MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has named Andrea Drasites as global head of real estate and agricultural finance.
She succeeds Robert Merck, who retired in 2025 following a 40-year career.
Drasites will lead the company’s commercial mortgage and equity real estate portfolio, as well as its agricultural investments portfolio. MIM’s real estate portfolio represented $108.9 billion in gross real estate and agricultural assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2025.
Drasites joins MIM from Blackstone, where she held several leadership positions during her 13 years with the firm. Most recently, she was senior managing director in the real estate group. Before Blackstone, Drasites held senior roles at Equity One, Inc. and Woolbright Development.
