David Roth

Mr. Roth is a Partner and Head of U.S. Real Estate Private Equity in the Ares Real Estate Group and is also a member of the Management Committee of Ares Management and the Ares Real Estate Group's Global and Debt Investment Committees. He is also the President of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation. Prior to joining Ares in 2019, Mr. Roth was a Senior Managing Director of the Real Estate Group at Blackstone. Previously, he was a Principal in the Acquisitions Group at Walton Street Capital, where he was involved in numerous real estate transactions. In addition, he worked at Security Capital Group as Senior V.P. and CIO Europe and at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz as an Associate. He serves as head of the Executive Committee for the Board of Directors of Project Lyme and as a Board Member of Jas Aspen. He is also on the national council of the Aspen Art Museum. He has served on the Boards of Directors of numerous real estate entities including Invitation Homes Inc. Mr. Roth holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. Mr. Roth is a CFA® charterholder