David V. Politano

Managing Director, Head of Debt Strategies, Real Estate

David V. Politano is a Managing Director and Head of the Debt Strategies for MetLife Investment Management’s (MIM) Real Estate. He is responsible for leading MIM’s Debt platform which invests on behalf of the MetLife Affiliated Insurance Companies as well as third-party investors, including public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance companies.

David joined MetLife in 1994 as part of the Commercial Real Estate Lending team in the Northeast Region specializing in loan originations, workouts and restructures. In 2002, he assumed responsibility for the Northeast Region managing Debt and Equity investments. In 2010, with MetLife’s acquisition of AIG’s international business, David assumed oversight of MetLife’s International Real Estate platform which included Debt and Equity investments in London, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Korea and Chile. In 2012, he assumed responsibility for the Real Estate Capital Markets team, which specializes in providing revolving credit facilities for Real Estate Debt providers. Prior to joining MetLife David worked in commercial banking where his responsibilities included commercial Real Estate lending, workouts and restructurings. David has nearly 35 years of Global Real Estate experience including Debt and Equity.

David earned a M.S. in Real Estate Finance from NYU and a B.B.A. in Operations Management from Pace University.