As a creative and market-savvy Real Estate Investment Executive, Shegun Holder has a proven ability to maximize long term sustainable value and investment performance. Leveraging a highly disciplined strategic approach, curiosity towards emerging trends and technologies, deep understanding of real estate fundamentals, market expertise/visibility in several primary markets (Boston MA, New York NY, Washington DC and London UK), and an extensive network of key influencers, Shegun has focused his career on partnering with the innovation economy.

Shegun is currently the Vice President of Portfolios at Knotel and a member of the Knotel Management Committee. As a leader at Knotel, Shegun has global oversight for maximizing long term sustainable portfolio performance and managing key partner relationships. Shegun also served as General Manager for the New York region – Knotel’s largest business unit – with overall P&L responsibility for at least 40% of the company’s revenue.

Previously, he was a Senior Vice President of Asset Management at Jamestown, where he led the teams responsible for the New England region and parts of New York, the strategic direction and overall performance of the regional portfolio. Shegun has been instrumental in the adaptive reuse of iconic urban assets, such as One Times Square (New York, NY) and the Innovation & Design Building (Boston, MA), and executing unique partnerships with innovators, such as Uber, Hello Alfred, Industrious, HqO, Reebok, Living Proof, Autodesk and GingkoBio.

Prior to Jamestown, he led the regional portfolio efforts and joint venture activities for JPMorgan Asset Management – Global Real Estate in several East Coast and Midwest markets. Over the course of his career, he has also held various positions of increasing responsibility at Simon (formerly the Mills), The JBG Companies, Credit Suisse First Boston and Andersen LLP.

Shegun earned his MBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship from The Wharton School and his BBA in Accounting from Hofstra University. He serves on the advisory boards of Zarb School of Business at Hofstra. He is a member of the Real Estate Executive Council. He also served on the boards of Hudson Square Business Improvement District, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Long Island City Partnership and Community Board 9 Brooklyn.