Ken is the Chief Investment Officer for Madison Capital Group, spearheading the real estate investment management business. Previously, Ken led Greystone’s entry into the REIM business with the acquisition of a leading multifamily operator. Prior to Greystone, he led the real estate investment management platform for Cantor Fitzgerald and served as President of a publicly registered, non-listed REIT. Over his 25-year real estate career, Ken has directed the strategy and execution of multiple real estate investment platforms acquiring, lending, financing, and managing over $14 billion of commercial real estate comprising over 22 million square feet of industrial, office, healthcare, retail, and multifamily properties. Previous leadership roles include Managing Director, Head of America’s for Deutsche Bank’s Asset Finance Group and Managing Director, Global Head of Structured Asset Finance for Wachovia, and later Wells Fargo. Prior to Wachovia, Ken was a Vice President with Deutsche Bank in their commercial real estate finance group and a member of the investment banking group at NationsBank (which became Bank of America).

Mr. Carpenter earned a Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.