Cathy Marcus

Cathy Marcus is the co-head and global chief operating officer of Real Estate at PGIM. Marcus is based in Newark, New Jersey.

PGIM is one of the largest real estate investment managers in the world, offering a broad range of real estate equity, real estate debt, agriculture and sustainable investment strategies globally.

As co-head of Real Estate, Marcus develops and leads the global strategy and has oversight across the real estate platform. As global COO of Real Estate, she is responsible for overseeing business and investment operations globally. In addition, Marcus is co-chair of the board of directors of RealAssetX, PGIM’s innovation lab aimed at accelerating advancement in the real asset industry.

Previously, Marcus was head of the U.S. Equity business. Earlier, she was the senior portfolio manager for PGIM’s flagship core equity real estate fund, serving more than eight years as a portfolio manager of the fund before becoming senior portfolio manager in 2012.

Prior to this, Marcus served as head of investment underwriting and operations for PGIM’s real estate transactions group and earlier, was a vice president for Prudential Corporate Real Estate Advisors. Before joining Prudential, Marcus was a second vice president with MBL Life Assurance Corporation where she was involved in real estate portfolio management, commercial loan securitization, commercial mortgage loan restructuring, portfolio dispositions and special projects.

Marcus has a bachelor's degree in real estate finance and entrepreneurial management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. in real estate investment and development from New York University. She serves on the board of directors of Skanska, Interface, PREA and the PREA Foundation. She is also a member of the Schack Institute of Real Estate’s advisory board and a member of ULI’s Industrial and Office Park Development Council (IOPC).