Advisory Board

Advisory Board

Scott Brown

Board Member

Mr. Brown is the founder and CEO of Fulcrum Global Investors. Mr. Brown has been a successful real estate investor and developer since 1984. Prior to founding Fulcrum Global Investors, Mr. Brown was Global President & Chief Executive Officer of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors (formerly Barings). When he joined Cornerstone in 2014, Cornerstone had $42B in AUM with one dominant region (the U.S.). When Mr. Brown departed in 2019, Cornerstone’s AUM exceeded $57B, the European business was built out and established, and the Asia-Pacific real estate business had been started. During Scott’s leadership, Cornerstone was one of the only truly four quadrant global REIMs in the world. Mr. Brown is on the Board of NAREIM, is the NAREIM Treasurer, and was previously a Board member of NCREIF. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from University of Massachusetts Amherst, a master’s degree in real estate development from Columbia University and holds the CFA Charter.

Denise Olsen

Board Member

Ms. Olsen is a seasoned public company board member and accomplished business building executive who leverages expertise gained from over 30 years in the investment management industry across the private and public markets of real estate, data infrastructure, credit, and liquid alternatives. Currently, Ms. Olsen is a board member of First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE: FR) and serves on the Investment Advisory Committee of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Formerly, Ms. Olsen was a board member of CyrusOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: CONE), which was sold to KKR and GIP in a $15 billion public-to-private transaction in 2022. Ms. Olsen’s career spanned over two decades at GEM Realty Capital, an investment management firm that invests in diversified real estate opportunities across the private and public markets. As a senior partner, Ms. Olsen led business development and capital formation activities and was a longstanding member of GEM’s investment committee. Earlier in her career, Ms. Olsen had investment roles at JMB Realty Corporation and EVEREN Securities. Ms. Olsen received her Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Caleb Kramer

Board Member

Mr. Kramer most recently served as the Portfolio Manager at Oaktree Capital Management, LP, an asset management firm based in London and active globally. In his directorial capacity, he managed the firm’s European distress-for-control and special situation private equity investments. He joined the firm in 2000 as Managing Director, Principal Funds, before being promoted in 2005. Mr. Kramer began his career in finance at Merrill Lynch and as an Associate in Mergers and Acquisitions with Dillon Read & Co., Inc. He went on to work for Archon Capital Partners before eventually co-founding his own private equity investment firm, Seneca Capital Partners, LLC. Mr. Kramer served on the Board of Directors for Campofrio Food Group, SA, from 2008-2013. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia.

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