Cheryl Zabala
Senior Advisor
Cheryl Zabala is Chief Compliance Officer of Pretium Partners, a specialized investment firm focused on U.S. residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit. Pretium was founded in 2012 to capitalize on investment and lending opportunities arising as a result of structural changes, disruptions, and inefficiencies within the economy. Pretium has built an integrated analytical and operational ecosystem within the U.S. housing, residential credit, and corporate credit markets, and believes that its insight and experience within these markets create a strategic advantage over other investment managers. Pretium’s platform has more than $50 billion of assets, comprising real estate investments across 30 markets in the U.S., and employs more than 4,000 people across 50 offices, including its New York headquarters, Dubai, London, Seoul, and Sydney.
Prior to joining Pretium in 2021, Ms. Zabala was Deputy Chief Compliance Officer & Regulatory Counsel at MSD Partners LP, a SEC-registered investment adviser focused on credit, private capital and real estate, and provided regulatory advice to Michael Dell’s family office, MSD Capital LP. Previously, Ms. Zabala was Chief Compliance Officer for Emerging Sovereign Group, an emerging markets investment manager owned by The Carlyle Group, and prior to that, was a Compliance Officer at Fortress Investment Group.
Ms. Zabala received a BBA in Finance from George Washington University where she was a Presidential Scholar and a JD from Brooklyn Law School. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Cornelia Connelly Center, a full scholarship school that champions under-resourced girls in NYC from 4th grade through college and beyond.
