Biography

Mr. Linde has more than 37 years of experience in the real estate industry, including as President of BXP and our former Chief Financial Officer, during which time he gained extensive knowledge of the real estate industry, capital markets and real estate finance, as well as substantial experience in transactional, operational and accounting matters.

Mr. Linde is the President of BXP.  Prior to his appointment as President in May 2007, he served as Executive Vice President since January 2005 and he also served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2000 until November 2007. He joined BXP in January 1997 as Vice President of Acquisitions and New Business to help identify and execute acquisitions and to develop new business opportunities, and he was promoted to Senior Vice President for Financial and Capital Markets in October 1998.

Prior to joining BXP, Mr. Linde served from 1993 to 1997 as President of Capstone Investments, a Boston real estate investment company. From 1989 to 1993, he served as Project Manager and Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer at Wright Runstad and Company, a private real estate developer in Seattle, WA. He began his career in the real estate industry with Salomon Brothers' Real Estate Finance Group.

Mr. Linde is a Trustee of the Beth Israel Lahey Health Board of Trustees. Mr. Linde is also a Director Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ("BIDMC") and co-chairs the BIDMC capital campaign. He is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable and is Trustee Emeritus of the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees.  He is a former member of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau and Jobs for Massachusetts and the Urban Studies and Planning Visiting Committee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. Linde received a BA from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.