Knoll Tapped as Senior VP for KBS Capital Markets Group

He will handle broker/dealer and registered investment advisor relationships.

October 29, 2010
By Allison Landa, News Editor

KBS Capital Markets Group has named Brad Knoll senior regional vice president responsible for Ohio. In his new role, Knoll will handle broker/dealer and registered investment advisor relationships.

Knoll comes to KBS from AXA Distributors L.L.C in New York, where he served for six years as senior regional vice president and generated more than $700 million in variable annuity sales. He previously worked as divisional vice president for Scudder Annuities & Life Division in Chicago.

KBS managing director and chief executive officer Mike Crimmins said that Knoll’s more than 18 years of local wholesaler experience as well as broker/dealer and advisory relationships will be a boon to expansion plans in the Midwest.

Knoll earned his undergraduate degree from Ohio State University.

KBS is the dealer-manager for all KBS REITs, while KBS Capital Advisors is the advisor for all KBS REITS. Both are affiliates of KBS Realty Advisors.