Robert Baron

Head, Real Estate & Infrastructure Practice Toronto

Robert Baron is Partner and Head of the Real Estate & Infrastructure Practice in the firm’s Toronto office, servicing developers, investors, lenders, occupiers and service providers in the real estate and physical infrastructure sectors.

Prior to joining Odgers Berndtson, Robert was the Founder and President of BCGI American Real Estate Executive Search and has led over 1,000 real estate searches across North America since 1995. Before that, he was in investment sales at CBRE and investment banking at CIBC World Markets.

Robert holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario, an MBA from the University of Toronto and the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He is on the Advisory Board for View Glass and is a trustee of NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT. Recognized as an industry expert, Robert has made presentations across North America including to Harvard’s Real Estate Academic Initiative, NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, Columbia’s Masters in Real Estate Program and Wharton’s Real Estate Alumni.