Hines appoints John Carr as regional CFO For Europe

John Carr has been appointed CFO for Europe at Hines, succeeding current CFO David Braaten, who will retire.

Carr joined Hines in 1997, becoming regional controller for the American West region. He then moved to Beijing in 2006 and 2011 as his role was broadened to include Hines’ Asia Pacific region. In 2011, he returned to the United States and has continued to serve both regions up until his appointment to the firm’s European leadership team.

As CFO for Hines Europe, he is responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting across its European platform, which includes investment, development and management of real estate across all product types. As a member of the senior leadership team, he will also play a key role in the firm’s investor and lender relationship management activity.

Carr succeeds Braaten, who steps down from the role after 30 years as an integral part of Hines’ senior leadership team both in Europe and globally to begin his well-de