Steve Hamner

Steve Hamner has been involved in real estate, accounting, and finance for more than 20 years and is a founder of Medical Properties Trust, where he currently serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Previously, Mr. Hamner was the managing director of Transaction Analysis, LLC, a company that provided interim and project-oriented accounting and consulting services to commercial real estate owners and their advisors. From June 1998 to September 2001, he was vice president and chief financial officer of United Investors Realty Trust, a publicly traded REIT. For the ten years before becoming an officer of United Investors Realty Trust, Mr. Hamner was employed by the accounting and consulting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, and its predecessors. He is a Certified Public Accountant and received a BS in accounting from Louisiana State University.