Mr. Benjamin Gray is a Partner in Apollo’s commercial real estate debt business in the US. He is primarily responsible for originating, structuring, executing, and asset managing performing commercial real estate debt investments in senior loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity. Prior to joining Apollo in 2014, Mr. Gray worked in the Real Estate Structured Finance Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for nine years. Mr. Gray started his career in the audit department at what is now known as Cohn Reznick in Charlotte, NC after graduating from Wake Forrest University with BS and MS degrees in accounting.