Prior to founding Beekman Advisors, Shekar Narasimhan was a Managing Director of Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, one of the nation's leading providers of commercial mortgage financing. At Prudential, he headed Prudential Real Estate Fixed Income Investors (PREFII), the commercial mortgage funds management group which specialized in core and high-yield investments for institutional investors. He also oversaw the agency business consisting of Fannie Mae multifamily lending and the FHA lending business. Immediately prior to Shekar’s time at Prudential, he was Chairman & CEO of the WMF Group, a publicly traded, commercial mortgage financial services company. WMF was one of the largest such firms in the country before being acquired by Prudential in 2000.

Shekar is currently on the Board of and Founding Chair of the Campaign for Affordable Housing, Secretary of the National Housing Conference; on the board of the Community Preservation Development Corp; on the Executive Committee of the National Multi Housing Council. He was also appointed a Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and to the Advisory Board of Housing Development Reporter. He just concluded terms on the Boards of Social Compact and the Advisory Board of the Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Shekar has served several terms on the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) Board of Directors, was the first Chair of the MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Board of Governors, and founded its Multifamily Steering Committee. He was elected as the first Chair of the Fannie Mae DUS Advisory Committee and was appointed to the Fannie Mae National Advisory Council. And, he has served on the Executive Committees of the National Rural Housing Coalition and the National Association of Housing Cooperatives.

Shekar has received numerous awards and recognition in the real estate industry including the MBA’s highest honor in 1999 and the Fannie Mae Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. Shekar holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India. He also holds an MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has earned the designation of Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB).