Corporate Officers

Thomas Schwartz, President and CEO

Tom Schwartz graduated as a Chartered Accountant in 1975 and went on to pursue a career in real estate development. Tom Schwartz, along with a partner, founded Intraurban Projects in 1976 to specialize in the development of new housing projects in mature communities. Intraurban has built and developed over 2,500 housing units serving all market segments from luxury to affordable. Tom Schwartz, through York Heritage Properties, and Intraurban Projects has participated in the development, construction, and management of over 600,000 sq. ft. of office, commercial and retail space. Tom Schwartz is active in industry and government affairs. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Home Builders Association, the City of Toronto’s Housing Action committee; Director of Kehilla Residential Consultants, the Board of Directors of the Ontario New Home Warranty Program; and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario. Tom is currently on the Board of Trustees of Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT.

Richard Smith, Chief Financial Officer

Richard Smith joined CAPREIT in September 2009 as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Smith most recently acted as the Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of MI Developments Inc., a real estate company with an international portfolio focused primarily on industrial properties.  He also served as Vice-President of Corporate Development at Magna International Inc. and Associate Director in Scotia Capital Inc.'s Mergers and Acquisitions Group, during which time he advised CAPREIT on its 2004 combination with Residential Equities REIT.  Richard is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and a U.S. Certified Public Accountant.  He holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa, and MBA and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Toronto. 

Maria Amaral, Senior VP Finance

Maria Amaral joined CAPREIT in 1997 and is currently its Senior Vice President, Finance. Mrs. Amaral has been involved in all aspects of corporate and property management accounting and financial due diligence of real estate portfolios since 1986. Mrs. Amaral was Accounting Manager of MPI Group Inc., a company engaged in real estate investment and development, since 1995. Mrs. Amaral also held the position of Accounting Manager of MICC Properties Inc., a real estate investment and development company, since 1987. Prior to 1987, Mrs. Amaral, as Chief Accountant, was responsible for property management accounting with Guaranty Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Company of Canada. Mrs. Amaral is a Certified Management Accountant.

Mark Kenney, Chief Operating Officer

Mark Kenney joined CAPREIT in 1998 and is currently its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Kenney has 19 years of experience in the multi family sector, having worked previously at Realstar Management Partnership as District Manager of Western Canada and Northern Ontario (1995 to 1998) and Greenwin Property Management as Senior Property Manager prior to 1995. Mr. Kenney is also a director of the Greater Toronto Apartment Association since 1998.

Vice Presidents

Yann Lapointe, VP Operations

Trish MacPherson, VP Sales and Marketing

Perry Rose, VP Procurement

Maggie Chin-Sang, VP Accounting

Nadia Georgis, VP Accounting

Scott Cryer, VP Financial Reporting

Robert Sestito, VP of IT and Chief Information Systems Officer