Keith H. Montgomery

Keith Montgomery is the firm’s Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He is responsible for Hines’ operating business, including central services, balance sheet-related activities, and bank and other debt financing. He is a member of the firm’s Management, Executive, and Investment Committees.

Keith joined Hines in 1997 as part of its central finance and accounting group. He assumed increasing responsibility in both groups, alongside oversight of cash management, rising to CFO in the process.

Before this, Keith served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, where he was responsible for overseeing Hines’ worldwide controllership function. During his tenure as CFO, he led a comprehensive effort to optimally position the firm’s balance sheet through a series of equity investment funds and a major debt private placement. Prior to Hines, Keith served as a financial officer with two manufacturing companies in the medical device and energy service industries. During his tenure with the medical device firm, Keith played a significant role in completing the company’s initial public offering. He also worked in the audit practice of a major international accounting firm for five years, where he was responsible for banking, technology, and energy clients.

He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas A&M University.