Ruth Rhei is a Managing Partner & Principal at Arden Capital Management, a financial structuring firm that was established in 2020 to address the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis and the changing economic & commercial real estate conditions resulting from the market dislocation for an under-served clientele: regional/community banks, non-bank lenders, and their borrowers in the new economic climate.

Previously, Ruth was the Head of Strategic Lending, Americas for Deutsche Bank TCA, and was responsible for providing bespoke financing solutions for AWM’s sophisticated, ultra-high net worth clients. Prior to DB, she was the Head of Sourcing for Stabilis Capital Management, a distressed debt hedge fund based in New York. Ruth also spent seven years in the Capital Markets and Special Situations group of Goldman Sachs, ten years with the Fixed Income Group at Citibank, and seven years at Societe Generale in Capital Markets and Commodity Finance.

Ruth graduated from New York University with a degree in finance and information systems.