James Mead
Chief Financial Officer
James Mead
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Mead joined SL Green in November, 2010. As Chief Financial Officer he is responsible for SL Green’s finance, capital markets, investor relations and administration. Before joining SL Green, Mr. Mead was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Hotels & Resorts, a high-end hotel REIT with properties in the U.S., Mexico and Europe. At Strategic, Mr. Mead directed strategic planning in conjunction with the CEO and Board of the company and was responsible for debt and equity financing activities, investor relations, accounting, and domestic and international tax. Prior to Strategic, Mr. Mead was at the California-based apartment REIT Irvine Apartment Communities, where in addition to his responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer he was co-head of the company’s property management division. Mr. Mead also worked as head of capital markets for The Irvine Company, a 150 year-old California land development company where he directed the initial public offering of Irvine Apartment Communities. Mr. Mead began his career at JP Morgan in investment banking in New York.
A graduate of Tulane University, Mr. Mead holds an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Colgate Darden School of Business Administration.