Laurel Durkay joined Morgan Stanley in 2020 and has 24 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing as the Chief Investment Officer for the US core real estate strategy, she was the Head of Global Listed Real Assets within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and the lead Portfolio Manager for U.S. and Global listed real estate strategies. Before joining MSIM, Ms. Durkay was a Senior Vice President and Global Portfolio Manager for Listed Real Estate at Cohen & Steers Capital Management for 14 years. Previously, Ms. Durkay held several positions at Citigroup, focused on asset allocation and manager selection within the alternatives space of the Corporate Pension Plan, and worked at Arthur Andersen as a valuation analyst. She has a BS from Tulane University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Ms. Durkay is an active participant and member of the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit) and previously the Real Estate Roundtable. Ms. Durkay is an appointed member of the Nareit Real Estate Investment Advisory Council and previously was an appointed member of the Nareit Advisory Board of Governors and the FTSE EPRA Nareit Americas Regional Advisory Committee.