Francis C. Poli

Chief Legal Officer

38 years experience

Francis C. Poli has served as our Chief Legal Officer since December 2022. He also serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Secretary of Cohen & Steers. Mr. Poli is also a member of Cohen & Steers’ executive committee and a director, president and chief legal officer of Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC. Mr. Poli also serves as assistant secretary of each of Cohen & Steers’ U.S. registered open-end and closed-end funds and as a director of Cohen & Steers Asia Limited, Cohen & Steers UK Limited, Cohen & Steers Japan Limited and Cohen & Steers SICAV. Prior to joining Cohen & Steers in 2007, Mr. Poli was with Allianz Global Investors as Chief Legal Officer and Director of Compliance. Previously, he was an associate general counsel at JPMorgan and a securities attorney for Kelley Drye. Mr. Poli has a BA from Boston College and a JD from Pace University. He is a member of the New York and Connecticut Bars and maintains Series 3, 7, 24 and 63 licenses and is based in New York.