CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 17, 2012--
Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) (“Ventas” or the “Company”) announced today
that it has appointed John K. Hart to the newly created position of
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer reporting to the
Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
John K. Hart, Ventas SVP and Chief Information Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
“With a successful and productive IT career spanning more than 25 years,
John Hart brings to Ventas an extensive background in creating and
managing complex and robust state-of-the-art financial IT systems in a
rapidly evolving industry,” Ventas Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer Richard A. Schweinhart said. “With our recent doubling
in size and enormous opportunities for growth in the highly fragmented
healthcare and seniors housing real estate sector, John will play a
pivotal role in building our infrastructure to help us execute our
strategy and achieve our business goals.”
Hart, 48, joined Ventas from CME Group Inc., the world’s largest futures
exchange by trading volume, where he worked for 16 years, most recently
as Managing Director of Technology. At the CME, where he supervised a
team of 200 IT professionals, Hart was responsible for managing the
exchange’s enterprise architecture, business systems, security,
telecommunications, networking, help desk and operations. Earlier in his
career he was an assistant vice president at First Options in Chicago,
and prior to that he was a senior network architect with the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hart received his Bachelor of
Industrial Management from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and his
MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.
Ventas, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a leading healthcare real estate
investment trust. Its diverse portfolio of more than 1,400 assets in 47
states (including the District of Columbia) and two Canadian provinces
consists of seniors housing communities, skilled nursing facilities,
hospitals, medical office buildings and other properties. Through its
Lillibridge subsidiary, Ventas provides management, leasing, marketing,
facility development and advisory services to highly rated hospitals and
health systems throughout the United States. More information about
Ventas and Lillibridge can be found at http://www.ventasreit.com
and http://www.lillibridge.com.
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Source: Ventas, Inc.
Ventas, Inc.
Lori B. Wittman
(877) 4-VENTAS