The Inland Real Estate Group has appointed Lou Kruk to CEO and president of its institutional asset management platform, Inland Institutional.
In this role, Kruk will oversee Inland Institutional’s strategic growth initiatives, including the development and execution of fund strategy, capital market activities, institutional investment efforts, operations and investor relations. He will work closely with Inland’s CIO, Joseph Binder, to guide the firm’s global debt and equity investment strategies and will report to Tony Chereso, CEO and president of Inland.
Prior to joining Inland, Kruk served as senior vice president/managing director for MetLife Investment Management, where he rose through the ranks over the last two decades. During his time with MetLife, Kruk held various leadership positions and played a leading role in developing new real estate platforms and strategies, including the launch of MetLife’s real estate third-party investment management plat
