Benjamin T. Kerl

Ben serves as Head of Public Real Assets for Nuveen, overseeing strategy, investment process and performance of the firm's listed real assets and listed real estate platform. He is also a portfolio manager across Nuveen’s public real asset offerings, including global real estate securities, global real estate carbon reduction, global infrastructure, global clean infrastructure impact, real asset income, and real estate securities strategies.

From 2012 through 2017, Ben also covered the multi-family and healthcare sectors for Nuveen’s Real Estate Securities strategy. Before joining the firm, he worked for eight years in the real estate and renewable energy industries. Most recently, Ben was an independent consultant providing project development services to national and international wind energy developers. He started his career as a real estate development manager at Lander Group, where he managed infill multifamily and commercial projects from 2005 to 2007.

Ben graduated with a bachelor of commerce degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.