Operations for Hanrich Enterprises are carried out by our Executive Team. Please review the following bios to learn more about the principals of our company.

Hannele Gibson, President and CEO, initially learned business and management principles from her father, Matti Itkonen who was the CFO of Hackman Oy, a large Finnish stainless steel factory. She has run successful businesses since 1995. Integrating her entrepreneurial skills with Richard Gibson's knowledge of real estate and investment, Hannele and Richard established Hanrich Enterprises, Inc. in 2001. Hannele is the CEO of Hanrich and sets the annual goals for the corporation. In addition to her business success, Hannele is active in philanthropy, and is the proud mother of two wonderful children, who are graduates of Ivy League schools.

Richard Gibson, Vice President and COO, has been educated in engineering, law and finance. Richard is in charge of Acquisitions and Development for Hanrich, and also serves as the CFO for the company. In the past, Richard was Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Western Diversified Equities (WDE), an investment division of Beverly Hills Bancorp, an ASE company that also owned the Beverly Hills National Bank. Richard was a Board Member of the Bancorp. He headed up Acquisitions and Development for WDE as well as directing all of its Sales. Richard was President and CEO of Encino Financial Company, a Mortgage Banker that originated loans for Wells Fargo Bank. Richard taught Investment Analysis at UCLA for four years. He has also worked as a Consultant, after being recommended for the task by Bank of America, working with companies that had delinquent loans at the Bank. He successfully worked out voluntary reorganizations for those companies, and was able to successfully reinstate the delinquent loans without a ‘write down’ or loss to the Bank of America. Richard is a seasoned development professional whose credentials reflect successful development of primarily market-rate projects. He has developed hundreds of multi-family units in Los Angeles County. Richard learned development initially working for Larwin Housing. He also served as President of Brighton Development Corporation, a private company that built projects in Beverly Hills, Glendale, Burbank, Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley. The LA City Council commended Richard for his development work within the mid-Wilshire corridor. Richard is a graduate of the USC-Ross Summer Program in Real Estate (RSPIRE) for developers, a resident condensed graduate level program. Richard is a Past President of the Ross Board. Richard is a Certified Project Manager having trained at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

A. Nicholas Gibson, Vice President, is in charge of IT and Project Management for Hanrich. Nick has over 6 years of real estate experience specializing in project management, market research, and information technology management. Nick's professional experience includes work with a global NGO in coordinating SME development and infrastructure renewal projects in Africa, as well as a B2B intermediary venture bridging Israeli Industry with Emerging Market Companies. Nick graduated with a BA in History from Columbia University and received an M.Div with Honors from The King's University. He is a graduate and past board member of the USC Ross Minority Program in Real Estate, where his team was awarded for presenting the best development concept.