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Peter Baccile

First Industrial Realty Trust

President And CEO

Job Functions: Executive, Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Investment Management

Bio

Peter Baccile is President and CEO of First Industrial Realty Trust. He joined First Industrial as President in September of 2016 and assumed the CEO position in December of 2016. He brings more than 30 years of management, real estate and financial expertise to the role. He also serves as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Baccile joins First Industrial from UBS Securities, LLC where he served as Joint Global Head of the Real Estate, Lodging and Leisure Group within the firm’s investment banking division since June 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Baccile served in various senior leadership roles during his 26-year tenure at J.P. Morgan. Most recently, he was Vice Chairman of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. He also served as Co-Head of the General Industries Investment Banking Coverage Group which encompassed Real Estate, Lodging, Gaming, Diversified Industrials, Paper Packing and Building Products, and Transportation. Before that, he served as Global Head of J.P. Morgan’s Real Estate, Lodging and Gaming Investment Banking group for 10 years. During his career, Mr. Baccile has been responsible for key customer relationships and more than $250 billion of capital markets and strategic transactions.

Mr. Baccile is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit), where he serves as chairman of the audit and investment committee, and The Real Estate Roundtable, where he was past Chairman of the Real Estate Capital Policy advisory committee. He is a past trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University where he was a Fuqua Scholar and earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University.

Areas of Interest

Deal Type
Acquisition, Development, Ground Lease, Loan Purchase, Opportunity Zone, Partner Buyout, Pre-Development, Recapitalization, Refinance, Rehabilitation