ArrowMark Partners Adds Senior Commercial Real Estate Investment Team Members
BISWIRE/May 13, 2026 — ArrowMark Partners (“ArrowMark”) announced today that Katy Mao has joined the firm as a senior investment team member for ArrowMark’s $4 billion commercial real estate (“CRE”) finance platform. Ms. Mao brings over 20 years of experience in CRE debt and equity investments and will lead the structured equity business for the firm’s commercial real estate and multi-asset strategies.
Ms. Mao joins ArrowMark from Oaktree Capital Management (“Oaktree”) where she served as Managing Director and co-led private loan originations across the U.S. Under her leadership, Oaktree’s real estate team originated and structured a broad range of credit investments, including bridge and construction loans, subordinate debt, SASB HRR bonds, and joint ventures in private debt platforms. Prior to Oaktree, Ms. Mao was a senior member of BlackRock’s real estate debt origination team from 2016–2019. Before BlackRock, she spent five years at Five Mile Capital sourcing opportunistic real estate acquisitions and managing the full investment lifecycle for a $2.5 billion closed-end fund.
This follows ArrowMark’s recent announcement that Dean Pentikis also joined the investment team to help lead the firm’s national origination efforts. With over 30 years of commercial real estate experience spanning both institutional and entrepreneurial ventures, Mr. Pentikis brings a breadth of experience and an extensive network to the platform. Prior to ArrowMark, Mr. Pentikis formed P8 Capital, a real estate investment and advisory firm and was previously Managing Director, Head of Commercial Real Estate and Portfolio Manager at Global Atlantic Financial Group, where he led new investments, portfolio management, and risk management for an $11 billion portfolio of debt, equity, and securities.
“Katy and Dean each bring exceptional track records in commercial real estate origination and structuring, along with deep networks spanning institutional and middle-market relationships. Together, their additions meaningfully strengthen our origination capabilities as we continue to grow ArrowMark’s CRE platform on behalf of our clients.”
— Rob Brown, Partner and Head of CRE Finance, ArrowMark Partners
About ArrowMark Partners
ArrowMark Partners is a privately held, employee-owned investment management firm founded in 2007 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. As of March 31, 2026, the firm manages $18.8 billion in assets, with $15.3 billion invested across alternative credit and commercial real estate strategies. Unified by a risk-first investment philosophy and an integrated platform, ArrowMark focuses on niche and less efficient segments of the market — spanning public and private structured credit and middle-market commercial real estate finance. Our size, agility, and structuring expertise allow us to deliver differentiated outcomes for clients in areas that reward deep market knowledge and active portfolio management.
