Starwood Capital Group

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Markets overseeing debt capital market activities and global banking relationships, joining in 2011. Previously worked in leveraged finance at Wells Fargo/Wachovia.

Senior Managing Director responsible for debt capital markets activities across Europe and Asia, joining in 2012. Previously a Director on Citigroup's commercial real estate finance team in London.

Vice Chairman of Starwood Capital since 1994, having held roles including President, COO, Head of Global Acquisitions, and Head of Global Asset Management. Serves on the Board of Directors of Starwood Property Trust.

Senior Managing Director and Head of U.S. Asset Management overseeing the firm's U.S. equity investments. Previously Head of Real Estate Asset Management at Centerbridge Partners and VP at Northwood Investors.

President of Starwood Capital overseeing daily operations, global investment activity, capital markets, and investor relations; also Vice Chairman of Starwood Property Trust. Previously Global Head of Real Estate Credit at Blackstone and Global Head of Commercial Real Estate at Deutsche Bank.

Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, Asia, responsible for real estate investments and asset management across Asia. Previously a Managing Director at Lone Star Funds leading Pan-Asia CRE origination and a Portfolio Manager at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Senior Managing Director overseeing the firm's real estate opportunity funds, joining in 2002. Previously a Vice President in Goldman Sachs's real estate investment banking division.

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Private Credit, overseeing commercial real estate debt investment activities since joining in 2013. Previously a Vice President at Barclays Bank in London specializing in real estate lending.

Managing Director focused on strategic business development, growing business lines and investor relationships. Previously Head of U.S. Asset Management and long-tenured member of the Acquisitions Group overseeing West Coast investments; joined in 2003.

Senior Managing Director leading Starwood's global capital formation across funds and co-investment vehicles since joining in 2004. Previously a Managing Director on the investment team at real estate platform Cadre.

Managing Director and Head of European Asset Management based in London, overseeing the firm's European equity investments across asset classes. Previously worked in real estate audit at Ernst & Young.

Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions, Americas, overseeing the firm's equity investments in North America. Previously a Managing Director in Blackstone's Real Estate Group and spent over seven years at Westbrook Partners.

Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Hotel Group overseeing hospitality acquisitions and asset management, with over 40 years of lodging industry experience. Former CEO of FelCor Lodging Trust and Sunstone Hotel Investors.

Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Hotel Group overseeing hospitality acquisitions and asset management, joining in 2015. Previously an Associate Director in Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Investment Banking at UBS in London.

Virginia Ruan is Head of Communications at Oak Foundation. Her areas of focus include communications strategy, external affairs, crisis communications, advocacy, depolarisation communications, and storytelling, as well as editing, writing, training, and mentoring.

Senior Managing Director and COO of Starwood Capital, overseeing capital raising, finance, IT, portfolio and risk management, sustainability, and HR. Previously COO and General Counsel of Starwood Property Trust and General Counsel of KKR Financial Holdings.

Senior Adviser providing guidance to the acquisition team and senior management, and a lecturer at Harvard Business School. Previously Head of Global Investment Strategy and Head of Real Estate Acquisitions for the Americas at the firm.

Senior Managing Director and Co-General Counsel who has represented Starwood Capital's legal interests since 1991, handling acquisitions, financing, asset management, and strategic planning. Managing member of the firm's lead outside counsel, RFF.

Senior Managing Director and Co-General Counsel who joined in 1992, also a Senior Advisor of Lotus Infrastructure Partners. Previously a founding partner at law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks.

Managing Director and CFO responsible for financial and accounting functions, treasury, reporting, and tax, joining in 2009. Previously worked at Athena Real Estate and Bear Stearns.

Esther Nørregård-Nielsen is the director of Oak Foundation Denmark, part of the international philanthropic organization Oak Foundation, which is headquartered in Geneva. Trained as a nurse, she holds a cand.scient.soc. and a Ph.D. in sociology, was previously a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, and spent more than 11 years as owner and director of the analysis and consultancy firm Rådgivende Sociologer, working in evaluation, organizational development, and social analysis. She authored Pædagoger i skyggen and co-authored Klimaets sociale tilstand, serves as an external examiner in the social science and economics examiner corps, and participates in board work in the social sector.

Joined Jaws in 2021 and sources, executes and supports investments focused on technology and tech-enabled services companies. Previously Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital, and earlier worked at Charlesbank Capital Partners, William Blair and Piper Sandler.