CenterSquare takes pride in our team and is continually looking to attract and retain the best and brightest minds in real asset investment management. CenterSquare has grown consistently to include over 90 employees located in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, London and Singapore. Our global investment team is truly global with members from 8 nations - the U.S., China, Japan, the UK, Italy, Germany, Australia, and Malaysia.
E. Todd Briddell, CFA
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer
Scott Crowe
Chief Investment Strategist
Debbie Flickinger
Chief Operating Officer
Joseph Law
Chief Financial Officer
Scott Maguire, CFA, CAIA
Managing Director
Head of Investor Relations
Kevin Maxwell, CFA
Managing Director
Head of Capital Markets
Frank Ferro, J.D.
General Counsel Emeritus
Kevin Robinson, J.D.
General Counsel
Tracy Steele, J.D.
Deputy General Counsel
Michael Brophy, J.D.
Chief Compliance Officer
YEARS WITH FIRM
27
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
30
Mr. Briddell is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of CenterSquare Investment Management. Mr. Briddell has oversight responsibility for all of CenterSquare's real asset investment advisory services including private equity real estate and listed real estate and infrastructure across the United States, Europe and Asia. He also chairs the firm's Management Committee and CenterSquare's Private Real Estate Investment Committee. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Briddell was President and Chief Investment Officer.
Mr. Briddell is the founder of CenterSquare's listed real estate securities group, and since joining the firm in 1993 he has held positions in private real estate acquisitions, U.S. and Global REIT research and portfolio management. Mr. Briddell holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate. He is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute, CFA Society of Philadelphia, NAREIT and Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), where he was Co-Chair of the Green Building Committee.
YEARS WITH FIRM
4
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
24
YEARS WITH FIRM
3
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
34
Ms. Flickinger serves as the Chief Operating Officer and is currently responsible for overseeing the company’s operations, information technology, trading and human resources functions. Ms. Flickinger was appointed Chief Operating Officer effective November 1, 2017. Prior to joining CenterSquare, Ms. Flickinger spent 8 years at BNY Mellon. During the majority of her tenure, she served as Chief Administrative Officer of the Investment Management division. In this capacity, she was also responsible for compliance of various regulatory and industry mandates including the Resolution Plan development, Volcker Compliance and FATCA. She directed the development and implementation of the cyber-security program. Debbie restructured the proxy governance model to further improve fiduciary oversight of the function. Debbie served 5 years as Global Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer for the Americas in Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division, where she was responsible for managing various activities including the global acquisition of Zurich Scudder Investments. As part of the effort, she led the implementation of the division’s strategy which encompassed the integration of the operations platform, divesture of the passive business and negotiation of an outsourcing arrangement of the fund accounting function. Before that, Debbie spent nearly 12 years at Merrill Lynch with increasing management responsibilities in various groups including the finance, technology, equity financing and treasury divisions. Debbie earned her B.S. in Finance from Pennsylvania State University and her Masters in Business Administration from Farleigh Dickinson University.
YEARS WITH FIRM
20
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
32
Mr. Law serves as CenterSquare’s Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for overseeing the company's corporate and investment accounting and reporting processes. Mr. Law has been integral in the development and implementation of CenterSquare's accounting and information systems and in the administration of accounting policies and procedures to conform to industry standards and market value reporting. From 2008 – 2020, Mr. Law also served as CenterSquare’s Chief Compliance Officer. Mr. Law was instrumental in developing and implementing CenterSquare's Compliance program.
Prior to joining CenterSquare in 2000, Mr. Law spent 11 years with the Assurance and Advisory Business Services Group of Ernst & Young LLP in its Philadelphia office. During his tenure at Ernst & Young, Mr. Law was a member of the E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group, where his client base consisted of several high profile private real estate companies in the Philadelphia region. Mr. Law is a member of both the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.
YEARS WITH FIRM
13
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
34
Mr. Maguire is the Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations for CenterSquare Investment Management LLC. He joined CenterSquare Investment Management in early 2007. He is responsible for overseeing global investor relations for the firm’s client base across corporate, public and sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, sub-advisory and high net worth relationships. Mr. Maguire is a member of the firm’s senior leadership team and a member of the firm’s product development and performance committees. Mr. Maguire has 33 years of experience in the investment management industry having held business development, investor relations and consultant relations positions at Merrill Lynch, Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP (subsidiary of Mellon Financial), John A. Levin & Co. and AIM Investments. Mr. Maguire holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems, an A.S. in Accountancy and an A.S. in Management from Bentley University. He is a CFA charterholder, CAIA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute, CFA Society of Philadelphia, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association and Pension Real Estate Association (PREA).
YEARS WITH FIRM
2
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
39
Kevin is a Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at CenterSquare, bringing over 30 years of real assets experience to his role. Kevin joined the firm in 2018 and focuses on leading business development efforts for the firm’s private real estate, listed real estate, and listed infrastructure investment strategies, developing new investor relationships across the institutional marketplace including consultants, public and private sector pension funds, Taft-Hartley plans, family offices, foundations and endowments. Prior to joining CenterSquare, Kevin was with Nuveen, a TIAA company, where he held the position of Managing Director of Advisory Services and led real asset marketing in the Eastern United States. Prior to Nuveen, he held a leadership position in the marketing group at Lasalle Investment Management. Mr. Maxwell holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA in Finance from Northwestern University. He is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of New York where he currently serves on the Board of Directors.
YEARS WITH FIRM
17
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
45
Mr. Ferro brings more than 45 years of commercial real estate experience to his role. Prior to joining CenterSquare in 2004, Mr. Ferro was General Counsel and Executive Vice President of The Rubenstein Company, L.P., where he served in those roles from 1992-2004. Previously, Mr. Ferro was a partner in the Philadelphia office of the international law firm, Dechert, LLP, and served as Chair of the firm's real estate practice group. His work and experience focused principally on a broad range of real estate matters, with an emphasis on real estate acquisition and finance, land development, leasing and lease administration, construction and design, and the structuring of partnerships, limited liability companies and other forms of joint ventures for real property ownership and development. Mr. Ferro graduated from LaSalle University, magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in Political Science. He received his J.D. degree from Villanova University School of Law, cum laude, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Villanova Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif.
YEARS WITH FIRM
1
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As General Counsel of CenterSquare, Kevin Robinson is a member of the senior leadership team reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, with responsibility for all legal, regulatory and compliance aspects of the firm. Mr. Robinson will be responsible for managing all outside counsel engaged by the firm, as well as directly providing corporate, transactional and other legal services to the firm and its investment vehicles.
Prior to CenterSquare, Mr. Robinson was a Partner of GreenOak Real Estate, LP from 2010-2019 where he served as the firm’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Previously, he was based in London and served as General Counsel-Europe for Polygon Global Partners. Prior to that, he was a member of the corporate department at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, both in New York and London.
Mr. Robinson holds a law degree, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. He is a member of the New York State Bar.
YEARS WITH FIRM
2
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
25
YEARS WITH FIRM
1
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
27