Shak Presswala

Shak Presswala is a Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets for Jamestown. He oversees financing and dispositions activity for the company and serves as an Investment Committee member for Jamestown’s open-end core fund, the Premier Property Fund, and the firm’s closed-end funds. Mr. Presswala joined Jamestown in 2006 as a Senior Associate in Acquisitions and has served in a number of capacities with the company, most recently as Co-Chief Investment Officer, as well as roles in Acquisitions, Asset Management, and Capital Markets. He began his career as a corporate investment banking analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, later moving into real estate with Wells Real Estate Funds where he worked in Acquisitions. After Wells Real Estate Funds, Mr. Presswala joined WestWind Capital Partners, then-advisor to the Kan-Am Funds, as an Acquisitions Associate prior to joining Jamestown. He is affiliated with the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, the Atlanta Society of Financial Analysts, the Urban Land Institute, and the National Association of Office & Industrial Properties. Mr. Presswala earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute and received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Finance from Vanderbilt University.