Dr. Charles H. Wurtzebach

Dr. Charles H. Wurtzebach
George L. Ruff Visiting Professor in Real Estate Studies

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Charles H. Wurtzebach, Ph.D., George L. Ruff Visiting Professor in Real Estate Studies, Department of Real Estate, De Paul University   Mr. Wurtzebach joined the faculty at DePaul University in 2009.  In that capacity he lectures at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, participates in joint research projects with other faculty, and provides support to the De Paul Real Estate Center.  He was most recently Managing Director and Property CIO of Henderson Global Investors (North America) Inc., where he was `responsible for the strategic portfolio planning and the overall management of Henderson’s North American business.  This included responsibility for Henderson’s overall product offerings including institutional equity, property, and retail equity and fixed interest.  As Property CIO he worked directly with the firm’s property portfolio managers developing client investment strategies.  He chaired Henderson’s North American Property Investment and Management Committees.  He was also a member of Henderson's Global Senior Management Team.  Mr. Wurtzebach joined Henderson in April 1999.  Prior to that, Mr. Wurtzebach was President and Chief Executive Officer of Heitman Capital Management and President of JMB Institutional Realty.  In addition, Mr. Wurtzebach was the Director of the Real Estate and Urban Land Economics program within the Graduate School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin until 1986.  He has co-authored or acted as co-editor of several books including Modern Real Estate, co-authored with Mike Miles, and Managing Real Estate Portfolios, co-edited with Susan Hudson-Wilson.  Additional publication experience includes authorship of numerous academic and professional articles.  A frequent featured speaker at professional and academic gatherings, he was the 1994 recipient of the prestigious Graaskamp Award for Research Excellence presented by the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and is a member of the American Real Estate Society and a past President and Director of the Real Estate Research Institute. Education: Ph.D., Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana; MBA, Finance, Northern Illinois University; BSC, Finance, De Paul University.