Team & Culture

Mr. Vukota founded VCM Global Asset Management in 2010 and has 20+ years of experience in the investment industry, possessing diverse real estate investment and asset management experience. Tom was previously a Managing Director at Manulife Financial’s (parent of John Hancock) alternative asset management division where he spent 10+ years and was also head of Real Estate Private Equity. Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Vermont, is a Certified Management Accountant, a Chartered Financial Analyst and member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

Mr. Wenner overseas the accounting, finance, investment reporting and risk management for VCM Global Asset Management and its subsidiaries. Mr. Wenner brings over 20 years of real estate experience having served as CFO of publicly traded and privately owned real estate businesses. Mr. Wenner has been involved in over 175 property acquisitions and dispositions and raised financing in excess of $1.2 billion through initial public offerings, follow-on public offerings, private placements, bank credit facilities and property mortgages. Mr. Wenner also held progressive management positions with The Bank of Nova Scotia in its Special Accounts Management Group and with Deloitte & Touche LLP in its Financial Advisory Services Group, focused on resolving financial distressed situations for both creditors and borrowers. Mr. Wenner is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan.

Mr. Koehler brings 20+ years of experience in debt and equity finance, acquisitions, asset management, and financial modeling within a variety of industries, including; oil field services, commercial real estate, and banking. Prior to joining VCM Global Asset Management, Dan served as Director of Finance with Buckhorn Energy Services, a Growth phase energy services company with over $30MM in revenues. Prior to that Dan was Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Finance with CoreFirst Bank & Trust. He also served as Director of Capital Development for Real Capital Solutions, where he expanded debt and equity relationships to fund opportunistic and value-add acquisitions totaling over $350 million in capitalization. In addition, Dan acted as Vice President of finance, completing due diligence, forecasting, and budgeting for a merger of four oil and gas field service companies. Prior to that, he started his career in commercial real estate, where he was Vice President – Producer with Northmarq Capital, and Financial Strategist with Corum Real Estate Group. Overall, he has managed various aspects of over eighty transactions totaling nearly $1.0 billion in capitalization. Dan earned a BBA in Real Estate – Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mr. Wright has 23 years of experience in the investment industry. Prior to joining VCM Global Asset Management, Nick was Executive Director and Senior Portfolio Manager with UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets team. Nick was responsible for various pan-European funds and mandates, overseeing the strategic fund management, acquisitions, asset management, and investor relations for over EUR 2.6 billion of direct commercial real estate across the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. Nick received a Bachelor of Commerce, with honors, from McGill University in Montreal and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Mr. Raskina has 30+ years of diversified experience in Public Accounting. Lloyd overseas the accounting, finance, investment reporting and risk management for VCM Global Asset Management and its subsidiaries. Lloyd has extensive experience in real estate structuring, tax planning, cross border transactions and real estate investing. He was previously a senior manager of a Big 4 accounting firm, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, a Chartered Public Accountant and member of the CPA Institute of Canada.

Mr. Tello has 10+ years of experience in the investment industry, possessing diverse real assets and public markets. Santiago was previously an Investment Specialist at Pictet and also ran a team in the trading floor of Morgan Stanley in London. Santiago holds a Bachelor in Economics from the Universidad de San Andres and a Master in Finance from ESADE University, he is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Mr. Garcia has 25+ years of experience in medical real estate development, acquisitions, dispositions and financings.  Previously, Robert focused on medical real estate acquisitions and dispositions for Transwestern.  Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President and Board Member, responsible for real estate transactions, for Victory Healthcare, an eight campus hospital system headquartered in the Woodlands, Texas.  Robert holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from The University of Texas, San Antonio.

Ms. Walker brings 15+ years of experience in the key areas of finance, administration, and offshore investment management, and holds a Master of Science from the University of Liverpool. Chavala shares our core values and goals of providing “Best in Class” service to both our internal and external stakeholder base.

Mr. Valicek has 14+ years of experience in the investment industry as an investment and credit analyst. Michael was previously an Equity Analyst at Veritas Investment Research. Prior to that, he held investment and credit analyst positions at Acuity Investment Management and CIBC. Michael holds an Honors Economics and Business degree from York University, is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute.

Mr. Vukota brings 20+ years of experience as an IT professional and software solutions developer.  Prior to joining VCM Global Asset Management, Dan managed various projects in the retail industry, focusing on data processing architecture, programming design and business reporting. Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Statistics from Concordia University. He is passionate about data transformation solutions and is focused on programming, testing, and quantifying trading strategies to support the firm’s public markets business.

Mrs. Roibu has extensive accounting experience in the real estate industry including residential, commercial, fund and mortgage asset management. Previously, Ana was overseeing reporting for a medical office building portfolio in Los Angeles, CA. She holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Finance and International Business from Park University in Parkville, MO.  Ana is an Enrolled Agent, a federally authorized tax practitioner, and specializes in partnership/LLC, pass-through and corporate taxation.