Ben Grippi

Ben is an Associate Director in Metlife Investment Management’s Equity Strategies Group leading Asset Management Innovation. Ben serves as Chairperson of the firm’s Technology Advisory Committee (RETAC), which is responsible for reviewing emerging real estate technologies and engaging with the senior leadership team to develop platform-wide innovation strategies. Ben also leads the analytics function for the Equity Strategies Group overseeing platforms like Microsoft Power BI, VTS, MRI & Procore. Before joining MetLife Real Estate, Ben served as the Head of MetLife Investment Management’s Quantitative Analytic & Strategy team for 5 years and was responsible for modeling $550B of fixed income market risk through a proprietary asset & liability management framework. Ben has experience across all major asset types including derivatives, fixed income, equity and real estate in his 17 year career in Investments. Ben graduated from Rutgers Business School with an MBA in Finance, Management & Global Business and an MBA in Real Estate. He completed his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University with a BS in Economics. Ben also serves as Assistant Treasurer on the Board of Trustees for the Rutgers Business School Alumni Association (RBSAA).