Reminder: Analyst Access: Best of Barclays: Cross-Sector Perspectives on Real Estate, Gaming, and Lodging

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Reminder: Analyst Access: Best of Barclays: Cross-Sector Perspectives on Real Estate, Gaming, and Lodging

Guest Speaker Bios

Raj Rehan, CFA

Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, BlackRock

Raj Rehan is a Portfolio Manager and Head of Real Estate Securities at BlackRock. Prior to

joining BlackRock in 2013, Rajan was a founding and senior member of the Global Real

Estate Securities team at Aviva Investors, he was responsible for the US and wider

Americas portfolios. Rajan started his career in 2004 working initially at M&G Prudential

and then Aviva Investors in London, in real estate strategy, acquisitions and asset-

management roles for a number of private-equity strategies across the UK and Continental

Europe. From 2006 Rajan helped to build Aviva Investors’ Global Real Estate Securities

business, moving to New York in 2010 to help establish the business’ presence in the U.S.

Raj has a first class honours, BSc degree in Economics from the University of Warwick. He is

a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.

Charles Fitzgerald

Founder & Managing Partner, Maewyn Capital Partners

Maewyn Capital Partners LLC is a Dallas, Texas–based investment firm founded in 2025 by

Charles P. Fitzgerald. Drawing on nearly three decades of experience and deep

relationships across the real estate community, the firm focuses on unlocking value in real

estate across markets and cycles — pursuing both private market opportunities and select

public investments. Maewyn’s approach reflects a long and proven history of disciplined,

value-oriented investing, combined with a collaborative philosophy that emphasizes

partnership with management teams, boards, and other stakeholders. The firm builds on

the heritage of Mr. Fitzgerald’s prior firm, V3 Capital Management, extending a track record