Ben Gerig

Mr. Gerig is the Chief Executive Officer of Northlight Capital Partners. His primary responsibilities include real estate asset valuation, portfolio management, loan servicing and generally executing on the fund’s investment strategies. He is also responsible for overseeing the acquisitions and business development team as well as overseeing the functional departments for compliance.

Prior to forming NCP and its affiliates, Mr. Gerig was the business development leader with Black Diamond Capital Management, LLC, an $11 billion distressed debt and private equity fund, from 2006 to 2007.

Mr. Gerig spent 10 years at GE Capital (1996 to 2006) in various management capacities. In his final role at GE Capital, Mr. Gerig was a Senior Vice President of GE Real Estate/Global Financial Restructuring where he managed GE Capital’s distressed commercial mortgage business for North America, ran strategic planning initiatives for GE Capital’s distressed debt group and was involved in the investment of over $475 million of capital in distressed debt over a three-year period. Prior to joining GE Capital, from 1994 to 1996, Mr. Gerig was a Senior Auditor at Coopers & Lybrand.

Mr. Gerig holds a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business.