Jennifer Wong is a Vice President – Acquisitions at AEW Capital Management, responsible for sourcing, underwriting, structuring, negotiating, and managing AEW’s investments in the Senior Housing fund series. Ms. Wong is responsible for the acquisition of both stabilized and opportunistic investments. Prior to AEW, Ms. Wong was an acquisitions officer at Bain Capital and Harvard Management Company, where she invested in and asset managed several major property types including senior housing, life science, hotel, retail, industrial, and student housing totaling over $1bn in acquisition value. Ms. Wong also held the role of Director of Finance of the Altamarea Group where she developed and opened ten restaurants globally in NYC, Hong Kong, London, and Istanbul. Ms. Wong began her career at Goldman Sachs as an investment banking analyst in the real estate group, where she was involved in the restructuring of Sunrise Senior Living and managed a sell-side process of a $200m AL/MC portfolio.
Ms. Wong attended Cornell University, where she received a BS with Distinction. Ms. Wong is a member of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Urban Land Institute (ULI).