Claire Cormier Thielke is Chief Investment Officer - Asia for Prologis (NYSE: PLD), the world’s largest industrial real estate company, serving customers across over 1.2 billion square feet of space.
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Prior to joining Prologis, Claire held several executive roles at Hines Interests, including Senior Managing Director and Founding Officer of Hines Asia Pacific Region, Country Head of Hines Greater China and Chief Operating Officer of Hines Investment Management.
As COO of Investment Management, she oversaw product development and global fund operations for the firm’s 39 investment vehicles active across 24 geographies, exceeding $20B AUM. As Senior Managing Director – APAC, Claire opened Hines’ first Asia headquarters and led expansion efforts across the Asia markets. During her tenure as China Country head, Claire grew and oversaw a $2.5B platform with offices across 5 Greater China cities.
She is a member of Stanford University’s adjunct faculty, teaching on the intersection of technology, urban planning, and institutional real estate investment.
Claire is also China YGL delegate of the World Economic Forum and a member of Stanford University’s adjunct faculty, teaching on the intersection of technology, urban planning, and institutional real estate.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z), the world’s largest online real estate marketplace. Prior board directorships include Memorial City Bank, where Claire served as one of the youngest bank board directors in the US and as Board Chair of Legacy Community Health – one of the US’ largest Federally Qualified Health Center systems.
Claire earned her undergraduate degree in Urban Planning and Design from Stanford University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 2.5 years as captain of the track and field team and Stanford BCSC Valedictorian.
After completing her Master’s in Construction Management from Stanford’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as the program’s youngest graduate, Claire continued to earn her Degree of Engineer from Stanford’s Civil Engineering Ph.D. Department in 2009, conducting dissertation research on green retrofitting and seismic upgrading for historic buildings. She has written numerous scholarly contributions on green building, city planning, adaptive reuse, and urban revitalization.
A former professional athlete for USA Track & Field, Claire is an avid outdoorsman, recently completing a marathon on Mount Everest. In 2022, she set a world record as part of the first all-woman team to swim around Hong Kong Island.