Phillip A. Gesue is an executive vice president at The Witkoff Group, a real estate investment and development company founded by Steven Witkoff. Gesue oversees Witkoffs development projects, currently the Park Lane Hotel. Prior to Witkoff, he was head of real estate for China Construction America (CCA), a subsidiary of state-controlled Chinese builder CSCEC. Prior to CCA, Gesue was a company officer and head of global real estate for Orient Express Hotels, a NYSE publicly-traded luxury hotel company, and director of acquisitions and development for Time Equities, Inc. Gesue has a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics from University of Pittsburgh, and graduated from Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Architecture with an MS in Real Estate Development. He is a board member of Columbias Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation and New Yorks Art Omi International Arts Center.

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