On October 21, 2022, W. P. Carey Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Brian Zander as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective November 5, 2022, to succeed Mr. Arjun Mahalingam, who is resigning from his position as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company as of November 4, 2022 to pursue a new opportunity. Mr. Zander, age 37, is currently the Company's Controller where he is responsible for the internal controls, accounting and financial reporting of the Company. Mr. Zander initially joined the Company in January 2016 as Assistant Controller.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Zander worked from 2014 to 2016 at Acadia Realty Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, where he served as the Assistant Controller. From 2007 to 2014, Mr. Zander worked in the assurance practice at Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Zander is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of New York.

He graduated with a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Maryland.