Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Hamid Moghadam is chairman of the board of directors and co-chief executive officer of Prologis. He is primarily responsible for shaping the company's vision, strategy, organizational structure and private capital franchise. Mr. Moghadam co-founded the company's predecessor, AMB Property Corporation, in 1983 and led the company through its initial public offering in 1997 and its merger with Prologis in 2011.
Mr. Moghadam has held a number of strategic roles within the real estate industry. He has served as the chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), a director of Plum Creek Timber Company and a founding member of the Real Estate Roundtable. Mr. Moghadam is a trustee of Stanford University and served as chairman of Stanford Management Company. Additionally, he serves on the executive committee of the board of directors for the Urban Land Institute (ULI). As an active participant in the San Francisco Bay Area community, he has served on various philanthropic and community boards, including the California Academy of Sciences, Town School for Boys, and as chairman of Young Presidents Organization's (YPO) Northern California chapter.
He is a past winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and has been named CEO of the Year on eight different occasions by four separate industry publications. He received the Wisconsin Alumni Center's Vision Setter award and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) Lifetime of Building award and NAREIT's Industry Leadership award.
Mr. Moghadam received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor and Master of Science in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Walt Rakowich is co-chief executive officer of Prologis. Having oversight of the company's operations, he is principally responsible for optimizing the synergies from the merger of AMB Property Corporation with Prologis and integrating the companies' two platforms.
Mr. Rakowich served as chief executive officer of Prologis from November 2008 until the merger with AMB in 2011. Prior to this, he served as president and chief operating officer from 2005 to 2008, and from 1998 to 2005 he was a managing director and chief financial officer. Previous to this, Mr. Rakowich held the position of senior vice president and director of the company's mid-Atlantic region, where he was responsible for expanding the reach of Prologis to the leading logistics markets in the Midwest and Atlantic states. Prior to joining Prologis, Mr. Rakowich was a partner with real estate provider Trammell Crow Company, where he worked for nine years; before that was a senior audit and tax consultant for Price Waterhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Rakowich has recently been appointed to the board of Host Hotels & Resorts. He also serves on the real estate advisory boards of the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University and the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, as well as on the global leadership council at Colorado State University. Mr. Rakowich served as a member of the executive committee and currently serves on the board of governors for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), the primary industry group for REITs in the United States. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of Colorado Christian University, as well as the Alliance for School Choice in Education (ACE) and Colorado Uplift, two non-profits focused on inner city education.
Mr. Rakowich received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Science, with distinction, in accounting from Pennsylvania State University.
Chief Executive Officer, Europe and Asia
Gary Anderson, as Prologis' chief executive officer for Europe and Asia, oversees all aspects of business performance in Prologis' European and Asian operations.
Mr. Anderson previously served as Prologis' head of global operations and investment management until the merger with AMB Property Corporation in 2011. Prior to this, he was the company's president of Europe and the Middle East, as well as chairman of the European operating committee. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Anderson was the managing director responsible for investment and development in the company's Southwest and Mexico regions. Prior to 2003, he led successive regional and local offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington and Oregon, and he was one of two people responsible for directing the establishment and expansion of Prologis' business in Mexico. Prior to Prologis, Mr. Anderson was with Security Capital Group, Inc., a diversified real estate investment company, where he focused on capital markets, investments and strategy and worked with a small group to develop Prologis' global expansion strategy.
Mr. Anderson is a board member for ProLogis European Properties, a publicly traded fund listed on Euronext, and is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization. He received his MBA in finance and real estate from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA and his Bachelor of Arts in marketing from Washington State University.
Chief Investment Officer
Mike Curless, as Prologis' chief investment officer, chairs the investment committee and oversees the global customer solutions and valuations teams. He is also responsible for the deployment of capital and oversees the acquisition and disposition teams.
Mr. Curless has been part of Prologis at two points in his career. From 2000 to 2010, prior to rejoining Prologis, Mr. Curless was the president and one of four principals at Lauth, a privately held, national construction and development firm. Lauth has developed in excess of $3 billion of office, industrial, retail and healthcare projects across the United States. In this role he had overall responsibility for operations, development and asset management for the firm. From 1995 to 2000, prior to joining Lauth, Mr. Curless was a first vice president at Prologis, overseeing the Indianapolis and St. Louis market operations and management of key national accounts. He has also been a marketing director for Trammell Crow Company and a financial analyst with General Electric Company.
Mr. Curless is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization and has served on various charitable boards. He has an MBA in marketing and finance and a Bachelor of Science in finance from Indiana University.
Chief Human Resources Officer
Nancy Hemmenway serves as Prologis' chief human resources officer and is responsible for establishing the company's global human resources policy and strategies related to staffing, compensation, benefits, training and development.
Prior to joining AMB Property Corporation in 2000, Ms. Hemmenway was executive vice president of human resources and administration at NorthPoint Communications, where she oversaw human resources, organizational development, facilities and administration. Prior to joining NorthPoint, Ms. Hemmenway was vice president of human resources at PrimeCo Personal Communications, a wireless subsidiary of Verizon Communications. Previously, she held management positions with Verizon Communications in external affairs, regulatory, marketing and engineering. She began her career working with various law firms specializing in cable television and broadcast law.
Ms. Hemmenway received a Bachelor of Arts in public and international affairs from George Washington University.
Chief Executive Officer, Private Capital
Guy Jaquier is the chief executive officer for Prologis Private Capital. He oversees Prologis' private capital funds and joint ventures with leading institutional real estate investors.
Mr. Jaquier joined AMB Property Corporation in 2000 as chief investment officer, started AMB's international business in 2002 and served as its president of Europe and Asia, directing the establishment and expansion of AMB's Europe and Asia investment and operating platforms. Prior to joining AMB, Mr. Jaquier served as senior investment officer for real estate at the California Public Employees' Retirement System, where his responsibilities included managing a $12 billion real estate portfolio. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments and its predecessor, Equitable Real Estate, where he held various transactions and management positions.
Mr. Jaquier is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Pension Real Estate Association. He is also on the advisory board for the University of Washington Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies. Mr. Jaquier has an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in building construction management from the University of Washington.
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Ed Nekritz serves as chief legal officer and general counsel for Prologis. He oversees the provision of all legal services and strategic risk management for Prologis on a worldwide basis. He is also responsible for Prologis' investment services group, which handles all aspects of contract negotiations, real estate and corporate due diligence and closings on acquisitions, dispositions and financings. He also oversees Prologis' risk management department. In addition, Mr. Nekritz focuses significant efforts on Prologis' strategic initiatives, including mergers & acquisitions, global investment funds and portfolio transactions. He also serves as the secretary to the Prologis board of directors.
Mr. Nekritz joined Prologis as a vice president in 1995. Previously, he was with the international law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt (now Mayer Brown), where he practiced real estate and corporate law from 1990 to 1995.
Mr. Nekritz is on the board of advisors for the University of Colorado Denver Business School and on the board of directors for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver. He received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and his Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from Harvard College.
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Olinger is Prologis’ chief financial officer, responsible for worldwide corporate finance including treasury, cash management, financial planning, financial reporting, accounting, tax, investor relations and internal audit. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Olinger served as Prologis’ chief integration officer, overseeing information technology and the implementation of best-practice processes and procedures related to the merger of AMB Property Corporation and ProLogis.
From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Olinger served as AMB’s chief financial officer. Prior to joining AMB in 2007, he served as vice president, corporate controller at Oracle Corporation, where he was responsible for global accounting, external reporting, technical accounting, global revenue recognition, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and finance merger and acquisition integration. Mr. Olinger was also responsible for Oracle’s controllership operations in Bangalore, India; Dublin, Ireland; Sydney, Australia; and Rocklin, California. Prior to this, Mr. Olinger spent 14 years at Arthur Andersen, the last three as an audit partner in its U.S. real estate and technology groups.
Mr. Olinger received a Bachelor of Science in finance, with distinction, from Indiana University.
Chief Executive Officer, The Americas
Gene Reilly, as Prologis’ chief executive officer for the Americas, oversees all aspects of Prologis’ business in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Mr. Reilly joined AMB Property Corporation in 2003 and has 28 years of experience in real property investment, management and operations throughout the Americas. Prior to joining AMB, he was chief investment officer of Cabot Properties, Inc., a private equity industrial real estate firm in which he served as a founding partner and member of its investment committee and board of directors. Mr. Reilly served with Cabot and its predecessor companies, including Cabot Industrial Trust, for 11 years.
Mr. Reilly has served on the board of directors of Grupo Acción, S.A. de C.V., a leading development company in Mexico, and currently serves on the board of directors of Strategic Hotels and Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:BEE), a publicly-traded Real Estate Investment Trust. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) as well as a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP), where he is currently chairman-elect. He also serves on the NAIOP national board of directors and executive committee. Mr. Reilly has previously served on the board of directors of the Massachusetts chapter of NAIOP and the National Industrial Education Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard College.
