Don Henry

Chief Real Estate Officer, Wells Real Estate Funds

Don Henry is the Chief Real Estate Officer for Wells Real Estate. Mr. Henry oversees the acquisitions, finance, dispositions, asset management, leasing, and property management functions for Wells’ real estate group. Wells currently manages over $6 billion in real estate on behalf of over 140,000 investors. Prior to being named to his current post as Chief Real Estate Officer, Mr. Henry was managing director of the asset management department. In this capacity, Mr. Henry supervised a group whose responsibilities included performing due diligence on acquisition targets, developing and implementing long-term investment strategies for each property, executing value-added strategies, and positioning properties for sale.

Prior to joining Wells in 2002, Mr. Henry was a Principal, Portfolio Management, with Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Inc., where he was responsible for public and corporate pension funds with $800 million in managed assets. In this capacity, he designed and implemented investment and leverage strategies based on client investment objectives and capital/real estate market fundamentals. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Henry was Vice President, Asset Management/Retail Group for Lend Lease, where he asset-managed seven regional malls with a combined value of $430 million. He was directly responsible for overseeing the property management, leasing, marketing, legal, and construction functions of each property. Mr. Henry began his career with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he was a senior manager in the firm’s emerging business services group. He received a B.A. in Psychology from Oglethorpe University, in Atlanta, Georgia, where he graduated magna cum laude.