Grant Berlin

Grant Berlin

Global Head of Client Solutions

Grant Berlin is Global Head of Client Solutions for GID and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Berlin is responsible for leading the firm’s global capital formation efforts, supporting product strategy and development, and new business development.

Prior to joining GID, Mr. Berlin was Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Fundraising at Cerberus Capital Management, where he led capital raising efforts for its real estate platform and oversaw the client solutions team. Prior to Cerberus, Mr. Berlin was Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Fundraising and Global Consultant Relationships at Brookfield Asset Management, where he led US fundraising efforts across real estate debt and equity strategies and was also responsible for Brookfield’s global real estate consultant relationships.

Before Brookfield, he was Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Fundraising at AllianceBernstein, responsible for all real estate fundraising initiatives for its private equity real estate group. Mr. Berlin has also held senior fundraising roles at Tishman Speyer, where he was Managing Director and oversaw investor relationships and capital raising for the firm’s global funds and co-investments, and Invesco Realty Advisors, where he was Partner and managed fundraising in the US and Australia across the spectrum of Invesco’s real estate products.

Mr. Berlin received a B.A. in History and Economics and an M.S. in Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Analysis from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and a J.D. from Cleveland State University College of Law.