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

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

Victor is global co-head of research and strategy for Manulife Investment Management’s real estate platform. He previously served as head of commercial real estate economics at Moody’s Analytics and, prior to that, he served as chief economist and senior vice president at REIS. Through all of his roles, Victor led the creation and implementation of estimation and forecasting models for real estate markets, valuation, and risk platforms for portfolio analytics, and served as a key spokesperson for clients, the industry, and media through thought leadership initiatives. His assessments of market conditions have appeared in major international publications, and he serves on several boards and committees. Victor is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.​

• Education: Ph.D., Applied Economics and Management Science; M.B.A., Finance, Entrepreneurship, and International Management; M.A., Business and Public Policy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania​
• Joined the company: 2023
• Began career: 2005

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 spearheads the firm’s real estate credit platform and has both private and public commercial real estate investment experience spanning two decades. Prior to joining the firm, she was head of originations for BentallGreenOak’s U.S. debt. Previously, she was a principal at The Carlyle Group, where she was a founding member of its credit opportunities team and helped build the firm’s track record in U.S. commercial real estate credit. Jessica served as a vice president and partner at H/2 Capital Partners, a real estate credit alternative investment manager, where she oversaw public and private lodging investments. Earlier in her career, Jessica worked at J.P. Morgan Investment Management's Real Estate Americas, where she asset managed distressed equity and credit investments during the global financial crisis. She started her career at Ernst & Young LLP’s real estate transaction advisory group. 

• Education: B.S., Cornell University, Nolan School of Hotel Administration
• Joined the company: 2023
• Began career: 2006

Onay is a senior managing director and portfolio manager at Manulife Investment Management, responsible for driving the strategy and development of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impact investment capabilities across the firm’s platform. She partners with the investment, asset management, and investor relations teams in screening investments; identifying risks and opportunities with respect to ESG impact; optimizing portfolio construction; enhancing asset performance; maximizing returns; and establishing performance benchmarking for ESG impact. She serves on the global real estate leadership team.

Prior to joining the firm, Onay was managing director of real estate at Lafayette Square, a for-profit impact investment platform.  Before that, she was an equity partner, managing director, and portfolio manager at Clarion Partners, where she managed close to $10 billion in assets under management over the course of her nearly 20-year tenure.  Onay began her career as a financial analyst at JP Morgan Chase Investment Bank

• Education: M.B.A., Harvard Business School; A.B., History and Literature, magna cum laude, Harvard College
• Joined the company: 2023
• Began career: 1997