Tricon Capital Group Inc. announced the appointment of Margaret Whelan as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2013. Ms. Whelan replaces June Alikhan who will assume the role of Executive Vice President - Finance and Administration. In 2007, she was recruited by J.P.Morgan to assume the role of Senior Partner of Homebuilding Coverage within the Investment Bank. In this position she acted as a trusted advisor to senior executives of private and public real estate companies on a range of topics from capital raising initiatives to mergers and acquisitions. Vice Presidents, Jonathan Ellenzweig and Jeremy Scheetz, and Associate, Faisal Ratansi, will relocate from Toronto to staff the office and work more effectively with Tricon's local partners. In company's Toronto office, the company has added several key personnel in its investment and accounting departments over the last six months in an effort to properly respond to the company's rapid growth. This group includes Vice President, Adrian Rocca, who previously worked at AREA Property Partners and Credit Suisse's investment banking division for eight years in London and Toronto, and who will be responsible for strategic growth initiatives and assuming coverage for company's investment program in Dallas and Edmonton.

The company also announced the opening of New York and San Francisco offices to accelerate its U.S growth plans.