Jeff is the portfolio manager of Manulife’s US diversified core plus fund where he is responsible for the investment, management, and performance of the fund. Previously, he oversaw all real estate asset management functions for the West Region in US and Canada and provided investment support on new acquisitions. His responsibilities included managing the regional asset management team, building out the platform, and overseeing the development and execution of asset-level strategies in the office, industrial, retail and multifamily sectors. Prior to joining the firm, Jeff was a Principal at Blackstone, where he managed $20bn of assets across all real estate sectors and was responsible for strategic capital investment, dispositions and value-add initiatives as well as the development of various operating platform companies. Previously, he was a senior consultant at Harbinger Capital Partners in Asia and, prior to that, was an associate at Blackpoint Capital Advisors, where he executed real estate and lodging investments on the U.S. West Coast. He started his career in investment banking at Societe Generale and corporate banking at Wells Fargo.

• Education: B.A., Finance, Loyola Marymount University; M.S., Real Estate Development, Columbia University
• Joined the company: 2021
• Began career: 2002

Marc is the global head of real estate, private markets, at Manulife Investment Management, responsible for developing and implementing the strategy and increasing the firm’s capabilities in this area on behalf of clients, including Manulife’s general account. His work includes overseeing all aspects of the real estate business, including portfolio management, investments, asset management, development of new products, and the integration of sustainability into both investments and operations.

Prior to joining Manulife, Marc was the chief investment officer (CIO) of real estate Americas and the head of portfolio and asset management for the RREEF Real Estate Americas business. He was also head of the Americas Debt Investments Group and a member of the Americas Leadership Committee and Global Investment Committee. Marc served as chairman of the Americas Real Estate Investment Committee, which governs both equity and debt investments and portfolios and serves on the Americas Real Estate Management Committee. As Americas’ CIO, he worked with portfolio managers in developing specific portfolio strategy for each account or fund as part of the annual investment plan process. He also was a board member of RREEF Property Trust, a non-traded REIT. Prior to assuming this position, he served as global head of risk and performance analysis, responsible for the development of allocation, risk, and performance tools. In this role, Marc was a member of the Global CIO Group, working closely with the global and regional CIOs and the research team to formulate the global and regional house views and strategy and to develop the resulting house portfolio for each region. While with RREEF Real Estate, he led debt restructurings across several accounts and funds in conjunction with the Americas portfolio management, asset management, and capital markets teams. Marc also worked in the private and public real estate industries while at Morgan Stanley, Heitman/PRA Securities Advisors, and INVESCO Realty Advisors. 

• Education: B.A., M.A.,  Accounting with a concentration in Finance, University of Texas at Austin
• Joined the company: 2022
• Began career: 1993

In her role as chief investment officer for Manulife Investment Management, North America, Real Estate, Maggie is responsible for developing and executing investment strategies, working with key operator/general partner relationships, managing portfolio risk and performance, and driving overall investment decisions and transaction volume across the firm’s North American business. She oversees performance on behalf of the firm’s clients, including structuring and execution of key ventures, capital formation, and integration of products. Prior to joining Manulife, Maggie was a founding member and managing partner of Sera Global, where she led the global private capital advisory business for real assets. Previously, Maggie served as senior managing director and head of international capital for JLL, where she led a team primarily focused on cross‐border deployment of capital across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific and was responsible for placing capital from offshore investors into JLL’s direct transactions, joint ventures, and recapitalizations.

• Education: M.A., Political Economics, University of Chicago; B.A., Business and Economics, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University 
• Joined the company: 2023
• Began career: 1998

Jessica is head of North America transactions and capital markets for the firm’s real estate equity platform. In this role, she’s responsible for the sourcing, underwriting structuring, and negotiation of all investments, including portfolio companies, across North America on behalf of clients. Jessica is part of the global real estate leadership team and sits on several of the firm’s investment committees across real estate equity and debt. She also leads the real estate equity investment team, providing oversight and mentorship across North America. Prior to joining Manulife Investment Management, Jessica was a senior vice president and portfolio manager for PIMCO, leading commercial real estate investments across the Southwest and mountain region of the United States and was responsible for sourcing and structuring of core-plus, value-add, and opportunistic equity, including structured finance, on behalf of PIMCO’s funds. Before that, she worked at American Realty Advisors (ARA), where she led acquisitions across Texas and the Mountain States and was also head of multifamily relationships, securing several key partnerships on behalf of ARA’s clients.

• Education: M.B.A., University of Southern California
• Joined the company: 2023 
• Began career: 2012

As global co‐head of research and strategy of real estate private markets, Erin is responsible for developing and executing the real estate platform’s overall research strategy and house view, leveraging predictive analytics and proprietary modeling that guide the acquisition and asset management real estate lifecycle. She works closely with the regional chief investment officers and functional teams in these efforts, contributing investment decision‐making insight and working toward an increasing level of sophistication and quality with regard to evaluating and advancing the investment thesis. In her role, Erin sits on the global real estate leadership team.

Previously, Erin was director of real estate research and strategy at Wafra Real Estate, responsible for executing and maintaining a research and strategy platform in support of the Wafra real estate team, fund, and portfolio investments. Before that, Erin was a senior vice president at JLL, where she led and managed engagements with major global corporate occupiers in various real estate portfolio and organizational transformation strategies. She also managed principal and investor‐side engagements that included real estate investment/portfolio strategy, feasibility analysis, and market impact studies. Prior to that, Erin worked at DWS, where she was responsible for leading research and strategy for office investments across the United States.

• Education: M.Sc., Urban and Regional Planning, London School of Economics; B.A., Art History, History, Binghamton University
• Joined the company: 2023
• Began career: 2003