Jon Zehner
Vice Chairman, LaSalle Investment Management
Jon Zehner is Head of Global Partner Solutions (GPS) at LaSalle Investment Management, responsible for setting GPS’s strategic direction as well as overseeing its day-to-day operations. He is a member of LaSalle’s Global Management Committee and joined LaSalle in March 2012 as Global Head of the Client Capital Group. Zehner spent 28 years at JPMorgan, where he held a number of senior positions including Global Head of Real Estate Investment Banking and Head of sub-Saharan Africa. Between his roles at JPMorgan and LaSalle, he spent almost three years as a Senior Director of AREA Property Partners (now ARES) where he was responsible for client relationships, deal origination and strategic development. He is an active leader in several industry organisations. Zehner currently serves as Chair of the Cambridge Land Economy Advisory Board of the University of Cambridge and is a recent past European Chairman of the Urban Land Institute. He has served twice on the Global Board of Directors of ULI and remains a Governing Trustee. Past industry activities include founding and serving on the Executive Board of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA). He serves as an EMEA Co-Chair of Dartmouth College’s current capital campaign and previously served on the Board of Advisors of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth. He is a member of The Board of Governors of the Arnold House School in St. John’s Wood in London and serves as the Chair of the UK Board of African Parks.
