Ian Marcus is a Senior Consultant to Eastdil Secured. Ian is the Senior Independent Director for both Secure Income REIT and Shurgard Self Storage, and a Non Executive Director for Town Centre Securities Plc. Formerly Ian was in the banking industry for over 32 years having previously worked for Bank of America, UBS, NatWest and Bankers Trust/Deutsche, always focusing on the real estate industry. He joined Credit Suisse First Boston in 1999 to establish the Real Estate Group, and became Managing Director and Chairman of European Real Estate Investment Banking. Ian is a former Crown Estate Commissioner, a past President of the British Property Federation, past Chairman of the Investment Property Forum, a Fellow of the RICS and for 10 years chaired the Bank of England Commercial Property Forum.

Ian was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in HM Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours List for services to the economy.