BROOKFIELD - Key Persons


Brian W. Kingston - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board / Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
  • Member of Our Board of Directors
Brian W. Kingston has served as our Chief Executive Officer since April 2023 and has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since November 2021. Mr. Kingston is a Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield's Real Estate Group and Brookfield Property Partners L.P. since 2015. Mr. Kingston joined Brookfield in 2001. Under his leadership, Brookfield has conducted a wide range of mergers and acquisitions, including investments in Forest City Realty Trust, Inc., General Growth Properties, Inc. and Canary Wharf Group plc. Mr. Kingston previously led Brookfield's Australian business activities from 2001 to 2010, holding the positions of Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Office Properties Australia, Chief Executive Officer of Prime Infrastructure and Chief Financial Officer of Multiplex. Mr. Kingston holds a Honors Bachelor of Commerce from Queens University. Mr. Kingston is a valuable member of our board of directors because of his vast real estate experience, his history with Brookfield and his leadership of Brookfield's Real Estate Group.

Dana Petitto - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Chief Operating Officer and Portfolio Manager / Chief Operating Officer and Portfolio Manager
Dana Petitto has served as our Chief Operating Officer and Portfolio Manager since 2024, and as a Managing Director of Finance in Brookfield's Real Estate Group since 2018, where she is responsible for consolidation and reporting of the results and performance of Brookfield Property Partners L.P. Ms. Petitto also served as our Chief Financial Officer from 2021 to 2023. Ms. Petitto joined Brookfield in 2005 and has held numerous roles across the organization during her tenure. She was initially Assistant Controller for Brookfield Office Properties, followed by Vice President and Controller and then Senior Vice President, Finance, before moving to Brookfield Property Partners L.P. in 2013, where she served as Senior Vice President, Finance until 2018. Prior to joining Brookfield, Ms. Petitto was a manager in the corporate finance department of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company from 2003 to 2005, following three years in the audit group at KPMG LLP. Ms. Petitto holds a B.S. in Accounting from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

Lis S. Wigmore

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committees
Lis S. Wigmore has served as one of our independent directors since 2021. Ms. Wigmore has served as a member of the board of directors, chair of the governance, nominating and compensation committees, and a member of the investment committee of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: AX.UN) since 2020. She served as the chair of governance at Pinchin Ltd. from 2018 to 2021 and served as a member of the board of directors of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust from 2017 to 2018, Invesque Inc. from 2018 to 2019, and Fred Victor from 2013 to 2019. She was also Chief Operating Officer of IPC US Real Estate Investment Trust from 2001 to 2007. Ms. Wigmore holds a M.B.A. from York University (Schulich), a C.Dir. from DeGroote School of Business and Certificate in Cyber-Risk from the Software Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

Lori-Ann Beausoleil

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust
Lori-Ann Beausoleil has served as one of our independent directors since 2021. Ms. Beausoleil has served as a member of the board of trustees of Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: CAR.UN), Metro Inc. (TSX: MRU) and Slate Office REIT (TSX: SOT.UN) since June 2021, January 2022 and January 2021, respectively. She was also a board member of WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: WIR.U; WIR.UN) from February 2021 until it was privatized in October 2021. Ms. Beausoleil brings over 35 years of financial and real estate experience and is a Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant and a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Ontario. From 1999 to 2021, Ms. Beausoleil was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada, where she was a National Leader of the Compliance, Ethics and Governance practice and a Real Estate Advisory Partner, and where she also previously served as the Canadian Real Estate leader and the firm's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. Ms. Beausoleil holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Matthew Cherry

Job Titles:
  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Matthew Cherry has served as our Head of Investor Relations since 2021 and as a Senior Vice President in Brookfield's Real Estate Group since 2017. Mr. Cherry has been with Brookfield since 2007, serving in various corporate functions, including investor relations, media relations and corporate communications. Prior to joining Brookfield, Mr. Cherry worked in the Corporate Affairs department at Pfizer Inc. in New York City. Mr. Cherry holds a Master's degree in Corporate Communications from Baruch College and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from SUNY Geneseo.

Melissa Lang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Co - Head of Legal
  • Co - Head of Legal / Co - Head of Legal
Melissa Lang has served as our Co-Head of Legal since 2021 and as a Senior Vice President, Legal & Regulatory of Brookfield's Real Estate Group, responsible for the legal affairs of Brookfield's private real estate fund operations. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2015, Ms. Lang was an associate at Goodwin Procter LLP in the real estate group. Ms. Lang holds a law degree from New York University School of Law and a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Michelle Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Secretary
  • Secretary, Co - Head of Legal Secretary, Co - Head of Legal
Michelle Campbell has served as our Secretary since 2021, and as a Senior Vice President in Brookfield's Real Estate Group since 2016. Ms. Campbell previously served in various legal positions since joining Brookfield in 2007. Ms. Campbell has served on the board of directors for Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor, Inc. (NYSE: DTLA-P) since 2014 and as its Senior Vice President and Secretary since 2016. Ms. Campbell holds an Honors Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfred Laurier University and an Honors Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario.

Richard W. Eaddy

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Executive Managing Director at Savills Plc
Richard W. Eaddy has served as one of our independent directors since 2021. Mr. Eaddy has served as an Executive Managing Director at Savills plc (LSE: SVS) in its brokerage/advisory practice since July 2008. Mr. Eaddy has over 30 years of experience in real estate, and ten of those years he spent holding full-time state and city-appointed government offices, including serving as project manager for the Grand Central Terminal redevelopment from 1992 to1996, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Harlem CDC from 1996 to 1998, and Deputy Borough President of the Bronx from 1998 to 2001. In addition, he has held numerous positions in the private and nonprofit sectors, managing commercial projects and initiatives throughout New York City and has been involved with various real estate projects throughout the city. Mr. Eaddy currently serves as a member of the NYC Planning Commission and serves on the board of numerous civic and philanthropic organizations, including the Skyscraper Museum, the Community Service Society of New York, the Bowery Residents' Committee and Madison Square Boys and Girls Club. In addition, Mr. Eaddy is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York ("REBNY") and was a co-recipient of REBNY's 2021 Edward S. Gordon Memorial Award for Most Ingenious Deal of the Year. Mr. Eaddy holds a M.S. in Real Estate Development from Columbia University and a B.A. in Social Studies and Theater from Wesleyan University.

Robert L. Stelzl

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc
Robert L. Stelzl has served as one of our independent directors since 2021. Mr. Stelzl has served as a member of the board of directors of Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc. since 2014 and Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. since 2011. Mr. Stelzl served on the Van Eck family of mutual funds' board of trustees and chair of its Governance Committee from 2007 through 2021. Mr Stelzl is a private real estate investor and investment manager. He currently serves as trustee of several private trusts which hold substantial real estate and other assets. In 2003 he retired from a private, global real estate equity fund manager after 14 years as principal and member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Stelzl holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, a B.A. in Fine Arts and a B.A. in Architecture from Rice University.

Theodore Hanno - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Theodore Hanno has served as our Chief Financial Officer since 2024, and as a Senior Vice President in Brookfield's Real Estate Group since 2022. Mr. Hanno also served as our Chief Accounting Officer from 2021 to 2023. Mr. Hanno joined Brookfield in 2019 and has served as the Controller for Brookfield's open-end U.S. core-plus fund, responsible for the accounting, reporting and operations of the fund. Prior to joining Brookfield, Mr. Hanno served as Director and Controller at Guggenheim Partners from 2014 to 2019, leading the team responsible for the accounting and reporting for their open-end real estate fund. Mr. Hanno has also held positions at TA Associates Realty from 2011 to 2014 and at the public accounting firm Caturano and Company from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Hanno is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an M.S. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a B.S. in Accounting from Boston College.

Thomas F. Farley

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Director
  • Independent Director
Thomas F. Farley has served as one of our independent directors since 2021. Mr. Farley is a corporate director with over 40 years of real estate industry experience. He has served as chair of the board of trustees of Slate Office REIT (TSX: SOT.UN) since January 2021 and as a member of its board of trustees since June 2017. Mr. Farley has also served as a member of the board of trustees of Slate Grocery REIT (TSX: SGR.UN; SGR.U) since 2014, and as chair of its board of trustees from 2014 to 2020. Prior to these positions, Mr. Farley was chair of the board of directors of Brookfield Canada Office Properties and President and Global Chief Operating Officer of Brookfield Office Properties from 2010 to 2014. Further, he served as chair of the board of directors of Brookfield Johnson Controls from 2003 to 2014. Mr. Farley received a Certificate in Real Estate Finance (CRF) designation from the Real Estate Institute of Canada, he completed the executive management program of the American Management Institute and holds a B.A. from the University of Victoria.