David W. Cobb
President & CEO

David Cobb serves as President & CEO and as a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Cobb joined BentleyForbes in 2004 and has overall responsibility for all areas of the Company, working in conjunction with the strategic vision of the Executive Committee.

Mr. Cobb has over 30 years of experience in various executive positions with a career focus on investment banking, commercial real estate, financial institutions and mortgage banking. Previous positions held by Mr. Cobb include the following: Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc., Chairman and CEO of RealtyLogix, Inc., Chairman and CEO of National Capital Holdings, Inc., Senior Vice President of Raymond James & Associates, Senior Vice President of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and First Vice President/Regional Manager of Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Mr. Cobb was recently nominated as Investor of the Year by the Commercial Property News. He was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Merry Land Properties, Inc, a publicly traded commercial real estate investment, development and management company and served as lead director on the sale of this company to a public REIT. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of several community and civic organizations including the Rotary Club, YMCA, Science Museum and American Red Cross.  Mr. Cobb was honored with the 2007 Muscular Dystrophy Association Humanitarian Award.

Mr. Cobb attended the University of Georgia and is a graduate of Armstrong Atlantic Universary and also completed the Graduate School of Banking at Indiana University.

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