CalPERS director joins BentallGreenOak

Paul Mouchakkaa will be joining BentallGreenOak (BGO) as a managing partner, effective June 1.

Mouchakkaa has been managing investment director and head of real assets at the $352 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) since 2015.

In this role, Mouchakkaa has had responsibility and authority for CalPERS’ $43.5 billion real assets portfolio, which includes nearly $37 billion in top tier commercial real estate assets and $5.5 billion in infrastructure assets located across the United States, as well as in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Prior to this role at CalPERS, Mouchakkaa was managing director and global head of real estate research and strategy for Morgan Stanley from 2011 to 2015. He also worked at Pension Consulting Alliance (PCA) and as a portfolio manager at CalPERS.