– USA, CA – Digital Realty (NYSE:DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today that Mary Hogan Preusse, a 25-year veteran leader in the REIT industry, will join the company’s Board of Directors as an independent director, effective after the annual shareholder meeting on May 8, 2017.
Ms. Hogan Preusse is a highly respected REIT industry leader with a wealth of relevant experience. From 2000-2017, she has worked at APG Asset Management, most recently serving as Managing Director and co-head of Americas Real Estate, and managing all of the firm’s public real estate investments in North and South America, totaling over $13 billion in assets. Prior to joining APG, Ms. Hogan Preusse spent eight years as a sell-side analyst covering the REIT sector, and began her career as an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch where she participated in numerous REIT IPOs and recapitalizations.
Ms. Hogan Preusse is an independent director of Kimco Realty Corp., a leading shopping center REIT, as well as VEREIT, a diversified full-service real estate operating company. She also serves as a member on the Steering Committee of NAREIT’s Investor Advisory Council and is a member of the Real Estate Advisory Board for the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. In 2015, she received the NAREIT E. Lawrence Miller Industry Achievement Award for her contributions to the REIT industry.
Ms. Hogan Preusse graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine with a degree in mathematics and is a member of Bowdoin’s Board of Trustees.
“I have enjoyed working with Mary for many years in her role as portfolio manager at APG, one of Digital Realty’s largest shareholders, and I know her to be a strategic REIT industry leader and an incisive thinker,” said Chief Executive Officer A. William Stein. “We are very pleased to welcome her to the Digital Realty Board of Directors and look forward to continuing to benefit from her insight and advice.”
“Mary’s deep and diverse experience and her integrity, independence and leadership ability make her a natural addition to our Board as we pursue long-term value creation,” said Dennis E. Singleton, Chairman of the Board of Directors. “We are delighted to have Mary join us as we move to our next phase of growth.”
“It’s a privilege to join the Board of Digital Realty, a company I have long known and admired,” said Ms. Hogan Preusse. “I will be honored to serve alongside such accomplished directors and I look forward to actively contributing to the Board of this dynamic REIT at such an important juncture in its evolution.”
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty supports the data center, colocation and interconnection strategies of more than 2,300 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty’s clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.
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