W. Todd Henderson, 57, is the Head of Real Estate, Americas, DWS and has held this position since January 2012. In this role he has been responsible for all facets of the direct real estate investment management business in the Americas. Mr. Henderson has served as our Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 2012 and previously served as our Chief Executive Officer from October 2018 to December 2021. From March 2009 to January 2012, Mr. Henderson served as the Chief Investment Officer, Real Estate Americas for DWS. From June 2007 to March 2009, he supervised DWS’s Value-Added and Development team in the Americas, managing a $4.5 billion real estate investment portfolio for multiple institutional investors. Mr. Henderson served as a Managing Director of DWS’s real estate transactions team from 2003 to June 2007. Prior to joining DWS in 2003, Mr. Henderson was Director of Acquisitions for The J.E. Robert Company in Washington, D.C., where he was involved in the sourcing, executing and financing of over $6 billion of real estate transactions. He began his career at First Gibraltar Bank in 1991, managing the restructuring and disposition of nonperforming real estate loans on behalf of the bank and the Resolution Trust Company.
Mr. Henderson holds a B.A. in History from the University of North Texas and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.