Team Members

Michael Clarke
Chief Financial Officer

Mike Clarke is the CFO of The Kolter Group and has been with the firm since 1994.  Mike is responsible for the firm’s financial reporting, accounting, human resources and information technology.  Mike also oversees the firm’s indirect investments.
 
Since joining the firm, Mike has helped guide the company’s rapid financial growth and consolidation.  Mike provided support for the firm’s move into Florida, as well as for the realized investments of almost $3 billion of residential development to date, and the existing additional residential developments with expected value in excess of $5 billion.  He also provided support for the firm’s principally self-developed and self-managed 6 million square foot office portfolio, and almost 1,800 unit multifamily portfolio the majority of which have since been sold with expected proceeds in excess of $1 billion.  Prior to The Kolter Group, Mike worked for KPMG.
 
Mike earned a BA degree from the University of Toronto and is a chartered accountant.

John Csapo
Chief Development Officer

John Csapo is the CDO of The Kolter Group and has been with the firm since 1993.  John is responsible for overseeing the development of the firm’s long-term strategic assets, with a particular focus on land use and entitlement.

Since joining the firm, John has helped to guide the company’s expansion in Florida.  Having been with The Kolter Group since its first investment in the state, John has overseen acquisition and development of high-rise, low-rise, and master-planned communities realized for over $2 billion.  He has also been instrumental in the acquisition of additional residential developments with expected value in excess of $5 billion. Prior to joining The Kolter Group, John served as Executive Vice President of St. Andrews Development Company. 

John earned a BA degree from Princeton University and is a licensed Florida general contractor.

 
Howard Erbstein
Chief Investment Officer

Howard Erbstein is the CIO of The Kolter Group and has been with the firm since 2005.  Howard is responsible for the firm’s capital structure as well as providing oversight to acquisitions and financings across the firm’s portfolio companies.
 
Prior to joining The Kolter Group, Howard was based in London as the managing principal of The Strategic Partners UK Fund, a real estate private equity fund that, under his leadership, grew from approximately $30 million to over $150 million in assets and returned a net IRR to limited partners in excess of 34%.  Before that, he was a real estate investment banker at Goldman Sachs in London and New York where he executed in excess of $1.5 billion of financings.   Howard began his career as a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.
 
Howard pursued undergraduate studies in Canada, earned an MSc degree (Econ) from the London School of Economics and an LLB degree with honors from Cambridge University.

Robert L. Julien
Chief Executive Officer

Bobby Julien is the CEO of The Kolter Group.  Bobby is responsible for the firm’s strategy as well as for support of the portfolio company leaders in the development of their strategies.
 
Bobby has led the firm’s move into the Southeast, has realized investments of almost $3 billion of residential development to date, and has acquired additional residential developments with expected value in excess of $5 billion.  He has also realized the majority of the firm's investment in its principally self-developed and self-managed commercial portfolio, which consisted of 6 million square feet of office space and nearly 1,800 multifamily units achieving proceeds of $1 billion.
 
Bobby attended McGill University, where he studied business.