CEO of MERLIN PROPERTIES

Mr. Clemente holds degrees in Law and Business Administration from ICADE (E3), teaches on IE Business School’s MRE program, and is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Spanish Council. 

Mr. Ismael Clemente has been a real estate professional since 1998. 

He is currently Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Merlin Properties, a SOCIMI of which he is a founding partner. 

He has worked at Arthur Andersen Legal and Tax Advisors (now Garrigues), Bankers Trust, and the Deutsche Bank Group as a Managing Director, and has participated in transactions with an approximate total volume of €5 billion across all types of real estate assets. Among these, the sale-and-leaseback of the Tree portfolio stands out as the largest real estate transaction in Europe in 2009. 

Since Merlin’s IPO, he has led two of the largest transactions in the sector in Spain—the acquisition of Testa and the integration agreement with Metrovacesa—two transactions that have enabled Merlin Properties to become a leading real estate company in Spain.