NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESRT), a leading real estate
investment trust with office and retail properties in Manhattan and the
greater New York metropolitan area, today announced that Leslie D.
Biddle has joined its Board of Directors, effective March 6, 2017.
She is a Partner and President at Serengeti Asset Management. Prior to
joining Serengeti in 2013, Ms. Biddle spent nearly 10 years at Goldman
Sachs, where she became a Partner and was most recently Global Head of
Commodity Sales and the CFO of the firm’s investments in the metals and
mining sector. Earlier, Ms. Biddle was a Vice President at the AES
Corporation focusing on project finance and power plant development. She
also served as a Vice President at the Overseas Investment Corporation,
providing political risk insurance and financing to US companies
expanding overseas. Ms. Biddle is a member of the Board of Directors of
GoldMoney, Inc. (TSX) in Canada. She earned a bachelor’s degree from
Colby College, where she is a member of the Board of Trustees.
“Leslie adds valuable perspective as a member of our Board of Directors,
with extensive experience in global investment and finance,” said
Anthony E. Malkin, Empire State Realty Trust’s Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. “We are pleased and excited to welcome her to Empire
State Realty Trust.”
Ms. Biddle added, “I am delighted to join Empire State Realty Trust’s
Board of Directors and such an accomplished leadership team.”
About Empire State Realty Trust
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), a leading real estate
investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates, acquires and
repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater
New York metropolitan area, including the Empire State Building, the
world’s most famous office building. Headquartered in New York, New
York, the Company’s office and retail portfolio covers 10.1 million
rentable square feet, as of December 31, 2016, consisting of 9.4 million
rentable square feet in 14 office properties, including nine in
Manhattan, three in Fairfield County, Connecticut and two in Westchester
County, New York; and approximately 724,000 rentable square feet in the
retail portfolio.
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result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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