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Victor Amoo
Principal
The Portland Group
Victor Amoo is a real estate investment professional with the Portland Group. Previously, Mr. Amoo served as a Co-Chair of the Real Estate Technology and Innovation Council of the Urban Land Institute NY Chapter (ULI) and was a Director at MetLife Investment Management responsible for originating, closing and managing higher yielding senior and subordinated commercial loan opportunities.
Prior to MetLife, Mr. Amoo was a Senior Vice President with Basis Investment Group serving as a loan officer responsible for originating and underwriting debt investments primarily consisting of senior and subordinated mortgage loans. Mr. Amoo also served as the loan officer for the Emerging Developer Loan Fund, a public private partnership between Basis and the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
Mr. Amoo previously served as Chair of the Sponsorship Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association of NY (MBA of NY) and as a Co-Chair of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC) Young Professionals. Mr. Amoo was a 2018 Mortgage Bankers Association Future Leader and has earned the Accredited Mortgage Professional and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations.
Prior to joining Basis, he was a private equity investment professional with Island Capital, and its affiliate C-III Capital Partners focused on principal investments, mergers & acquisitions, and commercial mortgage lending. Mr. Amoo began his career at Banc of America Securities in the structured finance group. Mr. Amoo received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College where he completed a magna cum laude thesis. While an undergraduate, Mr. Amoo studied at Columbia University's Reid Hall in Paris in addition to studying Labor Economics at Paris 7 (Jussieu), and History at Paris 4 (Sorbonne).