Ms. Taylor is a Managing Director in the investment department and self-storage investment expert. Ms. Taylor joined the Company in 1993 as an Assistant to the Chairman. She spent several years in the United Kingdom and was responsible for founding W. P. Carey's London office in April 1999. In 2004, she founded the Company's Dallas office, which she continues to head. Ms. Taylor received a B.A. from Harvard College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She serves as a director of the W. P. Carey Foundation and resides in Dallas, Texas.