Delin Property Appoints Board Member Tom Wattles as CEO

Delin Property Appoints Board Member Tom Wattles as CEO

•  Rob Reiskin steps down as CEO while remaining on the company’s Board

21st August, 2023 (London) – Delin Property, the fully integrated European logistics warehouse 
specialist, has appointed real estate industry veteran and Board member Tom Wattles as Chief 
Executive Officer. He replaces Rob Reiskin, who will remain a member of the company’s Board.

Graeme McFaull, Delin Property’s Chairman, said: “Tom has an outstanding pedigree in establishing 
and scaling up real estate platforms. He knows Delin Property intimately through his boardroom role 
over the past two years, making him the ideal person to take over the reins as great opportunities 
emerge in the logistics sector. I want to thank Rob for his valuable contribution to our growth 
trajectory. He has installed an institutional rigour at Delin Property so we are in the best 
position to achieve our ambitions. We look forward to his continued support.”

Delin Property is the fourth industrial and logistics platform in which Tom has been closely 
involved. As a member of Advance Real Estate’s Board since 2021, he has supported the Mexico 
City-based company up to its sale last month. He co-founded Prologis, later becoming its Co-CEO and 
Chairman. He also co-founded DCT Industrial Trust and grew the business until its $8.4 billion 
purchase by Prologis in 2018.

Tom has sat on the boards of other real estate companies including Regency Centers, Columbia 
Property Trust and Security Capital European Realty, bringing the experience he gained across the 
globe since 1978 in real estate investment, development and asset management. From 1991 until the 
company’s sale in 2002 he was Managing Director and subsequently Chief Investment Officer of 
Security Capital Group, the largest shareholder of 18 private and public real estate operating 
platforms.

Tom Wattles said: “Scaling up businesses is what I like to do and I’m excited to be working with 
the team. I’ve made a long-term commitment to stay at Delin Property, a company with tremendous 
capabilities in creating and adding value as an owner, developer, operator and investment manager 
of logistics warehouses. These qualities will be key to its growth going forward.”

Rob Reiskin said: “Tom joined the Board at Delin Property soon after I became CEO. Given his vast 
experience and knowledge of Delin Property, I can think of no better person to succeed me. His 
willingness to take on the role has aided my decision to return to the U.S. Importantly, my 
transition from CEO to board member will allow me to continue to help advance Delin Property’s 
growth, albeit from a different vantage point.”

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Notes to Editors:

About Delin Property
Delin Property was founded by entrepreneur Igor Linshits, who has grown it into a fully integrated 
specialist in logistics warehousing with a portfolio of c.€1 billion of assets under management, 
spread across three countries in Europe. For more than a decade the company has been developing, 
leasing and managing logistics properties for its own investment or acting for third party 
investors, including its Dutch Logistics Fund and Blackstone
funds. The company has ambitious plans to grow its platform through logistics real estate funds, 
offering institutional investors access to an attractive asset class in which it has deep expertise. To find 
out more about Delin Property, please visit our website https://www.delinproperty.com/

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