Our People

Julian Agnew is the CIO of LaSalle UK and is responsible for strategic investment across the country. He acts as a contact point between Research & Strategy and the Fund Managers, working closely with the former to identify themes and trends across the UK property investment markets, while working with the fund managers to help shape and position portfolios appropriately to deliver outperformance within the context of each mandate’s individual risk-return requirements. He identifies key initiatives and assists in preparation of the fund strategy to lead house tilts in geography and sector weightings. Julian has served as a member of the Investment Committee since 2006 and is also a member of the LaSalle UK and European Management Boards.

He joined Jones Lang Wootton Fund Management in 1988, having previously worked for two commercial surveying practices and commercial letting investment advisory firm. He was made a Partner of Jones Lang Wootton in 1995, and was promoted to International Director in 2011. His areas of expertise include taking on portfolios which either have structural risks or have underperformed their benchmarks, implementing both transactional changes and exploiting opportunities to add value throughout the investment process. In addition he has extensive experience in transitioning portfolios from Return Seeking Assets to Matching Assets whilst maintaining performance and offsetting risks.

Julian is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is registered and an Authorised Person by the FCA to conduct investment management activity.

Louise Armstrong

Head of Debt and Special Situations - Europe

Louise is a Client Executive within LaSalle’s Client Capital Group. She is responsible for investment relationships with Dutch, British and Irish investors involving capital raising and product development.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Louise was the Investor Relations Officer for the Eden Rock Group specializing in Fund of Funds investments and a Junior Equity Analyst in the Securities team for Investment Bank GCA Altium.

Louise holds a BSc (Hon) Real Estate from the Royal Agricultural University. She has completed CFA Level 4 in Investment Management and is registered as an approved person by the FCA.

Amy Aznar

Head of Americas - LaSalle GPS

Amy Aznar is the Head of Debt Investment and Special Situations team, responsible for evaluating investments in structured debt and equity, performing/non-performing debt, private real estate operating companies, large scale joint ventures and corporate sale/leasebacks in the UK and Continental Europe. Amy has been responsible for completing £2.0bn of debt and structured equity investments in 52 transactions since 2010. Amy is also on LaSalle Investment Management’s UK Management Board. She is responsible for LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies II & III, LaSalle Residential Finance, and LaSalle UK Special Situations Fund. Amy rejoined LaSalle in 2008, having previously spent five years at LaSalle and JLL.

Amy has an MBA in Finance and Real Estate from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BSE in Engineering from Princeton University (cum laude and sigma xi). She has been living and working in London since 1999.

Russ Bates

Head of US Healthcare Real Estate

Joined in November 2018

Russ is Head of the Americas for LaSalle Global Partner Solutions where he leads investment activities in the region, focusing on joint ventures, platform investments, co-investments, as well as primary and secondary fund investing. He serves as a member of the global investment committee. He is also Portfolio Manager of the LaSalle Global Co-investment Fund and sits on the board of Ollie Coliving, a portfolio company investment of that fund.

Russ joined LaSalle in 2018 with LaSalle's acquisiton of Aviva Investors' Real Estate Multi-Manager business. Previously, Russ co-founded Madison Harbor Capital, a real estate multi-manager specialist, which was acquired by Aviva in 2008. Prior to this, he worked within UBS Investment Bank’s real estate investment banking group focused on real estate equity, and mergers and acquisitions. He has also served as an investment officer for FBR Asset Management Corp. and as an attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Russ holds a BBA in Finance from Baylor University and a JD from the Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Steve Bolen

Jean-Christophe Bourreille

Steve joined LaSalle in 2000 to establish the firm’s US medical office investment practice. He has overseen the acquisition of medical office investments valued at over $2 billion made on behalf of the Medical Office Fund series, LaSalle Property Fund, JLLIPT and various custom accounts.

Before joining LaSalle, Steve served as Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer of Healthcare Financial Partners REIT where he oversaw investments in medical office buildings, assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

Steve holds a BSc in Finance from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has also completed extensive coursework in real estate valuation through the Appraisal Institute.

Head of Acquisitions - France

Head of Retail Asset Management - UK

Jean-Christophe is Head of Acquisitions in France and brings over 27 years of real estate experience to his position.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Jean-Christophe was Managing Director of Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management Immobilier, the subsidiary in charge of real estate asset management. During his time there, he was involved both in acquisitions and sales as well as strategy and asset management of the €850 million portfolio. He was also involved in the merger between CLAM Immobilier and UNIGER (group Crédit Agricole SA) between January 2004 and September 2004.

Jean-Christophe is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

James Boyd-Phillips

Head of Custom Accounts - Americas

James is Head of UK Retail Asset Management. His primary role is to act as the liaison between the fund team and the asset management team to ensure the creation and implementation of LaSalle’s business plans. He also enhances the relationship between LaSalle and many of the key retail occupiers to ensure the future performance of the clients assets.

James has been with LaSalle since 2010 where he was recruited as National Director and Assistant Fund Manager for one of the larger pension fund mandates. He moved into his current role in April 2013. James’ prior experience has included development, investment and funding in some of the UK's most successful niche real estate organizations.

He holds a BSC (Hons) in Land Management from the University of Portsmouth, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and the IMC from the CFA. He is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Karen Brennan

Global Chief Operating Officer - Securities

As Head of Americas Custom Accounts, Karen oversees US separate account portfolio management on behalf of pension funds and other institutional clients. Karen serves on LaSalle’s North American Investment Committee, which oversees investments in Canada, Mexico and the US. Karen joined LaSalle in 1999 and has held various roles in acquisitions, asset management, portfolio management and business development in both the Americas and Asia Pacific.

Karen has a BBA from Loyola University Maryland and an MBA from The University of Chicago.

Peggy Burns

Global Head of Marketing and Communications

13 years at LaSalle
Joined in August 2005

Peggy is a Managing Director and Global COO with LaSalle Investment Management Securities. Her primary responsiblity is overseeing the global securities operation teams that include portfolio accounting, trading operations, performance and attribution, compliance and business systems.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 2005, Peggy served as Assistant Vice President and manager of fund administration, performance attribution and risk departments with Federated Investors located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Peggy holds a BS in Accounting from La Roche College.

Anna Buxton

Head of Debt Financing - Europe

As head of LaSalle’s Global Marketing and Communications, Anna is focused on building the firm’s reputation, developing stronger client insight and relationships, innovating marketing approaches and ultimately fostering the growth of LaSalle. Anna is responsible for LaSalle’s global brand positioning, client events, creative platform development, digital marketing and social media, public relations and internal communications. Anna joined LaSalle in 2000 and has held various positions in the Client Capital Group, business development and marketing in both the UK and the Americas.

Anna holds a BSc in Economics and Economic History from the University of Bristol.

Roberto Carrera

Chief Executive Officer - LaSalle GPS

Roberto joined LaSalle as European Head of Financing in 2012. Since then, he has overseen over €5.3 billion of borrowing and debt arrangements for LaSalle across multiple European jurisdictions, several asset classes and investment styles. Roberto has over 20 years of experience in corporate and commercial real estate finance across Europe, having worked in Paris, Madrid and Munich. He is fluent in German, English, Spanish and French.

Before joining LaSalle, Roberto worked as a Director of Global Workout at PBB Deutsche Pfandbriefbank in Paris, and as Director of Credit Risk Management at Hypo Real Estate in Paris and Madrid. His responsibilities covered structuring and underwriting over €1.4 billion worth of commercial real estate loans across Europe, to finance the acquisition and development of a wide range of property types including office, retail, logistics, hotels and residential. From 1996 to 2002 Roberto worked in various corporate finance departments at HypoVereinsbank in Munich.

Roberto holds degrees in economics and business administration (Dipl. Volkswirt & Dipl. Kaufmann) from The University of Kiel. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Ed Casal

Joined in November 2018

Ed is Global Chief Executive Officer of LaSalle Global Partner Solutions. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the business, as well as overseeing its day-to-day operations.

Ed joined LaSalle in 2018 with LaSalle's acquisiton of Aviva Investors' Real Estate Multi-Manager business. Most recently he was CEO of Global Real Estate, which had £24 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Ed served as CEO of Madison Harbor Capital, a real estate multi-manager firm he co-founded in 2003. Ed’s real estate career began in 1977. Since then, he has been a banker, advisor and investor. He has spent over 20 years undertaking real estate transactions on behalf of institutional investors, industrial corporations and REITs while working at Goldman Sachs & Co, Dillon Read & Co and UBS.

Ed holds an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a BSc in Management from Tulane University.

Adam Caskey

Boston

18 years at LaSalle
Joined in January 2000

Adam is a Client Executive with the Client Capital Group. His primary responsibilities include working with the firm’s institutional clients and prospects in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic sections of the US to understand their investment needs and be their advocate within LaSalle. Adam brings over 25 years of client service and marketing experience in the financial services industry and has 16 years of real estate experience. Adam also assists and provides market input in the development of direct real estate products.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Adam served as Vice President with The Manager Funds, and directed their marketing efforts covering the US.

Adam earned a BGS from Ohio University.

Yen Tang Chae

Fund Controller

Chae is the Fund Controller of several co-mingled and separate account mandates, as well as handling the treasury functions of LaSalle’s Asia Pacific funds. Chae joined the Finance team in 2004, taking responsibility for the financial reporting and liquidity management of several co-mingled and separate account mandates. He also assists with selected fund and project level financing.

Chae has over 18 years of experience in financial reporting and has acquired a range of financial market skills over the years, having worked as an auditor and as a product controller with an oil company and a bank.

Chae holds a Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours and a minor in banking and finance from the Nanyang Technological University. He is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Yen Tjin Chan

Head of Human Resources - Asia Pacific

Yen Tjin is a Regional Director and is a member of the Fund Management team for the LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund Series. In this role, she is responsible for working with the Fund Manager to deliver fund performance from acquisition through disposition. She is also responsible for overseeing and executing all of the operational and reporting functions of the funds.

Yen Tjin joined LaSalle in 2003 and has worked extensively in different disciplines of institutional real estate investment management including finance, treasury, asset management, portfolio management and investor relations.

Yen Tjin graduated with Second Upper Honours from Nanyang Technological University's Accountancy department and is a Chartered Accountant.

Wendy Chang

Head of Asset Management - Greater China

Wendy joined LaSalle's Singapore office in June 2014 as part of the Asia Pacific Regional HR team, looking after Australia, China, Hong Kong and Singapore talent and compensation matters.

Before joining LaSalle, Wendy started her Human Resources career with NeoPets.com, an LA-based online entertainment part of MTV Network/Nickelodeon Group, where she set up their Asia division. She then moved to Millennium Capital, a New York Hedge Fund, and then to DBS Bank, where she worked as HR Business Partners, focussing on talent acquisitions, resource management, compensation and performance management.

Wendy holds a Bachelor Degree (Hons) in HR Consulting with Nanyang Technological University and Master's Degree in Organisational Leadership with Monash University. She is currently pursuing her certification for the Singapore Institute of HR Professionals by the Ministry of Manpower and the National Trades Union Congress and Singapore National Employers Federation.

Man Yik Chiu

MY is Head of Asset Management for Greater China, having joined LaSalle in 2005.

Prior to joining the firm, MY worked as a Fund Manager for a joint venture fund between Hong Kong Land and Grosvenor. He also worked at Citibank, Global Gateway and Jones Lang Wotton, where he gained a broad range of real estate investment knowledge.

MY has a BA from the University of Texas, Austin, a Diploma in Surveying from the College of Estate Management in the UK and is CFA and FRM qualified.

Chris Chow

Head of Asia Pacific & Global Strategy Director - LaSalle GPS

Chris joined LaSalle in 2012 and is responsible for advising institutional investors in Greater China and Southeast Asia. He is currently managing a separate account for a global sovereign wealth fund from the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Chris was Head of Corporate Finance for Greater China at JLL where he was in charge of real estate investment advisory on joint ventures, debt and fund investments.

Chris received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from The University of California, Los Angeles as well as an MBA from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is active across academic and industry organizations and speaks as a guest lecturer on real estate courses at the University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua University. Chris also serves on the Alumni Advisory Board at the HKUST Business School and on the Jury Board of MIPIM Asia Awards.

Bart Coenraads

Joined in November 2018

Bart is Head of Asia Pacific & Global Strategy Director for LaSalle Global Partner Solutions. He is leads LaSalle GPS' investment selection in the Asia Pacific region, as well as secondary and recapitalization investment opportunities. As Global Strategy Director he is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the investment strategy for the GPS clients

Bart joined LaSalle in 2018 with LaSalle's acquistion of Aviva Investors' Real Estate Multi-Manager business. He has over 20 years of real estate investment experience, as well as managing direct real estate portfolios and real estate developments. Prior to Aviva Investors, he was Head of Private Real Estate at BNP Paribas Investment Partners where he founded their Funds of Funds business. Bart previously worked at Mn Services as Senior Portfolio Manager for International Real Estate, managing the Asia Pacific private and public real estate portfolios. Prior to that he worked at Royal Ahold.

Bart holds a Masters in Real Estate from the University of Amsterdam and a BA in Legal and Economics from the Fontys Hogeschool, Eindhoven.

Cornelia Cojanu

Head of Legal and Compliance - Europe

Cornelia joined LaSalle's European Client Capital Group in March 2017 and is responsible for client relations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Cornelia brings more than 11 years of industry experience to this role.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Cornelia worked at UBS in different positions within the Asset Management and Investment Management business. She was involved in several national and international fund raising pitches for institutional clients.

Cornelia holds a diploma in business administration of the University of Regensburg/International Real Estate Business School (IREBS) with specializations in Real Estate Management and Economics.

Michael Coulton

Head of Central & Southern Europe

Michael is Head of Legal and Compliance for Europe. He joined LaSalle in 2007 as Global Funds Counsel and was appointed to his current role in May 2015. Michael has led the legal development and establishment of numerous LaSalle products and services.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Michael was a Senior Associate with King & Wood Mallesons (previously known as SJ Berwin) in London and K&L Gates (Sydney) (formerly known as Middletons).

Michael graduated with a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney, and an LLB from the University of Technology, Sydney. He also holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance (Securities Institute of Australia) and has completed the Investment Management Certificate (CFA UK).

Francesco Coviello

Francesco is based in LaSalle’s Munich office, where he is responsible for acquisitions and asset management in Italy and Spain. He joined LaSalle in June 2008 and has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry.

Francesco previously worked at Redevco for four years where he was responsible for the company's acquisitions and asset management in Italy. Prior to this, Francesco worked at Henderson Global Investors, where he was in charge of acquisitions for the Italy and Spain. He worked at Savills Italia where he gained detailed knowledge of the Italian and Spanish markets, helping national and foreign investors in acquiring and dispose of assets in Italy.

Francesco is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Chadwick Cunningham

Business Development and Product Management - Securities

13 years at LaSalle
Joined in August 2005

Chadwick is a Client Executive within the Global Client Capital Group. Based in Chicago, he is responsible for building and maintaining capital relationships with institutional clients throughout the United States and representing LaSalle’s public and private investment vehicles around the world.

A 15+ year veteran in institutional real estate, including corporate development and corporate account sales, Chadwick was previously part of LaSalle’s Global Management Group reporting to LaSalle’s Global CEO working with senior leaders across all regions in developing strategy and implementation plans including merger and acquisition activities. Prior to that, Chadwick worked with senior sales leads at JLL to develop multi-million dollar real estate solutions for American, multi-regional, and global corporate clients.

Chadwick earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Speed Scientific School at the University of Louisville. He is a Trustee for Roycemore School in Evanston (Illinois), an avid University of Louisville athletics fan and supporter, and an “aspiring” runner having completed two marathons and six half-marathons.

Yelena Diggs

Americas General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer (Securities)

16 years at LaSalle
Joined in June 2002

Yelena is a Senior Vice President for LaSalle Investment Management Securities. Her primary responsibilities include development and implementation of the group’s global strategy and product development program, with focus on North America and EMEA regions, consultant relationship management program and sustainability and socially responsible investing initiatives.

Prior to joining the firm in December 2007, she worked with the private equity group of LaSalle Investment Management where she was managing office and industrial assets on behalf of the firm's institutional clients.

Yelena recieved a BS degree (Cum Laude) in Business Administration from Towson University and completed a Masters in Real Estate program at Johns Hopkins University.

David Doherty

David joined LaSalle in 2006 and was appointed to the role of Americas General Counsel in April 2017. David is responsible for all legal and compliance matters in the Americas, as well as global legal and compliance matters relating to LaSalle Investment Management Securities.

Prior to joining LaSalle, David served as in-house counsel at Cboe Options Exchange where he worked on a variety of matters requiring interaction with the SEC, and participated in the creation of the Cboe Futures Exchange where VIX futures are traded. David began his legal career as a corporate law associate at Dow, Lohnes & Albertson in Washington, D.C.

David holds a BA and JD from the University of Notre Dame.

Adam Donahue

Adam is the Portfolio Manager for two Asia-focused separate account clients and an acquisitions officer. Adam is responsible for the strategic direction and investment performance of these separate accounts. He oversees both the operational – acquisition, asset management and portfolio management – and reporting functions for these accounts.

Adam has 15 years of real estate experience, and has transacted over US$ 3 billion in debt and equity real estate investments covering multiple asset classes and across the investment spectrum. Prior to joining LaSalle in 2010, Adam was a Vice President in the Global Real Estate Group at Lehman Brothers.

Adam earned a BA degree in International Relations and Economics from Boston University. He is bilingual in English and Japanese.

Paul Donovan

Director of Accounting

Paul joined LaSalle in 1989 as Portfolio Controller for a large custom account. In 1996, he became Director of the Investment Management Accounting group. This group is responsible for all phases of accounting, reporting and performance measurement for LaSalle’s commingled funds and custom account portfolios in the US, Canada and Mexico.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Paul was an auditor with a top-tier public accounting firm in Chicago.

Paul holds BSc and MSc degrees from Loyola University of Chicago and a Master of Management degree from Northwestern University with an emphasis in accounting. Paul is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Illinois CPA Society. He holds a Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement and is a member of the CIPM Association.

Alistair Dryer

Head of UK - LaSalle GPS

Global Head of Sustainability

Joined in November 2018

Alistair is Head of UK Client Capital for LaSalle Global Partner Solutions where he is responsible for all aspects of indirect investments including client management, investment strategy and allocation and management of underlying investments. Alistair has over 15 years of experience in the real estate market.

Alistair joined LaSalle in 2018, having previously been employed at Aviva Investors in their Real Estate Multi-Manager business. Alistair has transacted over £2 billion of investments and has been involved in the creation of a number of bespoke fund vehicles for clients. He has managed both separate accounts and fund vehicles for private and public pension fund accounts.

Alistair has an LLB (Hons) and MSc from Leicester University. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is registered as an Authorised Person by the FCA to conduct investment management activity.

Eric Duchon

Eric Duchon serves as LaSalle's Global Head of Sustainability. He joined LaSalle in December, 2016, and is responsible for partnering with and advising senior leadership on sustainability initiatives for the private and public equity and private debt businesses, as well as property-level debt for the real estate portfolio. He also chairs the firm’s Global Sustainability Committee, collaborating with the European and Asia Regional Sustainability Officers and the Global Securities Sustainability Officer in order to define global sustainability policies, processes, and priorities.

In North America, Eric establishes and implements processes to measure sustainability characteristics of all managed properties as well as assets being acquired. He collaborates with the asset management team to create sustainability business plans for each asset with the goal of maximizing return on investment and long-term value. He develops programs to ensure LaSalle’s sustainability initiatives and plans are appropriately executed by service providers, and resulting data is collected and analyzed.

Eric received a Master’s degree in Sustainable Real Estate Development from New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. He is an active Alumnus and a former Chair of the Institute’s Center for the Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) Student/Alumni Advisory committee. Eric received a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Emory University Goizueta Business School. His affiliations include LEED Accredited Professional, WELL Accredited Professional, Chair US Department of Energy Better Building Alliance's Commercial Real Estate Sector Steering Committee, and Chair of BOMA International Energy & Environment Committee.

Gregory Falk

Managing Director

Gregg has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of JLL Income Property Trust, an SEC registered daily valued perpetual life REIT, since November 2011. He is also a senior member of LaSalle’s Portfolio Accounting Group. Gregg has held other officer positions since joining the firm in 2004.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Gregg was an Audit Manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP for six years and a Senior Staff Accountant with First of America Bank for five years. He has worked on numerous real estate engagements, both public and private, since 1999.

Gregg holds a BSc in Finance and a BSc in Economics from Northern Illinois University and a MSc in Accountancy Science from Northern Illinois University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

David Fan

Managing Director - Due Diligence

5 years at LaSalle
Joined in October 2013

David is a Managing Director and Asia Pacific Deputy Portfolio Manager with LaSalle Investment Management Securities. His primary responsibilities include assisting in the management of Asia Pacific real estate securities portfolios and overseeing the research of listed real estate companies in the region.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 2013, he spent six years as a portfolio manager for CBRE Clarion Securities in Tokyo and two years as a Portfolio Manager for ABN AMRO Asset Management in Hong Kong, managing Asia Pacific real estate securities for their regional and global portfolios. He has also worked at Citigroup Asset Management, Security Capital and Franklin Templeton, where he was responsible for securities analysis.

David received both his BA and MA from Stanford University and is fluent in English, Mandarin and functional in Japanese. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Hank Feibusch

Hank is a Managing Director in the Due Diligence Group. His responsibilities include project-specific management of economic, physical, and environmental due diligence investigations as well as sustainability evaluation activities for LaSalle’s North American acquisitions. Hank has worked on acquisitions in excess of $10 billion in total asset value, including office, retail, industrial and multifamily assets, including numerous JV land development projects. In addition, Hank serves as a subject matter expert/advisor on capital projects on managed assets.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 2000, Hank was employed by EMG, a real estate due diligence consulting firm as Architectural and Engineering Field Manager, where he managed the performance and productivity of over 60 consulting architects and engineers working in remote offices throughout the continental US. Before that, he performed and managed hundreds of Phase I and II environmental property investigations for a variety of national clients. In addition, Hank introduced and managed an ISO 9002 Quality Management System (QMS) at EMG.

Hank holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology, as well as a master’s degree in real estate from the Johns Hopkins University, and is a LEED Accredited Professional (AP).

Keith Fujii

CEO - Japan

Chief Executive Officer - Asia Pacific

Keith is LaSalle’s CEO of Japan. His role is to lead and expand LaSalle’s platform in core oriented strategies in Japan. Keith has also been named Representative Director and President of LaSalle Investment Management KK, LaSalle Group’s Japan-based corporate entity set up in 2001, and will join the board of directors of LaSalle REIT Advisors KK, asset manager of Japanese logistics vehicle LaSalle Logiport REIT.

Keith has over 25 years of experience in real estate principal investment/investment management and held senior positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Grove International Partners, Shinsei Bank and Lehman Brothers. Throughout his career, Keith’s focus has been exclusively dedicated to real estate and he has achieved this through both equity and debt investments. In addition to his 20 years in the Japanese real estate market, Keith has invested in and/or created investment platforms in South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Spain, Australia, the USA, and India. He has also led acquisition efforts in China, Philippines, Singapore, the UK, and France.

Keith received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Irvine and a M.B.A. from New York University.

Mark Gabbay

COO and Head of Product Development - Client Capital Group

Mark joined LaSalle in 2010 as Chief Investment Officer for Asia Pacific. In 2015, he became CEO of the region and is responsible for formulating and implementing LaSalle’s investment strategy across Asia Pacific, sourcing opportunities and overseeing the investment process.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Mark served as Managing Director and Head of the Asia Asset Finance Division at Nomura, and was Co-Head of the Asia Pacific Global Real Estate Group at Lehman Brothers, where he was in charge of the firm’s expansion into new markets for both debt and equity real estate investments. Mark also worked at GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation as the Head of Real Estate Lending for Japan in the late 90s.

Mark has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Tiziana Galassini

Portfolio Manager, LaSalle Property Fund

Tiziana is responsible for the coordination of all new product development globally within the Client Capital Group. This includes the structuring and setup of new LaSalle sponsored co-mingled funds and club deals, and works closely with portfolio managers, Research & Strategy, Strategic Partnerships and Legal and Compliance teams. Tiziana is also COO for the Client Capital Group, a team of 35 professionals located in 11 offices around the globe responsible for capital raising and client relationship management.

Jim Garvey

Head of Asset Management - UK

Jim is the Portfolio Manager for LaSalle Property Fund, the firm’s open-ended flagship US core fund and also the largest commingled fund managed by the company. Before his current role, Jim served as co-head of Acquisitions, where he oversaw greater than $10 billion in direct acquisitions and joint venture investments. Before joining the Acquisitions group, he served as a Portfolio Manager, managing a separate account that included both direct ownership and joint venture interests.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 1993, Jim was a Partner with Hamilton Partners, a regional real estate development firm headquartered in Chicago. He also worked in leasing and development for the Trammell Crow Company.

Jim earned his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BSBA in Finance from John Carroll University. He is a member of both Urban Land Institute and Pension Real Estate Association and is CFA registered.

Rebecca Gates

Global Co-Head of Client Capital Group

Rebecca is Head of Asset Management, overseeing LaSalle’s UK Retail and Business Space Asset Management teams. Rebecca’s focus is to drive the implementation of Asset Business Plans and identify and exploit opportunities to add value. She liaises very closely with Client Fund Managers to agree and evolve investment strategy. Also, Rebecca is responsible for structuring and coordinating external suppliers including property management.

Rebecca joined JLL in 1992 and since then she has undertaken a variety of roles for a diverse range of clients including charities, non-UK organisations and private individuals; although the majority of her work has been for UK Pension Funds. Rebecca currently sits on the UK Management Board and is a member of the UK Investment Committee.

Rebecca holds a BSc (Hons) in Land Management from Reading University, and is a qualified Chartered Surveyor.

Alok Gaur

Head of Acquisitions - Southeast Asia

Alok is the Global Co-Head of the Client Capital Group at LaSalle Investment Management in Chicago. He jointly leads the 35 person global client relationship, capital raising, marketing and public relations teams. Alok helps lead new business development, investor relationships and product development around the world in coordination with a London-based Co-Head. Alok is also a member of LaSalle’s Global Management Committee supporting the development and execution of the firm’s business strategy.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Alok was a Managing Director and Partner at The Carlyle Group in Washington DC where he led the capital raising function for global real estate. Before Carlyle, he held senior positions at Greenhill and Co and Credit Suisse’s Real Estate Private Fund Group where he was involved in a variety of capital raising activities for funds and ventures pursuing various real estate investment strategies in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. He also worked for nine years at The John Buck Company in a variety of roles, and two years at Coopers & Lybrand in the Real Estate Advisory Group as a consultant.

Alok received an MBA and BA from The University of Chicago and currently holds Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.

George Goh

Global Head of Research & Strategy

George is responsible for acquisitions and asset management activities within Southeast Asia. George has over 12 years of experience in the real estate industry and has worked in various functions including acquisitions, asset management and portfolio management. Since joining LaSalle in 2005, George has completed US$1.5 billion of investments for the Asia Opportunistic Fund series and Asia Property Fund, which includes direct investments and joint ventures in office, hotel, residential and logistics standing assets and developments in Singapore, Thailand and Australia.

Prior to joining LaSalle, George was Head of Investments in Southeast Asia at Mapletree Investments.

George holds a bachelor’s degree in banking and finance, First Class Honours from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and is a CFA charterholder since 2006. He is a member of Urban Land Institute, Hospitality Asset Managers Association Asia Pacific and CFA Society Singapore.

Jacques Gordon

Jacques leads LaSalle’s Research & Strategy team and is responsible for analyzing capital markets, economies and property around the world. He serves on the firm’s Global Management Committee and the Investment Committees for Asia Pacific and North America. Jacques also chairs the Global Research Board of JLL and teaches International Real Estate at Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University.

Jacques was previously a research economist at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC. In 2000, he received the Graaskamp Award from the Pension Real Estate Association for his contribution to institutional investment research and strategy.

Jacques has a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MSc from the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Brad Gries

Head of US Transactions

Head of Asset Management - US

Brad is Head of US Transactions for LaSalle, a position he assumed in August, 2017. He leads a team of acquisitions and dispositions professionals that are responsible for sourcing, underwriting and executing new investments and asset sales across the US. He also serves on both the LaSalle Americas Investment Committee, and the LaSalle Americas Board. Brad is an active participant in the firm’s capital raising efforts, and is directly involved in the formation and execution of joint ventures and large portfolio transactions, while helping to introduce sophisticated global investor clients with large U.S. investment opportunities.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Brad held leadership positions over the course of a 16-year career with Deutsche Asset Management, Americas Real Assets (“RREEF”), most recently serving as Managing Director, Real Estate Transactions. In this role, he led the acquisition team responsible for new investment initiatives in the Central and Southeast US, including investments in all property types and throughout the risk spectrum. Before RREEF, Brad held analyst and consultant positions at MB Real Estate and Arthur Anderson.

Brad earned a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois.

Kristina Heuberger

Head of Asia Pacific Corporate Communications

Kristy is an International Director at LaSalle and is the Head of US Asset Management, as well as a member of LaSalle’s Americas Board. Kristy oversees the asset management function across LaSalle’s US real estate portfolio, responsible for developing and executing asset level strategies. She has over 20 years of real estate experience including asset management, debt structuring/originations, operations, marketing, strategy setting, and process improvement.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Kristy held several leadership roles with GE Capital, including leading the Midwest Regional Sales and US Equity Asset Management groups and as Chief Marketing Officer for the North American region.

Kristy earned a MBA in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago and a BS in Accounting from Indiana University.

Sinhuay Ho

Rene Hoepfner joined LaSalle in May 2016 as a Client Executive in the Client Capital Group and is responsible for client relations in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

Previously, Rene worked at Mercer Investment Consulting for several years, advising corporate organizations, pension funds, insurance companies and institutional investors on their real estate portfolio and multi-assets class. Prior to Mercer, he worked in asset management.

Rene holds a degree in Economics from the Humboldt-University of Berlin.

Samer Honein

Samer is a Client Executive within LaSalle’s Client Capital Group. He joined the team in September 2014 and is responsible for managing and developing relationships with clients and prospects in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Azerbaijan, France and Belgium. Samer previously worked with LaSalle’s Acquisitions team, sourcing investments opportunities and executing acquisitions as well as developing Strategic Partnerships in France. Samer has 17 years of experience in real estate.

Prior to this, he spent four years as a project engineer in Lebanon then joined JLL’s Research department in Paris and covered roles in the Valuation Department and the Capital Markets team.

Samer holds an MBA from ESLSCA in Paris and a MSc in Civil Engineering from The Lebanese University, Beirut. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Angelique Houbre

Retail Asset Management

Head of Asset Management - Australia

Angelique is responsible for Retail Asset Management activities in France. She joined LaSalle in 2008, and currently leads a newly formed team of three asset managers focused on managing retail assets as well as separate accounts. Angelique has over 23 years of experience in retail real estate management.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Angelique worked for Hammerson, setting up and leading the internal Retail Leasing department for newly purchased shopping centers. Before this, she was responsible for the development of international brands such as Pizza Hut and New Look across France.

Angelique received her master’s degree in business law and a specialized master’s in business franchising and development at Strasbourg University.

Simon Howard

Sydney

Simon joined LaSalle in 2011 as Head of Asset Management for Australia. In this role, Simon develops and implements asset management strategies to maximize real estate returns for funds and other institutional clients. He has experience across a broad range of real estate sectors including retail, office, industrial, hotel, residential and retirement.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Simon was employed by Lend Lease for almost 15 years where he served in a number of capacities, most recently as an Investment Manager for the Lend Lease Core Plus Fund in its Investment Management division.

Simon has a Master’s of Applied Finance from Kaplan Business School and a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney. Simon is also a qualified accountant and member of CPA Australia.

Jim Hutchinson

Head of Acquisitions - Korea

Jim is the Chairman of the LaSalle Income & Growth Funds, the firm’s flagship US value-add fund series. From 1985 until starting the fund series in the late 1990’s, Jim was a member of the firm’s acquisition group with responsibility for a variety of property types and regions. Jim is also a member of the North American Private Equity Investment Committee.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Jim was a senior manager in the Audit Division of Deloitte & Touche in Chicago.

Jim earned his MBA from Indiana University and a BA in mathematics from Brown University.

Steve Hyung Kim

Seoul

Steve joined LaSalle in 2013 as Head of Acquisitions for South Korea based in Seoul.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Steve was Managing Partner at Bellevue Capital Management where he focused on cross-border transactions on behalf of Asian family offices. Prior to that, he was an Executive Director in the Asia Pacific Investment Banking Division at Nomura advising institutional real estate clients with corporate finance mandates; and Vice President of Lehman Brothers’ Global Real Estate Group focused on originating and structuring principal debt investments. Steve also worked at the Real Estate Opportunities Group at Deutsche Bank acquiring under-performing properties and multi-borrower loan portfolios after the Asian Financial Crisis in 2000. He started his career at Merrill Lynch in the US and interned at the United States Senate.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University.

Steve Inglis

Atlanta

Steve is a Portfolio Manager for numerous domestic and international separate account clients. His responsibilities include managing portfolios of office, retail, multifamily and industrial investments located throughout the US as well as the management of joint ventures between prominent institutional investors and operating partners.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 1991, Steve was employed in Atlanta with the Real Estate Investment division at MetLife where he was directly responsible for the sourcing, underwriting and asset management of joint ventures, equities and mortgages for a commercial real estate portfolio.

Steve is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a BBA in Real Estate and Finance and a graduate of the Executive MBA program at the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. He has spoken on behalf of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Real Estate Investment and Advisory Council and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers.

David Ironside

Global Chief Executive Officer

David is Chief Investment Officer of LaSalle’s Continental European Business and Managing Director of the LaSalle GmbH. Based in Munich he oversees the Fund Management Team together with all investment activities across Continental Europe. He is responsible for investment performance, identifying trends and opportunities while seeking the appropriate risk/return strategies for the Funds across the region. Prior to this role David was Head of Strategic Partnerships in Continental Europe, responsible for all acquisitions in Europe in close coordination with the LaSalle offices in Paris and Prague. David joined LaSalle in July 2001, during his time with the firm he has led deals in Germany, Holland, Belgium and Sweden, in investments ranging from core to speculative development. He has been working in the real estate industry since 1983.

Prior to joining LaSalle David spent four years at Bayernfonds/Real I.S. AG, the subsidiary of Bayerische Landesbank, and was responsible for real estate investments. At Real I.S. AG David was responsible for foreign acquisitions. In this role he was in charge of acquiring properties in the US as well as major European countries such as France, Belgium and Spain for various investment purposes. He was also responsible for asset management and supervising acquisitions in Germany. Prior to that, David was with Jones Lang Wootton where he gained detailed knowledge of the German markets. He gave advice to national and international clients on purchase, sale, valuation, development and lease of commercial property as well as preparing detailed analysis and strategy recommendations for non-German investors.

David holds a BSc in Land Economics with Commendation from Paisley College of Technology. He is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Jeff Jacobson

Jeff Jacobson is CEO of LaSalle Investment Management, responsible for a 700-person team managing investments in both private and public real estate across all major markets within Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region. Jeff is a member of JLL’s Global Executive Board, a member of the JLL Co-Investment Capital Allocation Committee and sits on LaSalle’s Investment Committees in all three regions.

Jeff is located in LaSalle’s Chicago office, having worked in LaSalle’s London and Singapore offices during his career. Prior to his appointment as Global CEO in January 2007, Jeff was Regional CEO for LaSalle’s European operation, based in London, where he was responsible for all aspects of the European business. Jeff has over 30 years of property investment and transactions experience across the globe.

Jeff holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Master’s Degree from Stanford University. He serves on the Management Board of INREV (European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles), and is a member of PREA (Pension Real Estate Association) and AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate).

Andrew Jeanes

Managing Director - Acquisitions

Andrew started his career with British Rail Property Board in 1980, moving to Jones Lang Wootton in 1984. Initially in the property management team, Andrew gained experience in asset management and open market investment, and was made a Partner of JLW Fund Management in 1990.

During his career he has managed several large private and public pension fund accounts, investing across all sectors and property types, and has raised and run both geared and ungeared development and investment funds. In that time Andrew has acquired considerable experience in fund structuring, third party debt, development and refurbishment, and forging relationships with stakeholders to facilitate the execution of business plans. He has also executed a number of portfolio exit strategies for both corporate clients and co-mingled funds in both the UK and Europe.

Andrew holds a BSc Degree in Estate Management, is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is registered as an Authorised Person by the FCA to conduct investment management activity.

Matthew Jordan

Matt is a Managing Director in LaSalle’s Acquisitions group, with a primary focus on multifamily acquisitions in the eastern half of the US. He has been involved in all of LaSalle's multifamily acquisitions in the New York area and has completed transactions in 10 different markets since 2011.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 2010, Matt was a Senior Managing Director and Partner of Rockwood Real Estate Advisors based in New York City. While with Rockwood from 1999 to 2010, he provided underwriting, disposition, restructuring advisory and marketing services for real estate assets valued over $15 billion. Matt also completed investment sales in all asset classes with a primary focus on multifamily in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeastern US.

Matt earned a BSE in Civil Engineering from the University of Iowa. He is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council Board of Directors.

Wade Judge

CIO - Americas

Head of EMEA Corporate Communications

Wade is the Chief Investment Officer of LaSalle’s North American Private Equity business and Chairman of LaSalle’s Americas Investment Committee. He also serves as the Fund President for LaSalle Property Fund, the firm’s US open-end vehicle, and Senior Account Executive for some of LaSalle’s major separate account clients. Prior to assuming these responsibilities, Wade was responsible for directing the Acquisitions group’s office, industrial, retail and residential investments throughout the US for approximately 10 years.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Wade worked for the Chairman of JLL and later managed the firm’s Development Group. Before joining JLL, he was a loan officer with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co in New York City.

Wade earned an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from Dartmouth College.

Lydia Kalia

Global Chief Executive Officer - Securities

Lydia is responsible for the firm’s pan-European and Middle East communications strategy, working with in-country teams across Europe to enhance the reputation of LaSalle capabilities and raising the profile of LaSalle's individual teams. Prior to joining LaSalle, Lydia acquired significant experience in strategic communications and corporate reputation management. She worked across a variety of sectors such as asset management, property, and finance services, responsible for developing, maintaining and protecting the reputation of some of the industry’s largest companies and bodies.

Lisa Kaufman

Chief Executive Officer - Americas

24 years at LaSalle
Joined in January 1994

Lisa is a Managing Director and Global Chief Executive Officer and Americas Portfolio Manager for LaSalle Investment Management Securities responsible for overall group management. As North America Portfolio Manager, Lisa is responsible for managing separate account portfolios of public North American property companies and the North American portion of LaSalle Securities’ global securities portfolios. She is a member of the Global Securities Advisory Committee, LaSalle Investment Management’s Global Management Committee and Portfolio Management Oversight Committee.

Lisa joined LaSalle in 1994 and the securities group in 1998. Her previous responsibilities at the firm include serving as a senior analyst covering US retail, US industrial and Canadian retail companies and acting as the Deputy Portfolio Manager for North America. Prior to joining the Securities group in 1998, Lisa worked in LaSalle’s private equity group where she focused on entity level investments in real estate. These transactions included recapitalizing existing portfolios, private real estate companies and public REITs.

Lisa received an MBA in finance from Columbia University’s Business School and an BA in Urban Studies and Political Science from Brown University. She serves on the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC) and the Dividends through Diversity Steering Committee at Nareit.

Jason Kern

Global Head of Corporate Strategy and Development

Jason joined LaSalle Investment Management in July 2013 as the CEO of the Americas and is a member of the Global Management Committee and North American Investment Committee. He oversees all investment activities and personnel in the Americas.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Jason founded and led HSBC Asia Pacific Real Estate. He has worked with Asia’s leading investors, advising on high-profile IPOs, and has overseen equity and bond issues, private equity raises and asset acquisitions and sales, with total transaction volume exceeding $50 billion. Prior to HSBC, he spent 17 years at J.P. Morgan, mainly in senior roles within the real estate investment banking team across the U.S., UK, Continental Europe and Hong Kong.

Jason is a member of the Board of Directors of both the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM) and the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE).

Jason earned an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BA from Colgate University.

Tim Kessler

Tim is Global Head of Corporate Strategy and Development, a position he assumed in September, 2017. Tim is focused on identifying, evaluating and aligning resources to pursue organic and inorganic growth opportunities for LaSalle around the world. He works closely with LaSalle’s Global Management Committee to further develop LaSalle’s corporate strategy and to implement best practices and technology solutions across the platform to ensure the firm continues to provide industry-leading investment performance and service to its clients.

Tim brings more than 15 years’ experience in the real estate and finance industries to LaSalle. He spent 10 years at FPL Advisory Group where he led the management consulting business and served as a strategic, organizational, and financial advisor to clients across all sectors of commercial real estate. Prior to FPL, he worked as a consultant with ZS Associates and in Investment Banking at Bear Stearns.

Tim graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. degree in Economics, and earned an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

John Kim

Seoul

John joined LaSalle in 2015 as a Client Executive and is responsible for investment relationships with institutional Korean investors in regards to capital raising, cross-border strategic investment and product development.

Prior to joining LaSalle, John was with Samsung Life Insurance and Samsung SRA Asset Management where he executed various types of real estate transactions across North America, Continental Europe and Asia. Prior to that, he worked with KB AMC as an investment manager where he was in charge of overseas real estate investment.

John holds an MS in Real Estate from New York University and a BA in Business Administration from Yonsei University.

Richard Kleinman

Research & Strategy - US

Head of Asset Management - Northern Europe

Rich is a Managing Director with LaSalle’s Research & Strategy team. He assists in developing investment strategies for clients, assesses market conditions associated with specific investment decisions, develops office market forecasting tools and monitors capital market conditions.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 2005, he worked at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and as a Strategy Consultant at the Monitor Group in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Melbourne, Australia.

Rich has spoken at conferences held by the Real Estate Research Institute, ULI, and National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, has published articles in the PREA Quarterly and contributed to the PWC/Urban Land Institute Emerging Trends Publication. He is currently co-chair of the NCREIF Research Committee. Rich received a master’s degree in Urban Studies from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics and American Studies from Williams College.

Hagen Knaupp

Hagen is Head of Asset Management for Northern Europe. He joined LaSalle in 2011 and has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. Hagen has broad experience in value-add properties and developments. He is also responsible for sustainability activities and a member of the Global Sustainability Committee.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Hagen worked as an Asset Manager for UBS Real Estate and as Project Manager for several office developments for Allianz Real Estate.

Hagen has a diploma in Architecture and Urban planning and is a member of the RICS.

Yuichiro Koyama

Asset Manager

Head of Continental Europe

Yuichiro Koyama has been a member of LaSalle’s Asset Management team in Japan since 2009. The team is responsible for the management and value add focused on office and residential assets in the LaSalle Asia Opportunistic Fund Series as well as Separate accounts.

Yuichiro he has more than 20 years’ experience in the real estate industry and has worked in asset management for 14 years, with a particular emphasis on office and residential sectors. He also has experience in the finance side and worked as a non-recourse loan lender for 3 years. Prior to Joining LaSalle, he worked for Securitized Product Group of Morgan Stanley Japan Securities for 3 years as a Vice President in the Asset Management Division of Morgan Stanley Capital KK for 6 years.

Yuichiro is a licensed certified real estate surveyor and real estate broker in Japan.

Philip La Pierre

Philip is Head of Continental Europe based in Munich. He joined LaSalle in September 2018 and oversees all operations and strategies in Europe ex-UK. Philip is responsible for the acquisitions, asset management and fund management teams across all of Continental Europe. He is a member of the European Management Board.

Philip is a German national, educated as a lawyer and has 20 years of experience in the real estate industry and has built up a distinguished reputation in the German, European and Global real estate markets. He was previously at Corestate Capital as the Co-Chief Investment Officer where he oversaw €16 billion AUM in real estate. Prior to this, he spent eight years in several leadership roles at Union Investment Real Estate where he oversaw the European Investment activities and subsequently the global team with a focus on the Americas and Asia. Including his previous positions with ING Real Estate and Credit Suisse Philip has built up a track record in Investments & Sales totaling over €12 billion.

Benjamin Lentz

18 years at LaSalle
Joined in January 2000

Ben is a Managing Director, North America Deputy Portfolio Manager and Director of Research for LaSalle Investment Management Securities. As the group's Director of Research, he is a thought leader in structuring and improving the valuation process. His responsibilities also include assisting in the management of North America real estate securities portfolios. Ben is a member of the Portfolio Management Oversight Committee.

Prior to joining the firm in 2000, Ben worked as a commercial credit analyst with a regional bank and as an intern with LaSalle Investment Management Securities.

Ben recieved a BA in Economics and Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Chris Lewis

Head of Transactions

Chris manages the Transaction team in the UK, working with the Fund Managers and the Strategic Partnerships team to source, appraise and secure suitable investment opportunities across a variety of styles.

Chris rejoined LaSalle in June 2014, having previously been a partner at Cordea Savills from 2006 to 2014 and before that at LaSalle and JLL, where he joined in 1998. Since 2001, Chris has worked on successful acquisitions totaling over €2 billion across Europe, of which over £1 billion has been in the UK.

Chris is a Chartered Surveyor, a member of the Investment Property Forum and Approved under FSA Guidelines as a CSF30 (customer).

Steven Lieb

Steve is a Portfolio Manager for LaSalle’s custom account clients that invest in the U.S., a position he assumed in September, 2017. In this role, he is responsible for actively managing portfolios of office, retail, multifamily and industrial investments located throughout the U.S., while delivering strong investment performance that meets or exceeds client objectives. He develops and drives execution of individual portfolio strategies including selection of new investments, oversight of key property-level initiatives, financings and hold/sell decisions.

With more than 25 years of industry experience, Steve has served in asset management and portfolio management roles over the last 20 years. Prior to joining LaSalle, he served as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Heitman, where he focused on managing separate accounts for large pension fund clients across various property types and risk profiles, along with specific asset management responsibilities. Prior to Heitman, Steve was a Portfolio Manager at Equity Office Properties, with oversight of more than 50 million square feet of investments valued in excess of $13 billion.

Steve earned a B.A. from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from The University of Illinois at Chicago.

14 years at LaSalle
Joined in March 2004

Anne is a Client Executive within LaSalle’s Client Capital Group. She is responsible for creating and managing relationships with investors, clients and investment consultants from the UK, Ireland and the Nordic Region who invest in LaSalle’s products and services around the world. With over 30 years of experience in the property industry, Anne has extensive experience in the areas of investment management, company acquisitions, fund management of both unlisted funds/derivatives portfolios (multi-manager) and direct real estate commingled funds, direct and indirect transactions, development funding, direct development and asset management.

Anne joined LaSalle in 2004 from Aberdeen Property Investors / Barclays Property Investment. She initially trained and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor at Richard Ellis, now CBRE Global Investors.

Anne holds a BSc (Hons) Land Management from the University of Reading. She is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is registered as an approved person by the FCA.

Jamie Lyon

CFO / COO - Europe

Strategic Partnerships - Asia Pacific

Jamie joined LaSalle in 2006 as CFO / COO of LaSalle's UK and European operations. Jamie’s responsibilities extend to accounting and finance, tax, debt, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, human resources and, consequently, management of all European support services and infrastructure across LaSalle’s fund and separate account business.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Jamie was the European Finance Director of ProLogis Europe from its start-up in early 1998. With 18 years of international real estate experience, Jamie serves on the European Investment Committee and other internal LaSalle and industry committees.

He holds a BAcc from the University of Glasgow and is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with KPMG.

Ian Mackie

Brisbane

Ian is the Head of Strategic Partnerships for Asia Pacific. Based in Sydney, he oversees capital raising and strategic transactions across the region. Ian joined JLL in 1978 and has worked throughout the Asia Pacific region since 1988. He has lived in Singapore for the last 20 years, before relocating to Australia. During this time, he has been responsible for investing directly or in joint ventures in office, retail, industrial, hotel, serviced apartments and residential standing investments and developments in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Japan.

Ian earned his BA in Economics and Law from the University of Canberra and Associate Diploma in Valuation from Sydney University of Technology. He is an Associate of the Australian Property Institute and earned his Authorized Dealers Representative designation from the Australian Securities Commission.

William Maher

Head of Research & Strategy - Americas

Bill is the Head of Americas Research & Strategy and is based in Baltimore. He develops real estate investment strategies for pension funds and other institutional clients and provides research and strategic advice to LaSalle’s Baltimore-based Real Estate Securities group.

Bill serves on LaSalle’s North American Investment Committee, which oversees investments in Canada, Mexico and the US. He received a Masters degree in Urban Planning from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a BA in Economics from Williams College. Bill is active in numerous industry organizations including the Real Estate Roundtable, ULI, ICSC, and RERI and serves on the Williams College Real Estate Investment Committee.

Julie Manning

Chief Executive Officer - Europe

Julie is a Portfolio Manager for domestic and international separate account clients investing in the U.S., managing both diversified and targeted strategies, across investment styles and property types. She is also the Portfolio Manager for a co-investment fund-of-funds, investing domestic and international capital in LaSalle-branded products globally. She joined LaSalle in 1997, working initially in the investor reporting group prior to transitioning to portfolio management. Prior to joining LaSalle, she began her career as a financial analyst at JMB Realty.

Julie earned a B.S. in accountancy from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois and holds a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation.

Simon Marrison

Head of Continental Europe - LaSalle GPS

Simon is the CEO of Europe, based in Paris and has over 31 years of real estate experience. In addition to serving on the Global Management Committee, he sits on all our European Investment Committees and chairs the European Management Board. He joined LaSalle in 2001 and has operated six funds in the region and launched the Continental European Separate Accounts business.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Simon was Country Manager of Rodamco France, where he was in charge of a portfolio of 26 properties, including five regional shopping centers, with a combined value of €1 billion and initiated a logistics development program of over 120,000 m².

Simon is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a member of the RICS Global Investment Risk Management Forum and is a Board Member of TR Property Investment Trust since 2011. He holds a BSc. (Hons) in Urban Land Administration from Portsmouth Polytechnic. He is also a former Board Member of the French National Council of Shopping Centres.

Lee Marshall

Joined in November 2018

Lee is Head of Continental Europe for LaSalle Global Partner Solutions where he is responsible for all aspects of investment management for continental European clients.

Lee joined LaSalle in 2018 with LaSalle's acquistion of Aviva Investors' Real Estate Multi-Manager business. Previously, Lee was head of UK property research at CBRE Investors, advising on strategy for both direct and indirect mandates. Prior to this, Lee worked for Investment Property Databank as a portfolio analyst and client account manager.

Lee holds a BSc (Hons) from Imperial College, London.

Suzanne Martinez

Research & Strategy - Europe

4 years at LaSalle
Joined in July 2014

Suzanne joined LaSalle in July 2014 as a Client Executive within the Client Capital Group. Based in Chicago, she is responsible for creating and managing relationships with investors, clients and investment consultants throughout North America.

A 19 year veteran in institutional real estate, including investment sales and capital markets, Suzanne was previously a Principal at Avison Young responsible for investment sales, transaction advisory efforts and sourcing joint ventures relationships and real estate investments on behalf of key Canadian relationships. Prior to that, Suzanne helped lead the national Capital Markets and Corporate Finance team at JLL. She has directed transactions for REITs, institutional investors, developers, financial institutions and major corporations totaling over $3.5 billion.

Suzanne earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and BA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is member of Urban Land Institute and Pension Real Estate Association.

Simon Marx

Simon is a Regional Director within LaSalle Investment Management’s European Research & Strategy team. His primary function is to monitor the UK and Continental European property markets. This includes defining fund strategies, identifying acquisition opportunities and bringing new sources of global capital to Europe. To this end, Simon works closely with several teams across London, Munich, Paris and elsewhere around the world.

Prior to joining LaSalle Investment Management in early 2011, Simon was Head of UK Analytics at the listed property information company CoStar, where he developed an independent analysis and forecasting service based on building-level data in the UK. Prior to this he was Head of Research at Close Investments. He also initiated European property forecasting at consultant Experian Business Strategies and spent his formative years in European research at CBRE.

Simon completed a BSc (Hons) in French and German at the University of Salford, followed by an MSc in Real Estate Investment and Finance at the University of Reading. He is Chair of the Investment Property Forum’s Research Steering Group and also a former committee member of the Society of Property Researchers. Simon is fluent in four languages.

Mark McGruder

Atlanta

Mark is the Portfolio Manager of two of LaSalle’s pension fund separate account clients. In addition, he is a managing director specializing in the acquisition and asset management of retail properties.

Prior to his current role, Mark was a member of the Acquisitions Group, dedicated to investing in retail assets in the eastern region of the United States. Mark began his career at LaSalle in 1995 working as an analyst and later as an Associate within the Asset Management Group. During his initial tenure in asset management, Mark was responsible for a portfolio consisting of office, industrial and retail assets located in 14 markets across the country, with portfolio results that exceeded the industry benchmarks.

Mark earned a BA degree in Business Administration and Economics from Morehouse College. He is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

John McKinlay

CEO - Canada

Toronto

John is the new CEO of Canada and is responsible for all aspects of LaSalle's Canadian operations. He has over 20 years of experience in institutional real estate. During his career he has been involved in over $8 billion of real estate transactions and led over $5 billion over the last six years.

Prior to joining LaSalle, John served as Executive Vice President of Acquisitions for Bentall Kennedy in Canada. Prior to that, he was the co-head of Asset Management at GE Capital in Canada, where he managed a team of 14, managing institutional accounts and with direct responsibilities ranging from asset management to transactions.

John earned a Juris Doctorate and a Master of Business Administration from Willamette University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University.

Sean Meehan

Sean is a Managing Director at LaSalle and serves as Portfolio Manager for JLL Income Property Trust, Inc. where he is currently responsible for overseeing asset and portfolio management functions for the company. Formerly, he was responsible for acquisition underwriting, structuring and management for a series of joint venture investments totaling $1.25 billion of equity commitments. Prior to that role, Sean held various positions on a $4 billion custom account, the most recent of which he served as an asset manager for a $120 million revenue industrial portfolio.

Sean began his career with the firm as an investment analyst in the corporate finance group at LaSalle’s parent firm, JLL. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois.

Andrew Meyrick

Andrew is the fund manager of a sovereign wealth investor with a £630 million separate account mandate. Prior to this role, Andrew headed LaSalle’s Global Fund Structuring and Establishment team, responsible for the structuring and establishment of the firm’s commingled funds around the world. Between 2005 and 2011, Andrew coordinated the successful closing of some of LaSalle’s largest funds with an aggregate equity raise in excess of £4.43 billion, as well as bespoke club and single client vehicles.

Andrew joined Jones Lang Wootton in 1996 and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in November 1998. He transferred to LaSalle in 1999, working for some UK institutional clients until 2003 when he moved to the Global Client Capital Group and specialized in commingled fund formation.

Andrew holds a BSc in Geography from Southampton University and an MSc in Land Management from Reading University. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and an Authorised Person with the FCA to conduct investment management activity.

Tom Miller

Head of Development

Head of Research & Strategy - Europe

Tom joined LaSalle in 2008 as the Head of Development for Asia. He and his team are responsible for executing all development and major construction projects for all LaSalle fund assets in Asia. Tom also serves as the Regional Sustainability Officer for Asia and oversees the regional environmental and physical due diligence processes for new Asian acquisitions.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Tom held numerous senior roles globally in the real estate and construction sectors including 13 years with Bovis Lend Lease in the UK, Spain, Singapore, Philippines and the US. Tom is active in regional industry organizations including ULI, ANREV, and APREA.

Tom holds an Executive MBA from IE Business School in Madrid, a master’s degree in real estate from the University of Hong Kong, a master’s degree in engineering administration from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Mahdi Mokrane

Mahdi joined LaSalle in 2013 as Head of Research and Strategy for Europe. He is based in London and oversees European investment strategy and manages the regional Research and Strategy team. He works closely with the Global Strategy team and serves on LaSalle’s UK, Debt & Special Situations and Pan-European investment committees, as well as the European Management Board.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Mahdi worked at AEW Europe, where he was Head of Research and Strategy. He has extensive experience in real estate transactions and portfolio and fund management in both UK and Continental European markets. Prior to joining AEW in 2004, he worked at MSCI IPD as Director for Research and Training for France and Southern Europe.

Mahdi taught at the ESSEC Business School and University of Cergy and worked as a bond quant at CDC in Paris. He holds a PhD in Economics and Finance from EHESS and a MSc from Dauphine University. He is an active member of industry organizations including MSCI IPD, ICSC, INREV, and EPRA, and is a regular speaker at industry events and university seminars. Mahdi is a Member of the RICS.

Marc Montanus

Head of International Accounts

Marc is an International Director and Fund Manager for the LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund series. In this role, he works with the Chief Investment Officer to deliver fund performance from acquisition through disposition. Working with a dedicated team, he is also responsible for overseeing and executing all of the operational and reporting functions of the funds. Marc is one of two Executive Officers of the Fund.

Marc has been in the real estate industry for 21 years and worked for LaSalle in the US and Europe before joining the Asia Pacific business in 2001. He has worked extensively in different disciplines of institutional real estate investment management including acquisitions, asset management, portfolio management, real estate securities and investor relations. Before assuming his current role in 2008, he was responsible for managing the Asia Property Fund, LaSalle’s core plus open-ended pan-regional fund in Asia Pacific, which significantly exceeded its return targets during his tenure. Prior to that, he was the Portfolio Manager for a regional separate account mandate, acquiring 10 direct and indirect investments in Asia, all of which exceeded their acquisition underwriting projections.

Marc holds a BSc in Business Administration from Miami University (Ohio).

Gary Moore

Gary is responsible for the International Accounts Team focusing on cross border capital investment into the UK and European markets for LaSalle's existing and new institutional clients. In addition, he is a senior fund manager responsible for two value-add accounts – one UK and one Pan-European. He has over 27 years of experience.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Gary spent 14 years with ING Real Estate Investment Management (now CBRE Global Investors) in the UK as a Senior Director and Head of the Acquisitions and Development team. He was also a Senior Fund Manager and Head of Separate Accounts. Gary has extensive transaction and development experience throughout the UK, across the risk spectrum and through two economic cycles. He has a detailed understanding of value-add and opportunistic (refurbishment and development) style investments and transacted over £5 billion of real estate assets. He has developed and implemented successful strategies for several funds over the last 15 years.

Gary holds a BSc (Hons) from Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham and an MSc in Real Estate and Finance from Reading University. He is a Chartered Surveyor and Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Ryota Morioka

Fund Manager - Japan

Compliance Director - EMEA

Ryota joined LaSalle in 2007 and has over 10 years of experience in real estate investment. He has been responsible for creating and managing separate accounts/funds as a Fund Manager for Japanese domestic investors since 2013. Prior to this, he was responsible for debt financing and co-investment arrangement activities in Japan and building relationships with major Japanese Banking Groups.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Ryota was a Corporate Finance Manager at Living Corporation. He started his career with the Industrial Bank of Japan (currently Mizuho Financial Group) in 1996.

Ryota holds a BA in Policy Management from Keio University.

Richard Mowthorpe

Chief Investment Officer, Income & Growth Funds

Richard joined LaSalle in 2003 as the Compliance Director for LaSalle's European region with compliance responsibility for LaSalle’s four regulated businesses in London, Luxembourg, Munich and Paris.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Richard worked for KPMG as a regulatory consultant and held a number of compliance roles within HSBC.

Richard has an MSc in the regulation of financial services and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Joseph Munoz

Joe is the Chief Investment Officer for the Income & Growth Funds, LaSalle’s flagship US value-add fund series and the President of Income & Growth Fund VIII. He is responsible for fund investment strategy and execution of investments, joint ventures and financings. Prior to joining the Income & Growth Fund team, Joe was a member of LaSalle’s Acquisitions Group. Since joining the firm in 2004, Joe has completed more than $5 billion in property transactions.

Joe has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Andrew Muscat

COO/CFO, LaSalle GPS

10 years at LaSalle
Joined in November 2008

Andrew is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for LaSalle Global Partner Solutions.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Andrew was Head of Operations and Deputy Country Executive, Malta for Alter Domus, managing the operations team responsible for the provision of company set up, administration, accounting, tax compliance and company secretarial services for RE and PE clients.Andrew re-joined LaSalle in 2018, where he had previously worked from 2008 to 2016. In his previous role he was responsible for supervising the finance function for LaSalle’s UK direct real estate and debt funds. Previously, Andrew spent six years at PwC, working on the audit of Land Securities and Barclays Private Equity.

Andrew is a chartered accountant (FCA) and holds a BSc in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Malta. He sits on INREV's Global Standards Steering Committee.

Anita Mustac

Sydney

Anita joined LaSalle in October 2017 as a Client Executive within the Client Capital Group. She is responsible for managing and developing relationships with clients and prospective clients in Australia and New Zealand and is based in the Sydney Office.

Anita brings six years of investment banking experience, most recently at Fort Street Advisors, where she provided strategic advice to some of Australia’s largest real estate firms. She also worked with clients in the retail, healthcare and general industrial sectors to execute mergers, acquisitions and capital raisings. Anita is passionate about making a positive social impact. Prior to joining LaSalle, she also founded a digital health care platform (Dokotela) to connect rural and regional patients to specialist doctors via video conference. A lawyer by training, Anita started her career at Mallesons Stephens Jaques, before moving into investment banking.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Distinction) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia.

Mari Nagai

Regional Director

Mari is responsible for the asset management activities in Japan, focusing on logistics on behalf of the Japan Logistics Fund series. Mari joined LaSalle in 2008 and has over 13 years of experience in the real estate industry in Japan. She has worked with major domestic developers, non-recourse lenders and general contractors to develop various sizes of multi-tenant warehouses, leased up, and then disposed to core buyers at LaSalle.

Prior to joining the firm, Mari was a manager at Xymax Properties Corporation, one of Japan’s leading property management companies where she was responsible for supervising 11 people, property managers, engineers and accounting staff for asset value improvements.

Yasuo Nakashima

Representative Director

Head of Real Return Assets

Yas is LaSalle's Chief Executive Officer of Japan. Since joining the company in 2002, he has successfully grown the Japanese business to US$5 billion in assets under management. Yas has over 20 years of experience in direct real estate in both Japan and the US. His experience includes development, acquisitions, asset management, property management, leasing and investment brokerage.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Yas was a co-founder of Prospect Development Corp, a New York-based developer specializing in public-private partnership developments. Before moving to the US in 1999, he worked as a project manager for Cosmos Initia Co., one of Japan’s largest multi-family residential developers. Before this, he worked with Xymax Co. as a property manager in Tokyo.

Yas has a MSc in Real Estate Development from Columbia University and a BSc in Architecture from Waseda University. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker (Japan) and a licensed Architect (First Class, Japan).

Philip Nell

Joined in June 2018

Philip is Head of Real Return Assets at LaSalle Investment Management with overall responsibility for approximately £2.5 billion of funds. He joined LaSalle in 2018 and has worked in the real estate industry for the last 25 years and the investment industry for over 22 years.

Prior to joining LaSalle Philip was a Fund Director in the Real Estate team at Hermes Investment Management. Prior to that, Philip was Head of European Retail Funds-Real Estate at Aviva Investors. Over the course of his career, Philip has been responsible for investment decisions on approximately £15 billion of assets, including around £5 billion of purchases and sales. The majority of his experience is in the UK direct real estate market, across all sectors, but he has also had responsibility for listed assets, and assets across Continental Europe.

Philip is a former member of the Governance and the Regulations Committees of the Association of Real Estate Funds, the Build to Rent Sub-Committee of the British Property Federation, and the Academic Faculty of the Investment Property Forum. He is currently a member of the MSCI UK Client Group, the RICS Commercial Property Forum and is the current Chair of the Investment Property Forum.

Akira Nishimura

Akira joined LaSalle in 2008 and is responsible for raising capital for LaSalle’s private and real estate securities funds in Japan. He developed LaSalle’s key distribution relationships for both real estate securities and private real estate funds and proactively seeks mandates from new clients. He has contributed to a significant growth of LaSalle’s real estate securities business platform which currently manages more than US$10 billion of assets from Japanese investors. As a senior relationship officer to institutional clients, he is also responsible for new business development in Japan and seeks for potential business partners for LaSalle.

Akira started his career at Fuji Bank where he spent almost 10 years in the US for asset financing areas including aircraft finance, tax-oriented lease, and off balance sheet financing for real estates, containers and other tangible assets. After he was relocated to Japan, he started his real estate investment career at Morgan Stanley Japan, where he was the credit officer for CMBS transactions. He joined Credit Suisse as an institutional sales representative for fixed income and alternative products including real estate funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, CMBS and CDO/CLO, to major financial institutions such as mega banks, central banks, life insurers and casualty insurers. He spent almost a year at Credit Suisse’s London office as a London Japan Desk Sales Representative before he joined LaSalle in 2008.

Akira holds a BA in Economics from Keio University and a Masters in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Chartered Member of Security Analyst Association of Japan, Registered Real Estate Transaction Manager, a Certified Master with the Association for Real Estate Securitization and a US CPA, Maryland.

George Noon

Head of Acquisitions - Japan

28 years at LaSalle
Joined in July 1990

George is an International Director for LaSalle Investment Management Securities and has over 27 years of investment experience. He joined LaSalle in 1990 and is the portfolio manager of Global and Asia Pacific Real Estate Securities Programs. George is a member of the Portfolio Management Oversight Committee and Global Securities Advisory Committee. His previous responsibilities with the firm include serving as portfolio manager for sector specific real estate securities portfolios. He has also provided analytical coverage for real estate securities across almost every product type and region within our investment universe.

Prior to joining LaSalle, George worked as a Portfolio Manager and Institutional Investment Advisor with Mellon Bank in Philadelphia.

George is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a BSc in Economics and a major in finance. He is a CFA Charterholder, an associate member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and a member of the Baltimore Security Analysts Society.

Kunihiko Okumura

Nick is Head of Acquisitions in Japan and is responsible for managing the Acquisitions Team in Tokyo, sourcing opportunities for various mandates and overseeing the investment process. He has over 18 years of Japanese real estate experience and completed over US$10 billion of debt and equity transactions across multiple asset classes. Nick joined the firm in 2011.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Nick he served as Principal at Westbrook Partners and Senior Vice President of the Global Real Estate Group at Lehman Brothers. During his tenure at Lehman Brothers, he executed various types of real estate deals including office, residential, hotel, retail, industrial and development, and completed multiple CMBS transactions.

Nick holds an MA in International Studies from the University of Washington and a BA in English from Kwansei Gakuin University.

JB Park

Seoul

JB is a Client Executive within LaSalle’s Client Capital Group and is based in Seoul. He is responsible for investment relationships with Korean investors involving in capital raising, cross-border strategic investments and product development. JB joined LaSalle in 2011 as an acquisition officer.

Prior to LaSalle, JB worked with the Alternative Investment Team at Standard Chartered Bank specializing in distressed debt/equity investment and as an acquisitions officer in the Global Commercial Real Estate Group of Lehman Brothers.

JB holds an MA from Cornell University and a BA in Foreign Studies from Hankuk University.

Cynthia Parker

Global Head of IT

Cindy is responsible for LaSalle’s use of information technology around the world. This includes shaping IT initiatives, developing and implementing IT strategy, shaping and overseeing implementation of system applications, ensuring availability and support of the firm’s technological infrastructure, and managing all technology spend. Prior to her current role, Cindy worked in JLL’s Information Technology Group where she was a liaison between the IT Group and the various JLL business lines including investment management, property management, tenant representation and capital markets. Cindy is a member of LaSalle’s Global Operating Committee and JLL’s Global Cyber Risk Committee. She has been with the company since 1986.

Cindy earned a BS degree from Iowa State University, serves on the Argus Advisory Council, and is a member of the Project Management Institute.

Sunil Patel

Head of Finance - UK

Managing Director - Acquisitions

As a Head of Finance, Sunil leads the 25 person UK finance team and is responsible for accounting and finance, managing business operations, tax, debt, compliance, structuring and transaction support. Sunil has over 35 years of experience in financial and investment accounting, mainly gained within a large institutional investment environment, of which the last 25 years have been specifically focused on real estate investment.

Sunil joined LaSalle in 1982, qualified as an accountant in 1991 and became a Regional Director in 2008.

Erick Paulson

Head of Business Space - UK

Erick is a Managing Director in LaSalle’s Acquisitions group and is responsible for office, industrial and retail acquisitions in the Western US. In addition to property acquisitions, Erick is responsible for formulating joint-ventures and other structured transactions with both private developers and public companies. He joined LaSalle in 1997 and has held a number of senior positions within the firm, including its Land Group and Development Group. Erick has experience with property acquisitions, including core, value-added and opportunistic, in all major property types in the Western U.S. He has worked with closed-end and open-end funds, opportunity funds, high-net-worth international investors and domestic separate account investors.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Erick was responsible for acquisitions in the Western US and capital raising in the Asia Pacific region for The Chase Manhattan Bank and Falcon Real Estate Investment Company.

Eric earned a BSc in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Gary Player

Gary is a Regional Director with 29 years of experience in real estate investment management. He started his career with the Fund Management team for a large pension fund, whose real estate portfolio was handled by LaSalle. Until 2001, Gary worked exclusively on Pension Fund Asset Management across both retail and business space. He gained experience in undertaking the refurbishments of shopping centers and multi-let office buildings along with acquisitions and disposals. He then broadened his role across a wider number of clients including charities and private individuals as well as UK pension funds. He began working on development projects as well as major refurbishments, leasing campaigns and other multidisciplinary projects. Having set up the UK Business Space team, Gary is currently driving LaSalle’s London initiatives on their central London portfolio of over £1.2 billion. Gary is accountable for formulating and implementing asset plans and has recently concluded over £10 million of refurbishment works. He is a member of LaSalle's UK Asset Management Board

Gary holds a BSc (Hons) in Land Management from De Montfort University and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Anthony Potenza

General Counsel - Asia Pacific

1 year at LaSalle
Joined in April 2017

Anthony joined LaSalle in 2017 and is a Client Executive within the Global Client Capital Group. Based in New York, he is responsible for building and maintaining capital relationships with institutional clients throughout the United Sates and representing LaSalle’s public and private investment vehicles around the world.

Before joining LaSalle Anthony was a senior member of Willis Towers Watson’s Global Manager Research Group focused on underwriting and due diligence for real estate and private equity funds based in the Americas. Prior to WTW Anthony led acquisitions for a family of real estate private debt funds at both initial and secondary offerings. His career began in 2003 at a prominent New York fund of funds.

Anthony is a graduate of the Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University in New York City and currently holds Series 63 and 7 licenses.

Marnie Prater

Marnie joined LaSalle in 2009 as General Counsel for Asia Pacific. She is responsible for all legal and compliance matters in the region.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Marnie was the General Counsel (Transactions) for a manager of a Singapore-listed real estate investment trust. Before that, she was a Senior Associate with King Wood Mallesons (formerly Mallesons Stephen Jacques) in Sydney and an Associate with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London.

Marnie holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wollongong, Australia. She was admitted to practice as a solicitor and barrister in New South Wales, Australia in 1999.

Demetri Rackos

Global Head of Tax

Head of Business Development - Securities

Demetri is the Global Head of Tax for LaSalle. He is responsible for managing the tax profile for LaSalle’s separate accounts and funds. Demetri brings over thirty years of tax experience, predominately in real estate, commercial finance, loan restructures and capital markets.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Demetri was a Senior Tax Manager for PwC in their banking and capital markets practice. Prior to joining PwC, he was Vice President and Tax Counsel at Heller Financial. In that role, he negotiated and structured and restructured transactions in Heller’s real estate, capital markets and loan workout businesses.

Demetri holds a BSc in Commerce, a Master’s of Science in Taxation and Juris Doctor. Demetri is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association.

Steve Ralff

1 year at LaSalle
Joined in January 2017

Steve is a Managing Director, Product Strategist and Head of Business Development for LaSalle Investment Management Securities. As Head of the Business Development and Product Strategy team, Steve’s primary responsibility is focused on the development and implementation of the firm’s strategies and products as well as leading the innovation, planning and coordination of global business development, marketing and capital raising activities. He is a member of the Global Securities Advisory Committee.

Steve brings over 20 years of industry experience, and prior to joining LaSalle, was the Global Product Specialist for Blackrock’s Global Real Estate Securities Program where he was hired to help build their global real estate securities platform. In addition to BlackRock, Steve held marketing positions at Davis Advisors and J.W. Seligman and was an analyst with ING covering financial securities.

Steve recieved a BA in History from Tulane University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the New York Security Analysts Society.

Richard Reese

Acquisitions Officer

Richard is an Acquisitions Officer and is responsible for acquiring office and medical office properties in the Eastern US with an emphasis on New York City. During his tenure with the firm, he has acquired properties valued at approximately $2 billion. He has been involved with complex acquisitions, including joint ventures, assuming and restructuring financings, and portfolios located in multiple states. Richard's prior experience includes working in JLL’s Healthcare group, where he provided the firm’s real estate services to investor clients and hospital systems. Richard also previously worked with JLL’s Leasing and Management group, successfully directing the leasing and management of a portfolio of office and retail properties.

Prior to joining JLL in 1986, Richard was employed by the Wilmington Trust Company in marketing and strategic planning positions.

Richard earned an MBA from Boston University and a BA from Drew University. He is a licensed real estate broker in the states of Maryland and Virginia.

Uwe Rempis

Managing Director - KVG

Uwe is Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Management at LaSalle Investment Management Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbh, LaSalle’s German AIFM in Munich. He assumed this role in July, 2016. From 2009 until June 2016, Uwe was Head of Asset Management for Northern Europe at LaSalle GmbH (Munich) where he was responsible for all sales activities within the region, the expansion of the asset management platform within the region as well as streamlining the pan-European property management setup. Uwe joined LaSalle in 2007 as Associate Director with the Acquisitions team in Munich, covering Germany and Scandinavia. In 2008, he took over asset management responsibility for the Nordics. He was a member of the Global Sustainability Board until 2011 and is a member of the European Asset Management Board and Diversity Board.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Uwe served 10 years at Allianz Real Estate in Stuttgart, Germany, where he worked as Asset and Transaction Manager

Uwe has a BA from the University of Nürtingen and is Immobilienökonom (ebs). He is a Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Gordon Repp

General Counsel

Gordon currently holds the positions of General Counsel and Secretary for LaSalle Investment Management and Executive Vice President, Deputy Global General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, the holding company. Gordon is also General Counsel and Secretary of JLL Income Property Trust, a non-listed REIT advised and managed by LaSalle. In these roles, he provides legal, compliance, governance, risk management, and ethics advice and counsel to LaSalle’s global operations and the publicly traded, NYSE-listed firm and its operating subsidiaries. He has been with the companies since March 2001.

From August 1987 to March 2001, Gordon held various positions within the legal department of Outboard Marine Corporation, a publicly-traded, NYSE-listed global manufacturer and distributor of marine and marine-related products. He ultimately held the position of Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary until the bankruptcy and liquidation of the company in 2001.

Gordon received his JD from Northern Illinois University and his BA from Western Illinois University. He has served on the boards of various not-for-profit organizations.

Stuart Richmond-Watson

Stuart is a Senior Fund Manager and has worked with UK institutional and private clients across a variety of fund sizes and styles. He is a member of LaSalle’s UK Investment Committee, a Trustee of the JLL Pension Fund and a member of its Investment Committee.

Stuart joined Jones Lang Wootton in 1973, then moved to the fund management department in 1988 where he gained experience in all aspects of running portfolios. Stuart is closely involved in formulating portfolio strategy and its implementation through purchases, sales and active management.

Stuart holds a Diploma in Rural Estate Management from the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Michael Ricketts

Global CFO

Head of Acquisitions - Canada

Mike is the Chief Financial Officer of LaSalle. His duties include financial reporting, planning and forecasting, communication with Global Finance and compliance with the various regulatory requirements to which the business is subject. Since joining the firm in 1989, Mike has held several finance related positions throughout the firm before assuming his current responsibilities in 1997.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Mike was Public Accountant with KPMG in Chicago.

Mike earned a BSc from Indiana University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Stephen Robertson

Toronto

As Head of Acquisitions in Canada, Stephen is based in LaSalle’s Toronto office where he is responsible for sourcing real estate investment opportunities on behalf of Canada Funds, as well as executing specific investment strategies for a range of custom client accounts, both domestic and international. He has 25 years of real estate experience in Canada and the United Kingdom, and has been involved in $5 billion of transactions over his career.

Stephen has held a variety of roles in asset management, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions over his career. Prior to joining LaSalle, he was responsible for capital markets activities at JLL Canada. Prior to that, Stephen was at GWL Realty Advisors, where he was involved in acquiring assets for funds and the corporate balance sheet.

Stephen attended the University of Paisley, Scotland and the College of Estate Management, England. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Appraisal Institute of Canada.

Joseph Romenesko

COO / CFO Americas Private Equity

Head of UK Relative Return Strategies

Joe joined LaSalle in August 2015 and is responsible for all financial and operational aspects of LaSalle’s Americas business. Prior to joining LaSalle, Joe served as the Global Treasurer for JLL, where he had primary responsibility for the firm's treasury operations including banking relations, foreign exchange and global cash management. He also had responsibility for the firm's investor relations function.

Before joining JLL in 2000, Joe worked for eight years at Household International, where he held a number of Treasury positions, most recently as Director of Asset Securitization.

Joe has a Master of Management degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BSc from the University of Denver.

Tom Rose

Head of Asset Management - France

17 years at LaSalle
Joined in October 2001

Tom is responsible for portfolios with relative return investment strategies within the UK. He formulates and oversees the implementation of the strategic objectives of portfolios, including acquisitions, sales, sustainability and asset management initiatives.

Having joined LaSalle as a graduate in 2001, he has worked with a broad range, size and style of portfolios, including pension funds, endowment funds and geared vehicles.

Tom holds a BSc in Real Estate Management from Oxford Brookes University. He is approved by the FCA (CF30: Customer) and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He sits on LaSalle's European Sustainability Taskforce and UK Investment Committee.

Loïc Sanières

Global Head of Human Resources

Loïc joined LaSalle in 1995 and is responsible for the asset management of the French portfolio and various separate accounts which includes office, retail and logistics properties. He manages a team of six asset managers.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Loïc was an Asset Manager at Societe Generale.

Loïc has a master’s degree in business law and international public law.

Darline Scelzo

Darline oversees all aspects of Human Resources globally for LaSalle. She is responsible for strategic hiring, employee relations, performance and talent management, management development, training, diversity programs, and change management. Darline has worked in various specialties of Human Resources since 1989. Areas of experience include recruiting, information systems, benefits administration, compensation and merger/acquisition activities. In 2002, she experienced an expatriate assignment to JLL’s London office where she led Human Resources initiatives on a European basis. Darline joined JLL in 1990 and moved to LaSalle in 2003. Previous positions within the firm include Vice President of HR Administration, Expatriate Administration Manager and Staff Selection Manager.

Prior to joining JLL, she worked for the Human Resources department of Chapman & Cutler, a law firm specializing in bankruptcy/workout, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law.

Darline holds an MSHR from Loyola University with a dual concentration in Global HR and Compensation/Benefits. She also obtained her BA in Psychology from Dominican University. She is a member of Society of Human Resources Management and World at Work Compensation Association.

Steven Schnur

Asset Manager

Managing Director - Acquisitions

Steve is responsible for the asset management of retail properties located in the US on behalf of large custom account clients. Since joining LaSalle in 2004, Steve has been responsible for the management, leasing and repositioning of multiple classes of retail properties, including grocery-anchored, power centers and lifestyle properties.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Steve worked at Prime Retail, a developer and operator of outlet shopping centers, from 1994 to 2004. During his ten years at Prime, he held positions as Leasing Representative, Asset Manager, Senior Financial Analyst and Corporate Accountant.

Steve holds an MBA from Loyola College, a master’s degree in real estate from the Johns Hopkins University and a BSc in Finance from Towson University. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Maryland and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and holds their Certified Retail Executive designation.

David Schreiber

Head of Americas Corporate Communications

David manages office and retail acquisitions for LaSalle with a primary focus on Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and all of Texas. He leads all phases of the deal origination process including sourcing, market research, underwriting, structuring, negotiation, due diligence and closing. David’s experience includes direct property acquisitions, development and forward commitments, as well as arranging joint ventures, recapitalizations, entity-level purchases, loan assumptions and other heavily structured transactions across all risk profiles.

David holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA from Colgate University. He is active in numerous industry organizations including ULI, ICSC and NAIOP.

Matt Schuler

Matt joined LaSalle in September, 2016, and is responsible for advancing the firm’s strategic messaging, brand perception, thought leadership profile and internal communication across the Americas marketplace.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Matt spent 10 years working in communications and marketing leadership roles across a variety sectors, most recently with one of the largest public retail REITS in the US.

Matt holds a BS from Ohio University.

Laura Kathleen Schulze

Business Support Director

Laura is a Client Executive in LaSalle's European Client Capital Group and is responsible for client relations in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Nordic region. She joined LaSalle in March 2013 in the Acquisitions Team covering the German and Dutch real estate markets.

Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany) and a master’s degree in Real Estate from Cass Business School in London (United Kingdom).

Alistair Seaton

Chief Investment Officer - Securities

As Business Support Director, Alistair is responsible for business development and business planning initiatives, working closely with the Head of UK and the UK Management Board to enhance the productivity and efficiency of the UK Business. His role also covers new business generation and he liaises closely with the Client Capital Group. Alistair joined JLL in 2001 and moved to LaSalle in 2004. Prior to taking his current role, he was Head of European Research & Strategy at LaSalle.

Alistair started his career at Investment Property Databank (IPD), now MSCI.

Alistair holds a BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Edinburgh.

Matthew Sgrizzi

Business Development and Product Management - Securities

16 years at LaSalle
Joined in June 2002

Matt is a Managing Director and CIO for LaSalle Investment Management Securities. He is the portfolio manager of European real estate securities programs and a Global portfolio manager with responsibility for regional allocation of global client portfolios. Matt is Chair of the Portfolio Management Oversight Committee and a member of the Global Securities Advisory Committee.

Matt joined LaSalle in 2002, and during his time with the firm he served as the senior Europe Analyst and Deputy Europe Portfolio Manager based in the Amsterdam Securities office. Prior to this, he was an analyst in Baltimore covering US lodging companies, Asia Pacific listed property companies and overall global portfolio management.

Matt graduated from Loyola University, Maryland with a BA in Finance. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Baltimore Security Analysts Society.

Catherine Siu

10 years at LaSalle
Joined in April 2008

Catherine is a Senior Vice President for LaSalle Investment Management Securities. Her primary responsibilities include development and implementation of the group’s global strategy and product development program with the focus on the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to joining the firm in 2008, Catherine spent several years at Deutsche Bank where she managed portfolios for high net worth individuals in the Greater China region. Ms. Siu has worked in various financial organizations in Hong Kong, the US, and the UK.

Catherine holds a BA in Economics and a BS in Business Administration with a major in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.

Rebecca Smith

Portfolio Management

Atlanta

Becky is the Chief Operating Officer for LaSalle’s Mexico business and is responsible for the investment performance and strategy execution for the LaSalle Mexico Fund and various separate accounts. She has worked on business efficiency enhancement initiatives for the Americas platform and in various portfolio and asset management roles in the US and Mexico.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Becky was employed by The Travelers where she was responsible for loan and equity portfolios including loan originations, workouts and dispositions.

Becky has her MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Jeremy Snoad

COO - Asia Pacific

Jeremy became LaSalle's COO of Asia Pacific in 2004 and is currently based in Singapore. He is responsible for HR, finance, IT, legal and compliance and operations. Prior to his present role, Jeremy was Director of Global Internal Audit for five years at JLL, based in Chicago, where he built the global Internal Audit function with a focus on improving internal controls for operations, financial reporting and legal and compliance. He previously spent six years in Frankfurt as CFO of the German business and was Continental European Financial Controller for three years based in Paris.

Jeremy graduated with an MA in Engineering Sciences from the University of Cambridge. He is a Chartered Accountant (UK), a qualified member of the Institute of Corporate Treasurers (UK) and a Certified Internal Auditor (US).

Ty Spearing

Asset Manager

Ty is a Managing Director for LaSalle’s Income & Growth Fund Series. He has been responsible for all aspects of value-add asset management for a significant number of properties within Income & Growth Funds III, IV, V, VI, and VII. Prior to joining the Fund team, Ty was the Portfolio Manager for the LaSalle Florida Office Property Company, a closed-end value-add office specific and geographic specific Fund. Prior to that, he was the CFO/Controller for the first Income & Growth Fund.

Prior to joining the firm in 1993, Ty was a Senior Associate in the audit group at Deloitte in Chicago.

Ty earned a BSc from Indiana University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Steve Spray

Head of Human Resources - Europe

Steve joined LaSalle in 1990 and is Fund Manager for the British Coal Pension Funds. He is responsible for formulating investment strategy, sourcing investment opportunities and overseeing the investments and day to day running of a large and diverse portfolio.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Steve worked at Whitbread PLC and Bass PLC.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Land Economy degree from The University of Aberdeen and is a Member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with over 30 years of industry experience.

Lianne Spurway

Lianne manages the Human Resources function for LaSalle in Europe. She joined the firm in March 2012 and is based in London. Lianne has over 20 years of international HR experience in building, managing, and developing HR teams in financial services and professional services, in strategic and operational roles across the whole HR lifecycle. Her experience includes resourcing, talent management, organizational development, change management, employee relations, training and development, management development and compensation and benefits.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Lianne worked for a variety of institutions including AXA Rosenberg Investment Management, ING Group and Booz Allen & Hamilton. She was also a self-employed consultant working with a number of different financial services clients.

Lianne is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development and a qualified MBTI coach. She is bilingual in English and Dutch.

Andrew Stanford

Head of Residential - UK

Head of Acquisitions - Australia

Andrew Stanford is Head of UK Residential at LaSalle Investment Management, primarily responsible for the asset management of LaSalle’s c£400 million UK Private Rented Sector portfolio.

Andrew has over 25 years’ UK residential investment, asset management, property management and valuation experience. Much of this was gained as head of residential consultancy at Cluttons. Before joining LaSalle in April 2015, he headed the UK Government’s Private Rented Sector taskforce.

He chairs the British Property Federation’s Build to Rent committee, is a member of the BPF’s residential committee and the UK Government’s Build to Rent joint committee.

Michael Stratton

Sydney

Michael joined LaSalle in 2011 as Head of Acquisitions for Australia. He has over 20 years of experience in the Australian real estate industry and has experience in valuation, asset management and acquisitions and completed over US$8 billion worth of transactions across all asset classes including residential, mixed use and office development.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Michael was the Head of Capital Transactions at Lend Lease and a Fund Manager for the Lend Lease Core Plus Fund. In that role, he helped increase the AUM of the Core Plus Fund from US$275 million to US$540 million between 2008 and 2010.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Business in Land Economy from University of Western Sydney.

Allan Swaringen

CEO - JLL Income Property Trust

Head of Acquisitions - China

Allan Swaringen is President and CEO of JLL Income Property Trust, a daily valued, perpetual life REIT managed by LaSalle and sponsored by JLL. Allan is responsible for all financial, investing and operational functions of JLL Income Property Trust and guides the overall strategic direction of the company. He formerly served as fund manager for the company since its inception in 2004. He has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, including a variety of leadership and investment management positions with LaSalle and other leading institutions. Allan has served as a speaker and featured panelist at numerous industry conferences.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Allan was partner with Crown Golf Properties, LP, a subsidiary of Henry Crown and Company. He began his career in real estate more than 25 years ago with Trammell Crow Company.

Allan holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BS from the University of Illinois.

Claire Tang

Shanghai

Claire is Head of Acquisitions for Greater China and is based in Shanghai. She joined LaSalle in 2007 and has over 10 years of experience in real estate and investment management, specialized in the Greater China region.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Claire was an investment manager with Jones Lang LaSalle based in Shanghai where she was responsible for providing sourcing and advisory services to key clients. Prior to that, she worked for GE Asset Management based in the US.

Claire holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Finance from Babson College.

Lynn Thurber

Chairman of JLL Income Property Trust

Head of Business Space Asset Management - UK

Lynn served as Chairman of LaSalle Investment Management from 2007 through 2017 and CEO from 1994 to 2006. She is currently Chairman of the Board of JLLIPT. Lynn was CEO of Alex Brown, Kleinwort Benson (ABKB) Realty Advisors at the time of the merger with LaSalle Partners in 1994. Before joining ABKB in 1992, she was a Principal at Morgan Stanley working in real estate and asset management.

Lynn is currently Chairman of ULI’s Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance and a ULI global board member. She also served as ULI Global Chairman from July 2013 to June 2015 and ULI Global Governance and Nominating Committee Chairman from July 2015 through June 2017.

Lynn has a BA from Wellesley College and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Paul Till

Paul leads the National Business Space Asset Management team for LaSalle in the UK. He joined Jones Lang Wootton in 1987 as an asset manager, and later became a founding staff member of Jones Lang Wootton Fund Management, the pre-merger predecessor to LaSalle. Paul chairs the European Asset Management Board which devises analyzes best practice initiatives, systems reviews and upgrades, market trends, occupational leasing strategy, sustainability and compliance.

Paul graduated with a BSc from Greenwich University and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Alan Tripp

Head of UK

Head of Research & Strategy - Asia Pacific

Alan is Head of UK for LaSalle, with overall responsibility for the UK business and clients comprising some £12.3 billion in assets under management as well as oversight of LaSalle’s global indirect business. Alan chairs the UK Management Board and the UK Investment Committee and sits on LaSalle’s European Board. Alan has spent many years either directly managing or overseeing a variety of pension fund and life company portfolios across a range of sizes and investment objectives. This has involved specialist global indirect expertise, and he has built up a strong network of market contacts and joint venture relationships. He has over 30 years of real estate investment experience.

Prior to joining LaSalle at the beginning of 2008, Alan worked for Invista REIM where he was Head of HBOS Funds where he was responsible for managing six property investment funds worth a total of £5 billion. He was also a member of their UK Investment Committee and Management Board. Before this, Alan worked for Clerical Medical Investment Group, the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme and The Carroll Group, a private property company.

He is FCA registered and has a bachelor’s degree in urban land administration from Portsmouth University. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Investment Property Forum.

Elysia Tse

Director of Finance - Continental Europe

Elysia Tse is the Head of Asia Pacific Research & Strategy. She returned to LaSalle in May 2016 having been a member of our Americas Research & Strategy group from 2002 to 2005.

Elysia was previously the Head of Investment Governance, Strategy & Research Asia Pacific for Aviva Investors and subsequently the Head of Research and Strategy for J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Real Estate Asia Pacific (as part of the M&A). Prior to returning to Asia, she had over a decade of experience in real estate investment research and strategy in the U.S. and held positions in the real estate research and strategy teams at BlackRock based in New York. Elysia started her career in Hong Kong in 1998.

Elysia holds a B.S. from Xiamen University and a Master’s degree in Real Estate from Cornell University. In 2011, Elysia was named a Rising Leader by Commercial Property Executive in the U.S. She sits on the Advisory Board of Cornell University Baker Program in Real Estate.

Jean-Paul Vignac

Jean-Paul is Head of Finance for Continental Europe and leads financial reporting, accounting and controllership activities for both clients and the LaSalle business. He also advises on fund and deal structuring to maximize profitability and operational efficiency in liaison with tax and legal counsel. Jean-Paul has 29 years of experience in finance including 16 years in real estate.

Jean-Paul joined LaSalle from GE Capital Real Estate where he was Finance Director for Germany and Central Europe in 2000 and Italy and Spain in 2001. During this time, he was also responsible for the financial control of funds totaling €7.3 billion in Europe. Prior to that, he held senior positions at General Electric Real Estate, British Airways and Deloitte.

Jean-Paul holds a French Accounting Diploma, and graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Economiques et Juridiques Appliquées à la Construction et à l’Habitation. He is a Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Autorité des Marchés Financiers.

Matthew Walley

Head of In Town Retail - UK

San Francisco

18 years at LaSalle
Joined in April 2000

Matthew is a Client Executive within LaSalle's Client Capital Group. He is responsible for serving institutional clients in the Western US and Canada. Matthew brings over 20 years of marketing and client services experience to this position.

Prior to joining LaSalle Matthew served as Vice President of Institutional Services at WP Carey & Co, where he headed the institutional marketing and client services department. Prior to that, he worked in strategic marketing at Unilever in Toronto, London, New York and Amsterdam.

Matthew earned an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business and an MA from Oxford University, England. He is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association, the State Association of County Retirement Systems (California) and the California Association of Public Retirement System.

Philip Wardle

Philip joined LaSalle in 2008 as Co-Head of Retail Asset Management for in-town retail properties in the UK. In 2010, he became sole Head of the Shopping Centre and High Street Retail Asset Management team. He is responsible for providing specialist asset management and investment retail advice across the UK Funds, advising on a large number of purchases and sales. He also works closely with the Special Situations team, providing advice to banking institutions on retail loan solutions.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Philip worked for Liberty International PLC, Hammerson PLC and DTZ.

Philip holds a BSc in Land Management. He is a Professional Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Paul White

Acquisitions Officer

Paul is a Managing Director in the Acquisitions group. He is currently responsible for industrial acquisitions in the Central and Western parts of the US including Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Since joining LaSalle in 1995, Paul has participated in the formation of over 60 industrial development joint ventures with total invested capital of $2.5 billion developing projects in major markets across the US and Canada. Paul has recently completed numerous industrial acquisitions and development joint ventures throughout the US on behalf of core and value-add clients.

Before joining the Acquisitions group in 1999, Paul served as head of LaSalle’s internal Valuations group. Before that he worked for two years as a commercial real estate appraiser and eight years as an industrial real estate broker in Chicago.

Paul graduated with an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago and a BS in Business Administration from Illinois State University. He also has held the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation since 1998.

Miriam Wijnands

Head of Due Diligence - Americas

Amsterdam

7 years at LaSalle
Joined in May 2011

Miriam is a Senior Vice President and Europe Deputy Portfolio Manager for LaSalle Investment Management Securities. Her responsibilities include analysis of Continental Europe property companies and assisting in the management of Europe real estate securities portfolios and overseeing the research of listed real estate companies in the region.

Prior to joing the firm in 2011, Miriam worked as an analyst at Fortis Bank covering listed real estate companies and at Kruger & Partners, a consulting firm specialized in corporate recovery and restructuring.

Miriam studied at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and graduated with a Master of Science degree in Business Administration and passed Level I of the CFA examination in 2016.

Christopher Wilson

Chief Investment Officer, LaSalle GPS

As Head of North American Acquisition Due Diligence, Chris is responsible for LaSalle’s Acquisition due diligence activities in North America, covering US, Canadian, and Mexican private equity investments.

As group leader of LaSalle’s North American Due Diligence group, Chris has worked on closed transactions in excess of $30 billion in total asset value, including office, retail, industrial, multi-family, and hotel acquisitions. Chris is a member of LaSalle’s Global Sustainability Committee, serving formerly as Global Sustainability Officer where he was responsible for development and implementation of LaSalle’s Global and North American strategic sustainability initiatives.

Chris holds a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University, a BA from Oberlin College, and studied at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York. He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, the American Institute of Architects, and has served on various committee’s within the US Green Building Counsel, as well as on the Performance Committee for the Urban Land Institute’s Greenprint Center for Better Building Performance.

Daniel Witte

Head of Corporate Finance - Asia Pacific

26 years at LaSalle
Joined in July 1992

As Chief Investment Officer of LaSalle Global Partner Solutions, Dan oversees a series of co-investment and joint venture vehicles, with a broad history of investment experience including structured equity, development and operating joint ventures, distressed debt, recapitalizations, senior and junior loans and public securities.

Dan serves on the North American private equity Investment Committee and the North American private equity Advisory Board. He joined LaSalle in 1992 in the Acquisitions group where he served until 2006.

Dan received an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BS in Finance with highest honors from the University of Illinois.

Ivy Yeo

Managing Director - Mexico

Ivy joined LaSalle in 2007 as Head of Corporate Finance for Asia Pacific where she oversees the finance functions of all LaSalle entities in the region. She also acts as a business partner to the various teams to ensure growth and profitability within the LaSalle business.

Ivy began her career as an auditor with Deloitte & Touche and has since worked in different finance roles at Microsoft, Siemens and Raffles Holdings.

Ivy has a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the National University of Singapore. She is a Chartered Accountant with Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Manuel Zapata

Mexico City

Manuel joined LaSalle in 2007 as Chief Investment Strategist for Mexico. In 2014, he became Chief Administrative Officer of Mexico and oversees the day-to-day operation of the business in Mexico as well as the overall profitability of investments.

Prior to joining LaSalle, Manuel was a Senior Underwriter at GE Real Estate and was the Senior Equity Analyst for the Retail Sector in Mexico for Citigroup.

Manuel has a BA from Appalachian State University in North Carolina. He earned the CFA Charter in 2000.

Jon Zehner

Global Co-Head of Client Capital Group