Thomas Arnold

Biographie : Tom is responsible for the development and execution of ADIA’s global real estate strategy. Tom has 25 years of principal investing experience in real estate and private equity. Tom started his career as a transactional lawyer, principally with Holland & Knight focusing on real estate, lending securities and bankruptcy matters. Tom began his alternatives focus at Salomon Brothers (now Citigroup) with selective firm principal activity as well as related advisory work for financial institutions saddled with troubled loans and REO assets. After Salomon Brothers, Tom joined Credit Suisse as a Director and as a principal of the Praedium Funds. Tom then joined ING as a Managing Director and portfolio manager. Between ING and his current position at ADIA, Tom was a partner at Cerberus Capital Management. Tom holds a Doctorate of Business Administration in Finance, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics, with honors, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida, a Masters of Law (Taxation) from New York University, a Masters of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. Tom is a licensed attorney and a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations. Tom is very active within important industry associations serving as a Trustee and Governor of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), recent Chairman of the Association of Foreign Investors Real Estate (AFIRE), recent Chairman of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and a board member of the Real Estate Roundtable.