).
Jan Danielsson is a former director of Goteborg-Landvetter airport,
Sweden's second-largest airport, a position he held for 12 years. In a long
career devoted to civil air transport he has also worked for the Swedish
Government (Ministry of Transport) and for the Swedish Civil Aviation
Administration (LFV) as Director Administrative Affairs, Director
International Relations and Director General. LFV operated at the time 19
civil airports, overseeing 90% of all commercial air traffic inSweden. He has
been active within the European airport system as a member of the Board of ACI
Europe and generally within ACI with special focus on regional airports. In
2001, he was appointed to representSweden and the four other Nordic countries
for three years on the Council of the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
About Airport Development Partners SA
Airport Development Partners SA provides funding and expertise to develop
regional airports acrossEurope. The company works in partnership with
governments and dedicated teams of specialists to develop an airport's growth
potential and the breadth and quality of its services, enabling it to function
as a powerful catalyst for economic development. ADP uses the funding model
best suited to meet the current owners' privatization objectives, be it based
on a public-private partnership, an operating concession or an airport sale.
Airport Development Partners has its main office in Lausanne,Switzerland, and
a project office inPoland.
About Westcore Properties, LLC
Westcore Properties, LLC, is a private, entrepreneurial commercial real
estate investment firm with institutional scale and capabilities that focuses
on investing in markets within the westernUnited States. Formed in 2000, the
company and its principals have invested in more than $2.2 billion in
properties totaling in excess of 10 million square feet. Westcore has a staff
of experienced real estate professionals with a variety of specializations,
who seek and acquire real estate investments that represent stabilized or
value-added opportunities, and aggressively manage and/or reposition them to
function more successfully in their environment. Westcore is headquartered in
San Diego with regional offices inLos Angeles,Sausalito, andDenver and a
European office in Lausanne,Switzerland.
FOR INFORMATION: Marc R. Brutten, Chairman
(858) 625-4100
Dan Peoples
(858) 552-1456
http://www.westcore.net
SOURCE Westcore Properties, LLC
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