Ernst & Young has announced that 30-year real estate industry veteran Howard Roth has been named E&Y's global and Americas director of real estate. Mr. Roth, who previously headed the Northeast real estate practice of Ernst & Young US, will coordinate a network of 5,000 real estate professionals around the world from the organization's Global Real Estate Center offices in New York. He replaces Dale Anne Reiss, who retired on June 30. Mr. Roth said the Global Real Estate Center will focus on worldwide infrastructure development and privatization, sustainability and responsible property investing, and the credit slowdown, among other things. Ernst & Young can be found on the Web at http://www.ey.com.
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