Mr. Burns is responsible for leading the Company’s Investment, Development, and Investment Management departments at Essex. Since joining the company, Mr. Burns has led the Company’s Private Equity platform as well as the Investor Relations department. Prior to joining Essex, Mr. Burns was a portfolio manager at Millennium Investments and an analyst at Fidelity Investments where he was responsible for making investment decisions in REIT stocks. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College where he studied Mandarin and Economics and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).