Eric Adler is the president and chief executive officer of PGIM Private Alternatives. As part of the Prudential Financial (PFI) and PGIM families, PGIM Private Alternatives comprises PGIM Real Estate, PGIM Private Capital and Montana Capital Partners (mcp). PGIM Private Alternatives provides clients with seamless access to a comprehensive set of investment and financing solutions across private credit, real estate, agriculture, sustainable investing, infrastructure and private equity. Prior to his current role, Eric was president and chief executive officer of PGIM Real Estate and the chairman of Private Equity at PGIM. Earlier, Eric was global chief investment officer of PGIM Real Estate and earlier served as head of the European business. Before joining PGIM in 2010, Eric was co-head of Tishman Speyer Europe and was a member of its Global Management and Investment Committees. Earlier, Eric worked for Morgan Stanley Real Estate, where he led investment activities in Germany, France, Italy and Spain. He also had overall operational responsibility for its Special Situations Fund II. Earlier, he worked for Credit Lyonnais and Unibail in Paris. Eric has a bachelor's degree in business administration, summa cum laude, from University of Arizona. He also holds a graduate business degree from HEC Business School in France.