Axel K.A. Hansing is an Independent Trustee and the Chair of the Compensation Committee. He is also a member of NLOP’s Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
Mr. Hansing serves as Senior Advisor at Coller Capital, since June 2021, where he is responsible for origination, execution and monitoring of investments, he also served as Senior Partner from 2000 to June 2021. He founded Hansing Associates, a corporate finance boutique, in 1994, and held the role of Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hansing previously served as Managing Director at Equitable Capital Management in New York and London, and as Head of the International Division at Bayerische Hypotheken—und Wechselbank AG (now part of UniCredit SpA). Mr. Hansing previously held positions with Merrill Lynch International Banking in Hong Kong and London, and Marine Midland Bank (now part of HSBC) in London and New York.
Mr. Hansing served as an Independent Director of W. P. Carey Inc. from 2011 to June 2022, and he served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, commencing 2012, and the Investment Committee, commencing 2017.
Mr. Hansing graduated from the University of Hamburg and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.