Joel W. Tomlinson — Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at Realty Income Corporation

Mr. Joel W. Tomlinson has been Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at Realty Income Corporation since December 3, 2015. Mr. Tomlinson served as Senior Director of Acquisitions at Realty Income Corporation until December 3rd 2015 and has been its Vice President since 2011. Mr. Tomlinson served as Co-Head of Retail Acquisitions at Realty Income Corporation since 2011. Mr. Tomlinson is primary responsible to uncover new property investment opportunities. He works directly with existing tenant groups, private equity firms and other corporations in various industries to assess their real estate and capital needs. Mr. Tomlinson also works with investment banks and various real estate brokerage firms in an advisory role to assess current market conditions and provide sale-leaseback structures for their clients who are looking to turn the real estate they may own into cash that can be used for other purposes. Mr. Tomlinson originally joined Realty Income in 1999 and worked in a variety of capacities, including as an Acquisitions Director and Real Estate Portfolio Manager. He left Realty Income in 2006 to work in the franchise finance group at Merrill Lynch Capital. Mr. Tomlinson joined another net-lease financing firm in 2008 as a Senior Acquisitions Director until 2010, when he rejoined Realty Income as an Associate Vice President and Director of Acquisitions. He continued to learn more about other financing alternatives and the advantages and disadvantages of each of these various financing methods. Mr. Tomlinson graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a BA in Philosophy and continued studies at UCSD with a focus on Finance.