Company

Global Management Committee

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  Ed Casal

  Chief Executive Officer - LaSalle GPS

  New York

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  41 years of Professional Experience

  Joined in November 2018

  Certifications & Affiliations

  • AFIRE
    Former Chair and Executive Committee Member
  • NAREIM
    Former Board Member
  • Cousins Properties
    Board Member

  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.

  Specialties

  • Global Partner Solutions
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  Mark Gabbay

  Chief Executive Officer - Asia Pacific

  Hong Kong
  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.

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  Alok Gaur

  Global Co-Head of Client Capital Group

  Chicago
  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.

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  Jacques Gordon

  Global Head of Research & Strategy

  Chicago
  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.

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  Jeff Jacobson

  Global Chief Executive Officer

  Chicago
  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).

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  Lisa Kaufman

  Global Chief Executive Officer - Securities

  Baltimore

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  27 years of Professional Experience

  25 years at LaSalle
  Joined in January 1994

  Certifications & Affiliations

  • REIAC
    Council Member
  • Nareit
    Dividends through Diversity Steering Committee
  • LaSalle's Global Management Committee
    Member
  • LaSalle's Global Securities Advisory Committee
    Member
  • LaSalle's Portfolio Management Oversight Committee
    Member

  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.

  Specialties

  • Securities
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  Jason Kern

  Chief Executive Officer - Americas

  Chicago
  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.

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  Simon Marrison

  Chief Executive Officer - Europe

  Paris
  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.

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  Lynn Thurber

  Chairman of JLL Income Property Trust

  Chicago
  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.

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  Jon Zehner

  Global Co-Head of Client Capital Group

  London
  Jon is the Global Co-Head of Client Capital Group and is based in London. He is responsible for leading LaSalle’s global activities relating to capital raising, new product development, large-scale, cross-border strategic investments and marketing and communications.

  Prior to joining LaSalle in 2012, Jon worked at AREA Property Partners as Senior Director responsible for client relationships, deal origination and strategic development. Prior to AREA, he spent 28 years at JP Morgan Chase, where he held a number of senior positions including Global Head of Real Estate Investment Banking and Head of sub-Saharan Africa.

  Jon holds an MBA from Harvard and an AB in Economics from Dartmouth. He serves as Chair of the Cambridge Land Economy Advisory Board of the University of Cambridge, as a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and as a member of the Board of Advisors of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding of Dartmouth. Past industry activities include founding and serving on the Executive Board of the European Public Real Estate Associate (EPRA), serving on the British Property Federation’s Policy Committee and as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Urban Land Institute.