Marc Weidner

Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Management at BSP Real Estate

Speaker

Marc Weidner is a Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Management for BSP Real Estate. He is a member of the Large Loan Investment Committee. He joined Franklin Templeton in 2002 where he was recently Head of Global Real Estate, a member of the Global Investment Committee of Franklin Real Asset Advisors and served as Head of Investments.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Mr. Weidner worked in the investment banking group of DLJ/Credit Suisse in London and New York where he originated and structured real estate private equity funds in Europe and the United States. Prior to joining DLJ/Credit Suisse, he was with Security Capital Group in London where he worked on various transactions and business development initiatives.

Mr. Weidner holds an M.B.A. from Cornell University where he was a Fulbright scholar. He holds a master's degree in political science and international relations, magna cum laude, and a B.A. in business management, magna cum laude, from Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Mr. Weidner is a faculty member in the M.S. in the Real Estate Development program at Columbia University.