Bob Thomas has served as Co-Head of Real Estate Securities, Americas since joining DWS in January 2017 with 15 years of industry experience. From August 2015 to December 2016, Mr. Thomas served as lead portfolio manager of North America for global listed property funds at Henderson Global Investors. He was co-lead portfolio manager of North America for global listed property funds at AMP Capital from 2012. Prior to this, he served as an analyst at Nuveen Asset Management, at BNP Paribas Asset Management and at Security Capital Research & Management. Mr. Thomas started his career as an investment banking analyst in the Real Estate group at KeyBanc Capital Markets. Mr. Thomas holds a BA in Economics from Duke University and an MBA in Finance, Management & Strategy from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.