LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:HPP) today announced Bill Humphrey has been appointed to General Manager of Sunset Gower + Sunset Bronson Studios and will oversee the Company’s media and entertainment portfolio, including sales, marketing, operations and other strategic initiatives.

“We are excited to welcome Bill to the Hudson family,” said Victor J. Coleman, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hudson Pacific Properties. “Bill is an established industry veteran and is uniquely qualified to oversee the operations of our media and entertainment portfolio in Southern California. His knowledge and experience in the industry will be a tremendous benefit to us as we pursue strategic initiatives and look to further enhance the operations of these irreplaceable assets.”

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Humphrey was Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Point360, an industry leading digital media service company. Before that, Mr. Humphrey was President, NEP Entertainment where he led television and live event engineering and production services for major broadcasters and network television shows. He has over 20 years of experience managing production, post-production, and distribution operations, engineering, and sales for global media companies, including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Technicolor and Ascent Media. Mr. Humphrey has extensive strategic planning and consulting experience, including executive positions with IBM and NextLeft. He is the recipient of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Technical Emmy, Sony’s 50th Anniversary Innovation Award, Adweek’s Icon Award, and the Anthology Film Archive Award.

Mr. Humphrey holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Providence College and a Master of Science in Urban Planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning.

About Hudson Pacific Properties

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a full-service, vertically integrated real estate company focused on owning, operating and acquiring high-quality office properties and state-of-the-art media and entertainment properties in select growth markets primarily in the Pacific Northwest and Northern and Southern California. The Company’s strategic investment program targets high barrier-to-entry, in-fill locations with favorable, long-term supply-demand characteristics in select target markets, including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. The Company’s portfolio currently consists of approximately 6.4 million square feet, not including undeveloped land that the Company believes can support an additional 1.9 million square feet. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes. Hudson Pacific Properties is a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices. For additional information, please visit www.hudsonpacificproperties.com.

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