Victor Amoo

Victor Amoo is the Principal of the Portland Group. Victor is a real estate debt and capital markets investment professional with deep experience originating, underwriting, and managing complex commercial real estate credit strategies. He has built a career at the intersection of institutional capital and entrepreneurial sponsorship, structuring senior and subordinated financings that balance risk discipline with growth opportunity.

Most recently, Victor served as a Director at MetLife Investment Management, where he was responsible for originating, closing, and managing higher-yielding senior and subordinated commercial loan investments.

Prior to MetLife, he was a Senior Vice President and loan officer at Basis Investment Group, leading the origination and underwriting of senior and subordinated mortgage loans. He also served as loan officer for the Emerging Developer Loan Fund, a public-private partnership between Basis and the New York City Economic Development Corporation designed to expand access to capital for growing developers.

Earlier in his career, Victor was a private equity investment professional at Island Capital and its affiliate C-III Capital Partners, focusing on principal investments, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial mortgage lending. He began his career in structured finance at Banc of America Securities.

Victor is an active industry leader, having served as Co-Chair of the Real Estate Technology and Innovation Council of Urban Land Institute New York, Chair of the Sponsorship Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association of New York, and Co-Chair of the Young Professionals of Commercial Real Estate Finance Council.

He was named a 2018 Mortgage Bankers Association Future Leader and holds the Accredited Mortgage Professional and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations.

Victor earned an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, and studied in Paris at Columbia University’s Reid Hall as well as at Paris 7 (Jussieu) and Paris 4 (Sorbonne).