EQ Office Welcomes Tyler Benjamin as SVP, Head of People & Culture

Former Netflix HR Leader to Drive Talent Strategy and Culture

EQ Office (“EQ”) today announced the appointment of Tyler Benjamin as Senior Vice President, Head of People & Culture, effective immediately.

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Based out of EQ’s office in Santa Monica, California, Mr. Benjamin will oversee the strategy and organization of EQ Office’s human resources (“HR”) function, including talent development, as well as play a vital role helping to shape and sustain the strong culture of the organization. He will report to EQ's Chief Operating Officer Josh Hatfield.

Mr. Benjamin brings over 25 years of talent leadership experience building and supporting teams at a variety of large and operationally complex organizations. He joins EQ Office from Netflix, where he spent five years in HR Business Partner leadership roles across the company. Most recently, he was Vice President and HR Business Partner for Studio Operations and Production, a position in which he set and drove the talent strategy for the global production organization, led the enterprise-wide 360 review process and played a key role in evolving the company culture as Netflix scaled significantly. Previously, he served as SVP, Head of Human Resources at SoulCycle, and before that, held HR leadership roles at NBCUniversal and Discovery Communications in New York and London.

“At EQ, our people and culture are critical to our success and ability to create and operate inspiring workplaces for our customers throughout our portfolio,” said Chief Executive Officer Alex Vouvalides. “I’m excited to have Tyler join our team and I’m confident that his expertise in workforce development, planning, and strategy will help take our talent to the next level and be an important driver of EQ’s continued evolution.”

“I’m thrilled to join EQ Office and leverage my experience developing and executing creative talent strategies to facilitate innovation and employee engagement,” said Mr. Benjamin. “I look forward to building upon EQ’s ‘OneTeam’ culture and emphasis on collaboration. EQ Office has a strong track record of attracting and retaining exceptional talent, and I’m excited to partner with the leadership team to support their continued organizational transformation while expanding the business in the process.”

About EQ Office

EQ Office is Blackstone’s U.S. office portfolio company with best-in-class expertise across acquisitions, asset management, leasing, redevelopment & property operations. EQ’s focus is to create and operate inspiring workplace destinations by offering solutions that blend the best of work, home, and hospitality. Our diverse team of about 140 professionals currently operate a portfolio of approximately 20 million square feet for approximately 1,200 customers across major U.S. markets including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.

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