Philip L. Hawkins

Phil Hawkins is the Executive Chairman of Link Logistics.

Phil previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of DCT Industrial Trust (NYSE: DCT), a leading owner, developer and operator of high-quality logistics assets in the U.S. from July 2006 until the company merged into Prologis in August 2018.

During his time at DCT, Phil led the company’s initial public offering and led an aggressive capital deployment and asset sales program, transforming DCT’s portfolio of commodity, lower-growth assets to a high-growth portfolio of infill assets in the best distribution markets in the U.S.

Prior to joining DCT, Phil served in various roles including President and Chief Operating Officer of CarrAmerica Realty Corporation (formerly NYSE: CRE) and Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors of LaSalle Partners, now known as Jones Lang LaSalle.

Phil received a Bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He currently serves on the boards of Pure Industrial (a Blackstone and Ivanhoe Cambridge portfolio company), Welltower (NYSE: WELL) and Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) and as a trustee of Hamilton College.