Raymond Jacobs

Biographie : Raymond J. Jacobs is managing director of Franklin Real Assets Advisors and a member of its Management and Global Investment Committees. Mr. Jacobs heads European private real estate investment and portfolio management and serves as portfolio manager on a number of value-add and core real estate funds. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 1999, Mr. Jacobs worked in real estate investment and asset management functions at Dutch firm GIM Capital, Swedish property company PriFast and the New York office of a private Japanese property firm. Mr. Jacobs entered the real estate industry in 1990. Mr. Jacobs holds an M.B.A. from Aston University (U.K.) and a B.B.A from Nyenrode Business University (Netherlands). He is a former six year term board member of INREV and serves on the advisory committee of a number of private equity funds.