Management
Martin Slusser
Mr. Slusser is a Principal and Co-founder of The Magellan Group. He currently directs Magellan's acquisition team, in addition to sitting on the Investment Committee.
Prior to co-founding Magellan, Mr. Slusser was a Division Partner in the Los Angeles office of the Trammell Crow Company where he acquired and developed 22 projects valued at over $350 million, negotiated 200 leases and managed the Asset and Property Management Groups responsible for 13 million SF of space. As a leasing agent, he leased 3 million SF of industrial space and received the top-leasing award in the company three years in a row. Prior to working for the Trammell Crow Company, Mr. Slusser was employed in the real estate finance group at Morgan Stanley in New York as well as for the Newhall Land & Farming Company in Newhall, California.
Mr. Slusser received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB degree from Stanford University. He is currently a member of the Stanford University President's Fund.
Kevin Staley
Mr. Staley is a Principal and Co-founder of the Magellan Group. He currently directs Magellan's asset management and development team, in addition to sitting on the Investment Committee.
Prior to co-founding the Magellan Group in 1990, Mr. Staley was a Partner in the Los Angeles office of the Trammell Crow Company where he negotiated 150 office, service center and retail leases and developed over 1.5 million SF of office, industrial and retail space, in addition to a 200 room hotel. He led a five-year redevelopment effort to transform the 35-acre Uniroyal tire factory into the award-winning Citadel, a $120 million mixed-use project in the City of Commerce. Prior to working for the Trammell Crow Company, Mr. Staley spent five years as a Marketing Representative for IBM in New York and two years in Japan with Matsushita and Time-Life Educational Systems.
Mr. Staley earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and holds an AB degree from Princeton University. He currently serves as a trustee of the Viewpoint School in Calabasas, California.
Somy Mukherjee
Mr. Mukherjee is Magellan's Chief Financial Officer and has been with the company since 1996. He is responsible for the financing, accounting and underwriting of Magellan's real estate assets and sits on the Investment Committee. Mr. Mukherjee has underwritten and closed over $400 million of capital transactions for Magellan and has participated in the redevelopment of over 1 million SF of industrial space and self-storage.
Previously, Mr. Mukherjee was a member of the Faculty for the Master of Real Estate Development program and a research and teaching assistant at USC's Lusk Center for Real Estate Development. He is the recipient of the Vance Otis Memorial Scholarship awarded by the California Association of Realtors. In addition, Mr. Mukherjee is a contributor to ULI's bestselling book, “Professional Real Estate Development: The ULI Guide to the Business”.
Mr. Mukherjee is a Ph.D. candidate in Real Estate Finance at the University of Southern California where he earned a Master's Degree in Real Estate Development. Mr. Mukherjee holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.
Robert Levine
Mr. Levine is the Director of Magellan Aviation. He currently oversees the operations and the expansion of Magellan's aviation property at Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, California, while helping Magellan establish its market presence in San Diego County.
From 1997 through 2003 Mr. Levine was head of property management and leasing for Magellan Realty Advisors where he negotiated in excess of $100 million in new leases, and oversaw a $10 million build-to-suit development for the Gruma Corporation.
Mr. Levine received an M.Phil degree in English from Oxford University and a BA in English from the University of California (both Berkeley and UCLA). Mr. Levine holds a certificate in property management from BOMA.
Scott Matkins
Mr. Matkins is the Director of Magellan Realty Advisors (“MRA”). In this position, he coordinates the property management and leasing of Magellan's industrial assets and assists with project development.
Prior to joining Magellan in 2001, Mr. Matkins worked for R.W. Selby & Company, Inc., which specializes in the acquisition and disposition of Southern California luxury apartment complexes ranging between $5 million and $30 million. Mr. Matkins was involved in property acquisitions totaling more than $100 million.
Mr. Matkins received a BS in Business Management from Menlo College with an emphasis in International Business and Finance. Mr. Matkins holds a Sales license from the State of California.
Veena Ramesh
Ms. Ramesh is the Controller for the Magellan Group and has been with the firm since 2003. Ms. Ramesh is in charge of all financial, accounting and compliance functions and works closely with the asset management and property management teams.
Prior to joining Magellan, Ms. Ramesh worked with A.F. Ferguson & Co, a leading firm of Public Accountants in India where her area of expertise was in auditing and tax matters for clients in various industries and services.
Ms. Ramesh holds a Masters degree in Accounting from The University of Chennai, India and has passed the California CPA exam.