Mr. Jacobsson has been associated with AREA since its founding in 1993 and is the North America Opportunity Funds Business Leader, overseeing AREA's opportunistic investments in the U.S. and Mexico. He serves on the Investment Committee as well as on the Board of Directors of VEF Advisors, AREA's value added investment business. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Jacobsson was a member of the acquisitions group of Trammell Crow Ventures in Dallas, where he executed investment transactions on behalf of an opportunistic real estate investment fund. Mr. Jacobsson serves on the boards of HEAF (Harlem Educational Activities Fund) and Groton School. Mr. Jacobsson graduated cum laude with a BA in East Asian Studies from Harvard College.