Jacques N. Gordon
Director
Jacques N. Gordon has served as one of our directors since September 2012. Since January 1998, Mr. Gordon has served on LaSalle’s Global Management Committee and directed the Investment Strategy and Research group, which analyzes capital markets, regional economies and property markets in approximately 30 countries. He has also lectured at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management since April 2011. Mr. Gordon initially joined LaSalle in 1994 as the Director of Research.
Prior to joining LaSalle, he served as Director of Research at Baring Advisors, a subsidiary of London-based ING-Barings PLC, and at Real Estate Research Corporation in Chicago. Mr. Gordon is a member of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, NAREIT and the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, or AFIRE. He served four years on the board of directors of AFIRE and as Director of Programs for AFIRE in 2010. He has chaired and continues to serve on PREA’s Research Committee and also serves on the Board of Governors of the Metropolitan Planning Council, a non-profit Chicago organization, and the Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate. Mr. Gordon holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Gordon brings extensive experience in the commercial real estate industry, particularly with respect to real estate investment and market research.