Samir Lakhani

Samir Lakhani

Samir Lakhani, Global Co-Head of the Securitized Assets Team within Global Fixed Income.

Samir Lakhani, Managing Director, is Global Co-Head of the Securitized Assets Team and a Portfolio Manager within Global Fixed Income. Since 2012, Mr. Lakhani has led the CMBS / CRE debt business for Fixed Income and acts as a lead portfolio manager for securitized asset portfolios and CMBS / CRE debt portfolios in addition to his other responsibilities. Mr. Lakhani is a voting member of the Commercial Mortgage Loan Committee and FFI Debt Investment Committee within Global Fixed Income.

 

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Lakhani was a Vice President at R3 Capital Partners, responsible for investing across securitized assets. Mr. Lakhani held similar roles at Lehman Brothers in their Global Principal Strategies group. Mr. Lakhani joined Lehman Brothers in 2006 initially in Structured Credit Products. Previously, Mr. Lakhani held positions at JP Morgan Partners, in their Private Equity and Mezzanine Debt group, from 2001 to 2004.

 

Mr. Lakhani served on the Board of Governors for the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council ("CREFC") from 2012 - 2018. Mr. Lakhani earned a B.S. Degree in Economics and a B.S. Degree in Engineering, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.