• Previously served as CEO of The Necessity Retail REIT
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Global Net Lease, Inc. since 2012
  • Served as President of the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Investment Securities Association (n/k/a ADISA)

  • Previously served as Chief Accounting Officer of GNL
  • Past experience includes accounting positions with Goldman Sachs and KPMG

  • Joined GNL in September 2023
  • 25 years of legal experience representing large real estate companies and financial institutions, including 10 years as General Counsel and 15 years in private practice

  • Jason Slear serves as Executive Vice President and leads the acquisitions group for the Company
  • Prior to joining GNL, Mr. Slear was responsible for sourcing and closing more than 3.5B in single tenant net leased transaction for various non-traded REITs
  • Mr. Slear has served as key member of many M&A transactions which include underwriting, evaluating and strategic deployment of assets

  • Responsible for corporate development and business strategy
  • Executed over $12 billion of capital market transactions and over $25 billion of M&A transactions

  • Jacqui Shimmin serves as Managing Director, overseeing European acquisitions and property management while interfacing with the GNL team in New York
  • Previously a senior lawyer at Weil, Gotshal and Manges and in-house at Westfield in London, UK

  • Alex Wagstaff serves as Vice President responsible for the Asset Management of the UK and European Portfolio.
  • Alex has 18 years property experience and is a member of the Royal institution of Chartered Surveyors. Prior to joining the company Alex was a Partner at Addington Capital.

  • Mr. Foster oversees the growth strategy for all open-air shopping center assets in the Southeast Region.
  • Mr. Foster has over 38 years of retail asset and property management, leasing and marketing experience and prior to joining RTL led the Asset Management team at Poag Shopping Centers.

  • Mr. Kanik oversees and directs all property management responsibilities for our multi-tenant portfolio. He is responsible for setting goals for each property and the portfolio as a whole, establishing timelines and guidelines for third party vendors and the internal team.
  • Mr. Kanik has over 20 years of commercial real estate and retail property management experience.
  • Prior to joining GNL, Mr. Kanik was Director of Property Management for Simon Konover Company and before that was with Regency Centers and Highwoods Properties.