Joseph De Leo

Joseph De Leo is a managing partner and investment committee member at MetLife Investment Management (MIM). Joseph joined MIM in December 2025, in connection with the acquisition of PineBridge Investments by MIM.

With over 23 years of real estate experience, Joseph has a wealth of knowledge in European and North American real estate investing. At PineBridge Benson Elliot, he was responsible for managing and overseeing the regional and sector specialist teams.

Before Benson Elliot, he was a managing director at Fortress Investment Group in Frankfurt, Germany, where he built and managed a $5.5 bn investment portfolio and a team of 40 real estate professionals. Prior to Fortress, Joseph was vice president at Oxford Properties Group in Toronto, Canada, where he directed acquisitions in Europe and the U.S. Prior to that, he worked at Borealis Capital Corp, where he was responsible for leading and directing a C$3.8 bn retail business. Joseph began his career in private equity real estate at CIBC.

Joseph holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and a Master of Planning degree from Queen's University in Canada. He’s a member of the GRI Club, the Urban Land Institute, and Real Estate Balance.