Driss Benkirane
Managing Partner, RoundShield Partners

Driss Benkirane is the Founder and Managing Partner of RoundShield. He was previously a Partner and Head of Real Estate-Related Investments at ESO Capital. Before that he was a Vice President and Co-Head of Real Estate Special Situations at Highbridge/DB Zwirn (New York and London), and responsible for sourcing and executing opportunistic credit transactions across the real estate, gaming, lodging and homebuilding sectors. Prior to this role, Benkirane was an investment professional at JPMorgan Partners (New York), where he was responsible for the execution and asset management of real estate and lodging private equity transactions. He began his career as an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney in New York, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions in the real estate and lodging sectors. Benkirane graduated with a B.A. in economics from Yale University.  
Driss Benkirane