Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson

Managing Director – Real Estate Investments

Paul Wilson is a Managing Director for MetLife Investments and heads up the London Real Estate team. Paul was involved in establishing MetLife’s London Real Estate office in 2000. He has over 30 years of experience in a variety of roles including real estate equity investment, joint venture origination, asset management, and loan origination/management. He worked for three years as a member of the debt investment committee. He has worked for MetLife in Chicago, New York, and London.

Paul is the London Regional Director for the Real Estate Investments group. His role is to set strategy for real estate investment into Europe and to advise staff in Whippany as to opportunities and risks in the European markets. The current strategy is to originate senior mortgage loans in select countries in Europe, primarily the UK. The regional director signs off on all investments made in Europe before presenting them to an Investment Committee for approval. The regional director role also includes hiring, developing, managing a team of real estate professionals. The team currently has two senior loan originators (20+years experience), two associate directors supporting the originators (10+ years experience) and a loan manager (20+ years experience). The regional director reports to the head of International Real Estate Investments.

Paul is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has a Master’s Degree in business from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a Bachelor’s Degree in business administration from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana.