March 3, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- HCP (NYSE: HCP) has hired Thomas M. Herzog as its executive vice president and chief financial officer effective May 1. Herzog replaces Mark A. Wallace, who resigned as the health care REIT's EVP, CFO and treasurer, effective March 31.

Herzog comes to HCP from Apartment Investment and Management Co., a real estate investment trust headquartered in Denver, Colorado, where he most recently served as EVP and CFO. Before that, Herzog was with GE Real Estate, where he was chief accounting officer and global controller. Prior to that he was with Deloitte & Touche in its national office.

Long Beach, California-based HCP is a real estate investment trust that invests primarily in real estate serving the healthcare industry in the United States.

As of December 31, 2008, the company's portfolio of properties, excluding assets held for sale but including mortgage loans and properties owned by unconsolidated joint ventures, totaled 694 properties.

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