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Bert J. Crouch
Managing Director Portfolio Manager
Invesco Real Estate

Bert Crouch is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager with Invesco Real Estate (IRE). In this role, he is primarily focused on the strategic, transactional, financing and fundraising sides of both opportunistic investments and credit originations related to commercial and multifamily real estate across the US and Europe. Mr. Crouch is also the Lead Portfolio Manager for the opportunistic strategies, as well as a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and Investment Strategy group. Mr. Crouch joined IRE in 2009, where he led the formation and growth of its Structured Investments platform. Before joining IRE, Mr. Crouch served as the director of acquisitions for Presidio Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hunt Realty Investments, where he was responsible for leading the execution of Presidio’s investment strategy focused on the acquisition of secondary commercial mortgages and investments in public real estate securities. Prior to Presidio, Mr. Crouch worked in the New York office of Wells Fargo’s real estate merchant banking group, where he originated and acquired highly structured commercial mortgage products. He has over 15 years of real estate experience. Mr. Crouch earned a BBA in finance with honors from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He also completed Wells Fargo’s credit management training program in San Francisco.

Beth Zayicek
Managing Director Chief Operating Officer
Invesco Real Estate

Beth Zayicek is a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Invesco Real Estate (IRE). As COO, Ms. Zayicek is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operation of IRE's global real estate business and serves as a member of IRE's Global Executive Committee. Ms. Zayicek joined Invesco in 2008 and entered the industry in 2003. Prior to her COO role, she served as the senior director of investment analytics, where she led the team responsible for the analysis of all US direct real estate acquisitions and served as a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Previously, she served as an associate portfolio manager responsible for portfolio strategy for several of IRE's separate account clients and as a senior investment analyst responsible for the analysis of new acquisitions in the Northeast.

Prior to joining Invesco, Ms. Zayicek worked as a member of the corporate and investment banking analyst program and real estate private equity group at KeyBank. She also worked as the director of capital markets at DDR Corp. Ms. Zayicek earned a BS degree in management with a concentration in finance from Case Western Reserve University. She is a member of the Women's Bond Club and is an active participant in the Invesco Women's Network.

Justin Rimel
Senior Director, Portfolio Manager
Invesco Real Estate

Justin Rimel is a Senior Director at Invesco Real Estate. He is dedicated to IRE’s domestic high-returning strategies. His primary role involves identifying, structuring and executing on high-returning real estate investment opportunities with an evolving role within portfolio management on behalf of IRE’s various opportunistic and value-add initiatives. Justin began his investment career in 1999 and joined Invesco Real Estate in 2020. Prior to joining Invesco, Justin was a managing director at Third Point, where he developed and managed a direct real estate program targeting opportunistic investments in both the public and private markets. Before that, he worked at CIM Group and was an integral part of opening its Manhattan office.

Justin earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of California at Berkeley.

Robert Huebscher
CEO and Founder
Advisor Perspectives

Robert Huebscher is the founder and CEO of Advisor Perspectives and serves as its editor-in-chief. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has written extensively on topics including investment management, portfolio construction, financial planning and global economics.