Christopher J. Niehaus was elected to W. P. Carey’s Board of Directors in 2016 and serves as Non-Executive Chair, Chair of the Investment Committee and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Niehaus is Managing Partner and Head of U.S. at BGO, a global real estate investment manager, and serves on various BGO investment committees in the U.S., Asia, Europe and Canada. Mr. Niehaus was Partner and Head of U.S. at GreenOak Real Estate until its merger with Bentall Kennedy in 2019.

Previously, Mr. Niehaus spent over 28 years at Morgan Stanley, where he became Co-head of Global Real Estate Investment Banking in 1994 and Vice Chairman of Investment Banking in 2006. He was Portfolio Manager for the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VI International from 2009 to 2010 and served as the lead director or board member for various investment committees.

Mr. Niehaus graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has been a trustee and executive committee member of the International Council of Shopping Centers since 1995 and has been involved with the Urban Land Institute for over 30 years. He is also Vice Chairman of the Board for Student Sponsor Partners, a charitable organization that provides scholarships and mentoring to underserved high school students in New York City.