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Highlands REIT Names New Chief Financial Officer

Highlands REIT Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, has appointed Paul Melkus to serve as its executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 23, 2018.

Highlands REIT Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, has appointed Paul Melkus to serve as its executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 23, 2018. In this capacity, he will also serve as the company’s principal financial officer, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Melkus previously served as a member of the company’s board of directors, as well as chair of its audit committee since the company’s spin-off from InvenTrust in April 2016.

From 2012 until 2016, he served as global head of capital markets in the real estate and infrastructure department for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, and as a member of its executive committee. In this role, he was responsible for the development of financing strategy and management of lending relationships for the fund’s global real estate investment portfolio.

During his career, Melkus has served as senior vice president of capital markets at publicly traded REIT General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), director of capital markets at Deutsche Bank Asset Management, and director of capital markets investments at General Electric Capital Corporation.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and management from DePauw University and a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin’s Real Estate Investment and Urban Economics program.

Highlands REIT is a non-traded real estate investment trust that was spun-off from InvenTrust Properties Corp. (formerly Inland American Real Estate Trust) in April 2016. The company oversees a 17-property portfolio comprised of office, industrial, and retail assets, correctional facilities, and unimproved land.

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