Benjamin T. Kerl
- Head of Real Estate Investments and Portfolio Manager
About Benjamin T. Kerl
Ben is a portfolio manager for Nuveen’s global real estate securities, real asset income, real estate securities and global real estate carbon reduction strategies. He is also head of real estate investments for the Real Assets investment team at Nuveen. He specializes in real estate equities in the U.K., Europe and Canada.
From 2012 through 2017, Ben also covered the multi-family and healthcare sectors for the firm’s Real Estate Securities strategy. Ben began working in the investment industry in 2012 when he joined the firm. 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.