Mr. Shah, based in New York City, has years of experience in the real estate industry and is the Global Head of Credit. He is responsible for establishing, overseeing, and implementing the firm’s strategic direction with respect to all credit initiatives. Mr. Shah also serves on various Investment and Portfolio Management Committees across the credit and equity business.

Prior to joining Rockwood, Mr. Shah was a Vice President at Citi Markets & Banking where he was responsible for the pricing, structuring and distribution of Citi’s subordinated debt and leveraged loan positions for the Commercial Real Estate group. During his career at Citi, Mr. Shah sourced, structured, underwrote and executed numerous large and highly structured transactions, including a leveraged buyout of a major global hotel brand and several event driven transactions for large publicly traded REITs and financial sponsors. Prior to Citi, Mr. Shah was with PricewaterhouseCoopers in its Transaction Services practice, providing M&A advisory services to private equity firms and corporations.

Mr. Shah received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and International Business from Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Shah is a member of the CRE Finance Council and sits on the Smeal College of Business Real Estate Advisory Board.