Chief Executive of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE)
James A. Fetgatter is Chief Executive of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE), a position he has held since 1992. AFIRE is a nonprofit association formed in 1988 whose members are foreign institutions with a common interest in international real estate investing. AFIRE members have $1 trillion in real estate investments worldwide. He has guided the growth of the association from a small group of Dutch pension funds to an organization of nearly 200 investors from 21 countries.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Mr. Fetgatter spent 15 years in various aspects of the real estate industry. His last two positions before joining AFIRE were with Dutch and UK investment and development companies.
Mr. Fetgatter served as an officer in the United States Navy and holds a Master in Business Administration from Harvard University and a BS from Oklahoma State University.
