EVP, Corporate Development & Strategy, Dream Unlimited | CFO, Dream Office REIT
Jay focuses on value creation, capital markets, strategic investments and initiatives across the Dream group of companies. He has been involved in over $10 billion of transactions in North America and Europe including the sale of Dream Global REIT to Blackstone, the United States and European expansions for Dream Industrial REIT, the Dream/PAULS Corp partnership venture and creation of the US multi-family asset management platform.
Prior to joining Dream, Jay was part of the equity research team at BMO Capital Markets covering the Canadian real estate sector. Previously, he was a manager at Ernst & Young LLP in the financial services assurance and advisory group. Jay is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant, and has both a Master of Accounting and Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management degree from the University of Waterloo.