Marcus Duley is a managing director and chief investment officer of Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners at Walker & Dunlop and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this role, he is responsible for leading investment and credit decision-making, execution, and asset management across the firm’s debt and equity investment management platforms. He also serves as a voting member of the firm’s investment committees.

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, Duley served as a managing director at LEM Capital, where he led portfolio management and investment transaction execution, oversaw the firm’s valuation process, fund-level projections, and subscription facilities, and worked closely with acquisition, asset management, and accounting teams. Before that, he served as a vice president at LEM Mezzanine, where he managed the underwriting, due diligence, documentation, and closing of $2.6 billion in structured commercial real estate debt investments and oversaw loan workouts and restructurings. Earlier in his career, he served as a commercial real estate credit manager at Wachovia Bank and held positions at Vanguard Group and Black & Decker.

Duley earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Loyola University Maryland and a master’s degree in business administration from Temple University.