MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Opus announces that John Kessler has been elected to its board of directors.
Kessler is chief executive officer of Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Mitsui Fudosan Group, a publicly listed real estate company in Japan.
The Opus board of directors includes business and industry experts, as well as family members of Gerry Rauenhorst, who originally founded the business in 1953. It provides strategic guidance and supports responsible practices in many areas – including financial controls and audits, conflicts of interest, enterprise risk, investment management, corporate responsibility, board and leadership team composition, succession planning and executive compensation.
Kessler earned a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a member of MFA’s board of directors, the Urban Land Institute, the Real Estate Roundtable and the Real Estate Board of New York.