Accord Group Expands Investment and Asset Management Capabilities
APRIL 2024
The global real estate firm welcomes Prabhu Raman to its San Francisco office as Director of Investment and Asset Management
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 2, 2024) – Accord Group Holdings LLC (Accord), a global real estate strategic investment and capital advisory firm, proudly announces the appointment of Prabhu Raman as Director of Investment and Asset Management, to be based in Accord’s San Francisco office.
Bringing over 26 years of industry experience to his new role, Mr. Raman previously served as the Head of Investment Performance at Macquarie Asset Management’s Global Real Estate Group in New York, where he helped build and oversee investment and asset management activities for real estate assets and operating platforms. He additionally served on numerous boards for Macquarie’s platform companies in the U.S. and U.K. and worked closely with management teams to drive durable platform value and optimization of investment and asset management activities.
“We are delighted to have Prabhu join the Accord team as we continue to expand our strategic investment capabilities alongside our global advisory business” said Desi Co, Accord Group Managing Partner. “Prabhu’s extensive experience investing in and with real estate managers in a wide array of investment strategies and asset classes is a valuable complement to our team as we grow Accord’s investment platform, through which we seek to provide growth capital to real estate investment managers across the U.S. and Western Europe”.
Mr. Raman received a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), majoring in Finance, and a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B) from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He has also held various roles focused on global real estate and platform investments at Merrill Lynch & Co., and Dillon Read Capital Management (UBS AG). He also practiced as a real estate and finance attorney at global law firms in New York and Sydney, Australia before transitioning to his investment management roles.
ABOUT ACCORD GROUP
Founded in 2013, Accord Group Holdings LLC (“Accord”) is a global strategic investment and capital advisory firm. With personnel in San Francisco, Chicago, London, Munich, Hong Kong and Seoul, Accord seeks to catalyze GP business plans using a creative, “one-stop shopping” approach that harnesses both strategic capital and global capital advisory expertise to unlock complexity and build long-term enterprise value for sponsors. Accord Group has completed more than $12.7 billion in transaction activity, with a majority representing cross-border transactions.
