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Mr. DuGan was elected Chief Executive Officer of W. P. Carey & Co. in March 2005. As CEO, Mr. DuGan is responsible for managing all aspects of the firm's operations and strategy. Until March 2006, he also served as President of W. P. Carey & Co., a position to which he was elected in September of 1999.
Mr. DuGan joined the firm in May 1988 as Assistant to the Chairman. He held the title of Senior Vice President in the Acquisitions Department in September 1995, prior to accepting a position as chief financial officer of a Colorado-based wireless communications equipment manufacturer. He later rejoined the firm in February 1997, and was promoted to President in 1999 and Co-Chief Executive Officer in 2002.
Mr. DuGan is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he concentrated in Finance and obtained a minor in Political Science from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Mr. DuGan serves on the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and is active in a variety of educational and charitable organizations, serving on the boards of the W. P. Carey Foundation, the New York Pops and The Hewitt School. He is a member of YPO and a variety of industry organizations and has appeared in numerous media outlets including Forbes, Institutional Investor, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and CNNfn.
Mr. DuGan was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and spent most of his childhood in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
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