Clifford (“Kip”) Lord, Jr. joined Pacifica Capital Group in 1995 and was involved in the acquisitions and asset management of the firm’s 4 million square foot Southern California commercial real estate portfolio. In 1998 Mr. Lord became lead partner of Pacifica Capital Gestion, a Madrid, Spain based affiliate investing in office, retail and industrial real estate in Spain. In 2000 the company purchased and entitled 200 acres of raw industrially zoned land for mixed-use development in the City of Madrid.

Mr. Lord has been active in real estate investment and development since 1985. From 1985 to 1995, Mr. Lord served as an officer of Hollingsworth & Lord, Inc., a real estate investment and mortgage banking company. At the time of the company’s sale in 1995, its family mortgage originations totaled over $100 million per year.

Mr. Lord is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara. He attended the University of Madrid in 1977 1978 and speaks fluent Spanish. He has held a California Real Estate Broker license since 1973.