KBS Capital Advisors has hired Ben Aitkenhead as managing director.
In his new role, Aitkenhead will be responsible for developing new capital sources in order to broaden the range of transactions by KBS. He will be focused on building out the private placements platform.
Prior to joining KBS, Aitkenhead spent 20 years at Credit Suisse. In his most recent role, he served as a managing director and was also a member of the Global Fixed Income Operating Committee. Prior to that, Aitkenhead held multiple positions within the fixed income and investment banking team, including co-head of securitized products sales & trading and head of securitized product sales, among others. Aitkenhead is also an independent trustee to Blackstone Real Estate Investment Fund, Blackstone’s publicly listed, commercial real estate investment fund.
Aitkenhead received his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University and his Master of Arts in politics from New York University.
