Charles is a Managing Director, Co-Head and Portfolio Manager of Heitman’s Global Real Estate Securities group, and  equity owner of the firm. He is responsible for overseeing the investments and trading of Heitman’s Real Estate Securities group, as well as US portfolio management duties and covering the US industrial, self-storage, and office sectors. Charles joined Heitman’s Public Real Estate Securities group in 2009 and was most recently a US Portfolio Manager, where he was responsible for portfolio management, including fundamental company and market analysis, as well as risk management. Previously, Charles worked at Deutsche Bank/RREEF as a senior analyst/vice president, where he developed long/short equity and debt investments for its multi-strategy, multi-asset class hedge fund. Charles has also held analyst roles at Renascent Capital Management and Prebon Yamane.

Charles received a BA in Economics with honors from Sewanee – The University of the South and is a CFA charterholder.