Head of Asset Management - Europe
As a Managing Director and Head of the European Asset Management platform, based in London, Ben is responsible for directing the creation and execution of European investment-level strategies and driving value-add initiatives. In addition, he oversees the development, refinancing and disposition activities across the European platform.
Prior to joining Harrison Street, Ben was in the Asset Management team at Kennedy Wilson focused on a variety of investments (primarily in UK and Spain) especially hotels, multifamily/PRS, residential development, retail and other specialist property sectors. While at Silverpeak Real Estate (formerly known as Lehman Brothers Real Estate Private Equity) from 2008-2012, he worked across geographies (including Central Europe, France and UK) on a number of developments and joint ventures, and prior to that he worked at Curzon Global Partners in London on Western European acquisitions and asset management (2005-2008). Ben spent two and a half years with ProLogis on their European Fund based in Amsterdam after he started his career at AEW Capital Management in Boston.
Ben received a BA in History from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
