Robert H. Steers, a director since August 2004, is the company's executive chairman and is the executive chairman of Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. Mr. Steers served with Mr. Cohen as the company's co-chief executive officer and co-chairman until 2014 and then served as the company's chief executive officer until 2022. Prior to co-founding the firm in 1986 with Mr. Cohen, Mr. Steers was a senior vice president and the chief investment officer of National Securities and Research Corporation from 1982 to 1986, where, in 1985, he and Mr. Cohen organized and managed the nation's first real estate securities mutual fund. From 1977 to 1982, Mr. Steers was a vice president at Citibank, serving as an analyst and portfolio manager of Citibank's Emerging Growth Stock Fund. Mr. Steers serves as chairman of the board of directors of Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT, Inc. Mr. Steers is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate and is a member of the Endowment Investment Committee of Georgetown University. Mr. Steers previously served as a Vice President of Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC until 2022 and as director and chairman of each of the company's U.S. registered open-end and closed-end funds until 2021. Mr. Steers has a BS degree from Georgetown University and an MBA degree from George Washington University.