Blair Welch

Founding Partner at Slate Asset Management

Speaker

Blair Welch co-founded Slate Asset Management in 2005. Slate is a global alternative investment platform targeting real assets. Slate’s platform has a range of real estate and infrastructure investment strategies, including opportunistic, value add, core plus, and debt investments.

Blair has over 25 years of real estate industry experience working in direct investment, investment banking, development and securitization across North America, Europe, and Asia. He has been fortunate to work with exceptional people at pioneering firms such as Fortress Investment Group, Bankers Trust, First National Financial Corporation and Brazos Advisors (now Lone Star).

Blair co-chairs Slate’s Investment Committee, together with Brady Welch, and is a member of Slate’s Management Committee. Blair holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia.