Primary Job Title President and Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System
Location Canada, North America Gender Male
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Blake Hutcheson became OMERS Chief Investment Officer, Real Estate and Strategic Investments, on September 1, 2014. In this role, his responsibilities include being the President and CEO of Oxford Properties Group, the investment, development and management arm of OMERS global real estate portfolio, and leading the enterprise-wide strategic
investment initiatives through both OMERS Strategic Investments and OMERS Investment Management.
Hutcheson is one of Canada's leading real estate executives and entrepreneurs. Under his leadership in recent years, Oxford has expanded its portfolio and platform in each of the three target markets of Canada, Europe and the US, and has continued to grow the company’s reputation as a leader in the commercial real estate industry.
Prior to OMERS, Hutcheson was the Head of Global Real Estate with Mount Kellett Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm with offices in key locations around the globe. Prior to that, he was President of the Canadian, Latin American, and Mexican operations for CB Richard Ellis, the world's largest real estate services company.
A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Hutcheson also completed a Graduate Diploma in International and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and a Master's Degree in Real Estate Development at Columbia University.
