Eric Adler

Eric Adler has been named CEO of Pramerica Real Estate Investors, succeeding Allen Smith, whio is to leave the company to become president and CEO of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Eric joined the company in 2010 as head of its European operations. He was promoted to chief investment officer in January 2013 to oversee the company's global investment and risk management processes as part of the company's long-term succession plan. Before joining Pramerica, Adler co-directed Tishman Speyer’s European activities and was a member of its Global Management and Investment committees. Earlier, he led Morgan Stanley’s MSREF’s activities in Germany, France, Italy and Spain. He also had overall operational responsibility for MSREF’s Special Situations Fund II. Before that, he worked for Credit Lyonnais and Unibail in Paris. He graduated from the University of Arizona. He also holds a graduate business degree from HEC Business School in France.