SAN DIEGO, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income
Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend
Company®, today announced that Christie Kelly has joined Realty Income's Board
of Directors. Ms. Kelly brings to the Board of Directors extensive
leadership, finance, real estate, and public company
experience.
Ms. Kelly is the former Global Chief Financial Officer of Jones
Lang LaSalle Incorporated, a publicly traded financial and
professional services firm specializing in real estate. She worked
with Jones Lang LaSalle from 2013 –
2018, bringing with her 25 years of experience in financial
management, mergers and acquisitions, information technology and
investment banking. From 2009 – 2013 Ms. Kelly was the Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Duke Realty
Corporation, a publicly traded industrial REIT. Prior to that, she
was a Senior Vice President, Global Real Estate, with Lehman
Brothers, where she led real estate equity syndication in
the United States and Canada. Ms. Kelly serves on the board of
directors for Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a publicly traded
lodging REIT, Kite Realty, a publicly traded retail REIT, and
Gilbane Inc, a private global development company. Ms. Kelly holds
a B.A. degree in economics from Bucknell
University.
"Christie brings senior executive experience from several of the
premier companies in our industry, a significant international real
estate background and a collegial approach to Board service," said
Michael D. McKee, Chairman of the
Board of Directors. "We are honored to welcome Christie to Realty
Income's Board."
Commenting on Ms. Kelly's addition to the Board of Directors,
Sumit Roy, President and Chief
Executive Officer, said, "Christie's extensive finance and real
estate experience, including serving as chief financial officer for
two public real estate companies, will be valuable to our Board. I
had the good fortune to be introduced to Christie ten years ago,
and I look forward to working with Christie as we continue to
advance Realty Income's strategy and objectives."
About the Company
Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend
Company®, is an S&P 500 company dedicated to
providing stockholders with dependable monthly income. The company
is structured as a REIT, and its monthly dividends are supported by
the cash flow from over 5,900 real estate properties owned under
long-term lease agreements with commercial tenants. To date, the
company has declared 593 consecutive common stock monthly dividends
throughout its 50-year operating history and increased the dividend
103 times since Realty Income's public listing in 1994 (NYSE: O).
Additional information about the company can be obtained from the
corporate website at www.realtyincome.com.
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