Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 24, 2001
DOUGLAS T. LINDE serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, and Treasurer of Boston Properties, Inc. He was promoted from
Senior Vice President to Executive Vice President in January 2005. Prior
to becoming Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2000, he served as
Senior Vice President for Finance and Capital Markets. In his current
role, Mr. Linde oversees the finance, accounting, internal controls,
investor relations and acquisition departments and is also responsible
for capital raising, financial strategy and planning. He joined Boston
Properties in January 1997 as Vice President of Acquisitions and New
Business to help identify and execute acquisitions and to develop new
business opportunities. Prior to joining Boston Properties, Mr. Linde
served from 1993 to 1997 as President of Capstone Investments, a Boston
real estate investment company. From 1989 to 1993, he served as Project
Manager and Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer of Wright Runstad
and Company, a private real estate developer in Seattle, Washington. He
began his career in the real estate industry with Salomon Brothers' Real
Estate Finance Group. Mr. Linde received a BA from Wesleyan University
in 1985 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1989. Mr. Linde is on
the Board of Overseers for the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and
serves on the Finance Committee and is a Director of the Boston
Municipal Research Bureau. Mr. Linde's father, Edward H. Linde, serves
as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Boston
Properties, Inc. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a quick overview and introduction to BostonProperties?
Mr. Linde: Boston Properties is a fully integrated self-managed real
estate operating company that is located,