(JTA) – Kushner Companies, the company owned by the family of senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner, reportedly has apologized for using his name during a real estate sales pitch to Chinese investors. Nicole Meyer, Kushner’s sister, made the pitch on Saturday, May 6 in Beijing to more than 100 Chinese investors. At the conference, Meyer said the project “means a lot to me and my entire family,” noting, “In 2008, my brother Jared Kushner joined the family company as CEO, and recently moved to Washington to join the administration.”

In a statement issued the following day, the Kushner Companies said that the company “apologizes if that mention of [Meyer’s] brother was in any way interpreted as an attempt to lure investors.” Jared Kushner “has nothing to do with this project,” spokeswoman Risa Heller told the Daily Beast.

Kushner reportedly has played a key role in smoothing U.S.-China relations. He served as a manager or president at six entities associated with the New Jersey real estate project until January, according to The New York Times, citing Kushner’s government ethics disclosure form.

According to the Times, during the Beijing meeting, Meyer talked about how family values had shaped Kushner Companies and spoke about her grandparents, who survived the Holocaust. Meyer also spoke to investors in Shanghai on Sunday.