Mr. John G. Demeritt has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Franklin Street Properties Corp. since March 2005 and has been its Treasurer since March 31, 2015. Mr. Demeritt joined FSP in 2004 and is responsible for the capital raising, financial reporting and investor relations functions. Prior to joining FSP, Mr. Demeritt was a Manager of Caturano & Company, an independent accounting firm where he focused on Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Previously, from March 2002 to March 2004, he provided consulting services to public and private companies where he focused on SEC filings, evaluation of business processes and acquisition integration. During 2001 and 2002, Mr. Demeritt served as Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at Cabot Industrial Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, which was acquired by CalWest in December 2001. From October 1995 to December 2000 he was Controller and Officer of The Meditrust Companies, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (formerly known as the La Quinta Companies, which was then acquired by the Blackstone Group), where he was involved with a number of merger and financing transactions. Prior to that, from 1986 to 1995 Mr. Demeritt had financial and accounting responsibilities at three other public companies and was previously associated with Laventhol & Horwath, an independent accounting firm from 1983 to 1986. Mr. Demeritt is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Babson College.