Mark Kenney

President & Chief Executive Officer at CAPREIT

Speaker

Mark Kenney joined CAPREIT in 1998 and was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the REIT in March 2019. He is also a member of its Board of Trustees. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Kenney held the position of President & Chief Operating Officer of CAPREIT. Mr. Kenney is also the Chief Executive Officer and a trustee of ERES. Mr. Kenney has over 30 years of experience in the multi-family sector, having worked previously at Realstar Management Partnership, Greenwin Property Management, and Tridel Group of Companies.

In 2022, Mr. Kenney joined the Board of REALPAC and, in 2023, became a member of the REALPAC Human Resources Committee. In addition, he is a founding member of the Canadian Rental Housing Providers for Affordable Housing (Foraffordable.ca). Mark is also a Board member at Longhouse Capital Advisory and joined in 2023. He is also a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Housing and Development Strategy Council.

His extensive background includes serving as the past Co-Chair REALPAC Apartment Owners Committee in 2022, the Director and Chair at the Federation of Rental Providers of Ontario from 2009 to 2017, and earlier, as a director at the Greater Toronto Apartment Association from 1998 to 2009.

Mr. Kenney is a former Advisor to 23:32 Capital Inc, and a former non-executive director of Irish Residential Properties REIT plc. He is also the Executive Producer of the documentary film ‘Shelter’ which won numerous accolades. Mr. Kenney holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Carleton University.