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W. Joseph Houlihan is CEO and managing director of the Cohen & Steers European real estate securities business. He has more than 29 years of experience. Prior to joining the firm, in 2000 Mr. Houlihan, with Gerios Rovers, co-founded Houlihan Rovers, a Belgium-based global real estate securities asset manager that was acquired by Cohen & Steers. Previously, he was a managing director for two and a half years at Security Capital Group in Brussels. Prior to that, Mr. Houlihan was an executive vice president and director at GIM Algemeen Vermogensbeheer, a Dutch investment management company, where he specialized in global real estate investments and developed GIM's real estate securities investment process and client base. Mr. Houlihan has a BS degree from New York University and an MBA degree from the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is based in Brussels.