Starwood Capital Rehires John McCarthy

GREENWICH, CT—Starwood Capital Group has hired John McCarthy as managing director, global capital raising. In this role, he is responsible for managing and expanding relationships with targeted investors around the world for existing and future investment initiatives.

McCarthy previously served as Starwood Capital Group's global head of asset management from 2009 to 2012. During that time, he was also a member of the firm's investment committee.

Prior to rejoining Starwood Capital Group, McCarthy was a senior portfolio manager and deputy head of Europe for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. In this role, he was responsible for European real estate investing and asset management teams, and served as a member of the organization's executive and global Strategy committees.

Before his initial tenure with Starwood Capital Group, McCarthy was global co-head of Asset Management for Lehman Brothers Real Estate Private Equity, based in London. Previously he was a partner at O'Connor Capital Partners, co-head of O'Connor's European business and head of European asset management.

McCarthy previously worked for 17 years at GE Capital, where he held a variety of positions—including managing the firm's real estate investing activities across Central Europe and serving as CIO for the Midwest region of the US.

“We are delighted to welcome John back to the Starwood Capital Group team," says Jerome Silvey, EVP and CFO. "John's broad international real estate experience will be invaluable to our mission of improving and expanding our relationships with investors around the world—both as equity partners and buyers of our stabilized assets. His deep background in asset and portfolio management will also help ensure that we continue to maintain our industry-leading quality of communication with our investors."