About Charles Coutinho

Dr. Charles Coutinho is the Managing Director of Coutinho Properties since 2001, a family-owned and operated, multi-family residential and commercial properties company in existence since 1974 in the New York City area, as well as the president of the Sutton Area Community (since 2017), Sutton Place’s leading neighborhood organization. He began his professional career as a lecturer in history at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Coutinho pursued an education at New York University, where he attained a Ph. D. in History. Having worked with McGeorge Bundy, Tony Judt and Stewart Stehlin. He was on the board of the Apartment Owners Advisory Council from 2001 to 2006 and is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York. A book reviewer in the field of history, Dr. Coutinho has written for the 'Journal of Intelligence History', Chatham House's 'International Affairs', as well as the online publications 'Reviews in History' and 'Cercles'. An Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is affiliated with the Metropolitan Opera Club, the Amateur Comedy Club, the National Arts Club, the Royal United Services Institute, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, The Foreign Policy Association and the Lotos Club. He also hosts his own podcasts, on the “New Book Network.” He is married with one son and resides in the Sutton Place section of Manhattan.