AFIRE is governed by a Board of Directors made up of designated delegates from the membership. Members include up to three Directors from each country represented and five Directors from among the Associate members. The Directors serve a two-year term. From among the Institutional members, Officers are elected each year, including a Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary. The Executive Committee consists of the Officers, three at-large members from the Board, and the Membership, Program, and Legal and Tax Directors, the General Counsel, and the previous year's Chairman.

2008 Board of Directors

Australia
Mark W. Baillie
Macquarie Real Estate, Inc.
2008-2009

Peter Lowy
Westfield Corporation, Inc.
2008-2009

Austria
Karl Petrikovics
IMMOFINANZ Immobilien Anlagen AG
2008-2009

Bahrain
C. MacLaine Kenan
Arcapita
2007-2008

Canada
Daniel Hudon
CDP Capital, Groupe Immobilier
2008-2009

Michael Higgins
CIBC World Markets Corp.
2008-2009

R. Michael Latimer
Oxford Properties Group
2007-2008

Denmark
Michael Nielsen
ATP Real Estate
2008-2009

France
Jean Bressolle
IXIS AEW Europe
2008-2009

Jeffrey I. Sussman
Louis Dreyfus Property Group
2008-2009

Germany
Olaf Fortmann
HCI Immobilien Consult GmbH
2008-2009

Juergen H. Lange
HSH Nordbank AG
2007-2008

Barbara A. Knoflach
SEB Immobilien-Investment GmbH
2008-2009

Hong Kong, China
Raymond Chow
Hongkong Land
2007-2008

Italy
Guerrino Savio
SCI-ROEV Partnership
2008-2009

Japan
Kosei Murakami
Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc.
2007-2008

Hiroshi Nishio
ORIX Real Estate Capital, Inc.
2007-2008

Kuwait
Ali O. Al-Ghannam
Kuwait Finance House
2008-2009

Francis P. Lively
Wafra Investment Advisory Group
2008-2009

The Netherlands
Jean Klijnen
Bouwfonds Asset Management
2008-2009

H.G. (Henk) Brouwer
Breevast B.V.
2008-2009

Werner Sohier
Pension Fund PGGM
2008-2009

Singapore
Michael Carp
GIC Real Estate, Inc.
2008-2009

Sweden
David C. Sherwood
Alecta Investment Management USA Inc.
2008-2009

Switzerland
Amer Hammour
Capital Guidance Corporation
2007-2008

Ulrich Dischler
Credit Suisse Asset Management
2008-2009

Wayne J. Wallace
UBS Real Estate
2007-2008

United Kingdom
Ian D. Hawksworth
Capital & Counties
2008-2009

Mark R. Preston
Grosvenor
2008-2009

David R. Jackson
Prudential Property Investment Managers Ltd.
2008-2009

Associate
Steven D. Corkin
AEW Capital Management, L.P.
2007-2008

Stephen M. Coyle
Citigroup - Property Investors
2007-2008

Jürgen Herre
Himes Abu Dhabi LLC
2008-2009

William Krauch
ING Clarion Partners
2008-2009

John Streicker
Sentinel Real Estate Corporation
2008-2009

Chairman
Karin E. Shewer
Real Estate Capital Partners
2008

Deputy Chairman
C. MacLaine Kenan
Arcapita
2008

Treasurer
Ian D. Hawksworth
Capital & Countries
2008-2009

Corporate Secretary
Warner P. Sohier
Pension Fund PGGM
2007-2008

Members At Large
Juergen H. Lange
HSH Nordbank AG
2008-2009

Barbara A. Knoflach
SEB Immobilien-Investment GmbH
2008-2009

Amer Hammour
Capital Guidance Corporation
2008-2009

General Counsel
Frederick L. Klein
DLA Piper US LLP
2007-2008

Director of Programs
Michael P. Buckley
Columbia University
2008

Director of Membership
Wayne J. Wallace
USB Real Estate
2007-2008

Director of Legal & Tax Information
William B. Fryer
King & Spalding LLP
2008-2009

Prior Year Chairman
Mark R. Preston
Grosvenor
2008