Zachary Pasanen joined W. P. Carey’s Investments Team in May 2011 and currently serves as Managing Director, Co-Head of North American Investments. In his role, Zack is responsible for driving W. P. Carey’s North American investment activity, including the sourcing, underwriting and structuring of North American transactions, as well as managing a group of investment team members.

Since joining W. P. Carey, Zack has focused on sale-leasebacks, build-to-suits, forward take-outs, tax-advantaged structures and multi-party transactions. In particular, Zack has significant experience structuring sale-leaseback transactions for the private equity community. He has over $4 billion in transactional experience. 

Prior to W. P. Carey, Zack worked at Piper Jaffray & Co. in their Healthcare Investment Banking Division. Zack graduated cum laude from Brown University with a B.A. in Public and Private Sector Organizations, now known as Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship. He is also a graduate of Groton School in Groton, MA. Additionally, he was a member of the Brown Men’s Tennis Team and competed on the ATP Futures Tour.