Ben Mardon

Head of Real Assets, Europe

 United Kingdom

Ben brings over 28 years of industry experience to his role at Gen II.

As Head of Real Assets, Europe, Ben is responsible for building the strategic framework for delivery and managing relationships with Gen II’s key Real Assets clients in Europe. Additionally, he is a core member of the European Commercial team, supporting the firm's continued business growth, working closely with the senior leadership team to advance Gen II’s vision, mission, and values across the organization. Ben is also heavily involved with enhancing Gen II’s operating model, bringing deep market experience to bear in optimizing processes, onboarding workflows, and investor reporting through technology and standardization.

Prior to Gen II, Ben worked as Head of European Real Asset Fund Services at a large global fund administrator, where he was a senior member of the Global Real Assets Management Team, from April 2018. His leadership at this organization included global client strategy, onboarding model design, investor reporting standardization, and pricing innovation. He played a central role in managing complex global client relationships across Real Estate Equity, Debt, and Infrastructure.

Earlier in his career, Ben held senior roles at State Street, including Managing Director and COO for the London Alternative Investment Solutions (AIS). Prior to this, Ben spent 16 years working for Real Asset Investment Managers and held operational and finance leadership positions at Savills Investment Management (formerly Cordea Savills), contributing to fund structuring and operational development, and at RREEF UK (formerly Deutsche Property Asset Management).

Ben is an active industry contributor through his roles with the INREV Public Affairs Committee (active tenure: January 2022 - December 2024) and AREF’s Finance and Operations Working Group, which he joined in June 2024.