Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 21, 2014

Interview with the CEO and Chairman: National Retail Properties, Inc. (NNN)

MacNab, Craig
Craig Macnab is the CEO and Chairman of National Retail Properties, Inc. Mr. Macnab joined National Retail Properties, Inc., as Chief Executive Officer in February 2004, sharpening the company's investment focus on net-leased retail properties. He guided the company's 2005 acquisition of National Properties Corporation, a publicly traded company with a portfolio of high-quality single-tenant properties. In 2008, he was appointed to the additional post of Chairman of the board of directors. Prior to joining NNN, Mr. Macnab was CEO of JDN Realty from April 2000 to 2003, where he initiated and led the restructuring of the company, including successfully refinancing its credit facilities, settling its class action litigation and altering its business strategy to include becoming a grocery-anchored developer. JDN was acquired by Developers Diversified Realty. Previously, Mr. Macnab was President of Tandem Capital, a private investment company that he founded in January 1997. Tandem Capital provided growth capital, primarily mezzanine debt, to small public companies and was acquired by Finova Capital in 1999. Mr. Macnab's prior experience also includes having been an investment banker for seven years at Lazard Freres & Company in New York, and six years at J.C. Bradford, where he was Co-Head of the merger and acquisition department. Mr. Macnab serves on the board of directors of Eclipsys, a leading provider of information solutions for hospitals and health care systems, and of DDR Corp. (DDR), a REIT specializing in shopping centers. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand and an MBA from Drexel University. Profile
TWST: For the benefit of our readers, let’s start with a bit of a company history and a snapshot of your portfolio as it stands today.

Mr. Macnab: We are one of only four REITs