Nikhil Chaudhri
promoted to Executive Vice President - Chief Investment
Officer
Ayesha Menon
promoted to Executive Vice President - Wellness Housing &
Development
Additional Senior Leadership Team promotions
announced
TOLEDO,
Ohio, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Welltower
Inc. (NYSE: WELL) today announced executive and senior leadership
team promotions to reflect the next generation of leadership for
the Company.
Nikhil Chaudhri was appointed
Executive Vice President - Chief Investment Officer and a member of
Welltower's Investment Committee after previously serving as Senior
Vice President and Co-Head of US Investments. Since joining
Welltower eight years ago as an associate, Mr. Chaudhri has led
many of the Company's most complex transactions which have resulted
in substantial value creation for shareholders. Mr. Chaudhri holds
an MBA from Columbia Business School
and a BSE in computer science engineering from the University of Michigan.
Ayesha Menon was appointed
Executive Vice President - Wellness Housing and Development, after
driving the Company's wellness housing growth initiatives for the
past four years as Senior Vice President- Wellness Housing and
Development and a member of Welltower's Investment Committee. She
joined Welltower from a subsidiary of Alphabet and had previously
amassed significant experience in private equity real estate. Ms.
Menon holds an MBA from Stanford
University and a BSE in civil engineering from Princeton University.
Swagat Banerjee was promoted to Chief Data Officer after
previously serving as Senior Vice President - Data & Insights.
Mr. Banerjee has led the rapid growth of Welltower's
industry-leading data analytics platform over the past seven years,
after previously acquiring two decades of data analytics
experience. Mr. Banerjee holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, an
MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and a bachelor's
degree in engineering from the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT).
Russ J. Simon was promoted to
Senior Vice President, Co-Head of US Investments and named to
Welltower's Investment Committee. Mr. Simon, a member of the senior
leadership team, joined Welltower 12 years ago as an investment
analyst and now leads the Company's investments in the medical
office and seniors housing sectors. Mr. Simon earned an MBA with
honors from the University of Michigan
Ross School of Business and a BBA degree with a minor in
mathematics, also from the Ross School of
Business. Welltower's investment leadership was further
bolstered through the promotion of Andrew
Cohen to Co-Head of US Investments. Mr. Cohen, who was also
named a member of the senior leadership team, joined Welltower five
years ago as an associate and now leads investments in the wellness
housing and seniors housing sectors. Mr. Cohen holds a bachelor's
degree in human and organizational development with a minor in
financial economics from Vanderbilt
University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Sharon M. Makowsky was promoted
to Deputy General Counsel of Welltower and named a member of the
senior leadership team. Ms. Makowsky has led numerous transactions
across the Company over the past four years and has been a
trailblazer in deal innovation and structuring. Prior to joining
the Company, Ms. Makowsky acquired many years of experience in
transaction law, several of which included Welltower as a client.
Ms. Makowsky holds a J.D. from Northwestern
University and a bachelor's degree in economics and
sociology from Brandeis University.
Welltower's corporate finance leadership was strengthened
through the promotions of Krishna Soma, Matthew Carrus, and Zac
Stein. Mr. Soma and Mr. Carrus, members of the senior
leadership team, were promoted to Senior Vice President and will
continue to lead Welltower's corporate finance and capital markets
functions. Mr. Soma joined the Company three years ago after
spending nearly two decades on the buyside at global investment
management firms. Mr. Soma holds a bachelor's degree in economics
from the University of Michigan and is
a CFA Charterholder. Mr. Carrus joined the firm eight years ago as
an associate, starting as a member of the investments team and
subsequently joining the corporate finance, treasury and capital
markets functions. Mr. Carrus received an MBA from the University of North Carolina and graduated with
honors from Pace University with a BBA
degree. In addition, Zac Stein, who
currently leads Welltower's Financial Planning & Analysis
function, was named to the senior leadership team. Mr. Stein joined
the firm nearly eight years ago as an analyst and is now
responsible for all of the Company's forecasting and budgeting
initiatives. Mr. Stein received an MBA from Xavier University and holds a BBA degree from the
University of Toledo.
"It is with great pleasure that Welltower announces the
promotion of these extraordinarily talented individuals," said
Shankh Mitra, Welltower's Chief Executive Officer. "I am personally
honored and humbled to work alongside them every day and could not
be more proud of their accomplishments. They bring an outsider
mentality to the Company and are being recognized for their unique
ability to create value for Welltower's shareholders and, just as
importantly, for their positive impact on the organization overall.
Many of them joined Welltower very early in their careers and I am
proud to have witnessed their advancement to become key leaders of
the organization. The individuals being recognized today have also
been instrumental in developing talent across the organization,
shaping our unique ownership oriented culture and strengthening
Welltower's foundation as a long-term compounding machine. I look
forward to working with our growing leadership team to drive the
Company's continued success now and into the future."
About Welltower
Welltower®
Inc. (NYSE: WELL), an S&P 500 company
headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the
transformation of health care infrastructure. The Company invests
with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and
health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to
scale innovative care delivery models and improve people's wellness
and overall health care experience. Welltower®, a
real estate investment trust ("REIT"), owns interests in properties
concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United
States, Canada and the United Kingdom, consisting of
seniors housing and post-acute communities and outpatient medical
properties. More information is available
at www.welltower.com.
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