François Ortalo-Magné is the seventh dean of the Wisconsin School of Business. He began his appointment as dean on September 1, 2011.

Previously, Dean Ortalo-Magné served as the Robert E. Wangard Professor of Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business. He received his PhD in economics in 1995 from the University of Minnesota. He was the Jean Monnet Lecturer in the Economics of the EU at the London School of Economics from 1995-2003, receiving tenure in 2000. He joined the University of Wisconsin – Madison as a visiting professor in 2001. He was appointed associate professor in 2003, and promoted to full professor in 2009. 

His research focuses on the determinant of housing prices and housing market fluctuations. He has published in the top economics and real estate journals. He has also published books and monographs targeted at policy-makers on housing, agricultural and environmental issues.

Dean Ortalo-Magné chaired the Department of Real Estate and Urban Economics at the Wisconsin School of Business from 2008-2011. He developed an innovative partnership between the Wisconsin School of Business and three leading international business schools – HEC Paris, Hong Kong UST School of Business, and INCAE Costa Rica – to deliver a new degree, the Global Real Estate Masters.

He advises the French government on land use and housing policy issues and served as a member of the Conseil Economique du Dévelopement Durable. He is a regular keynote speaker at international real estate conferences. His service to the real estate profession was recognized in 2009 with the distinctions of Counselor of Real Estate and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.