Experience

W5 Group

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Investment Officer | Real Estate

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Chief Investment officer and head of real estate investing. Responsibilities include: strategy, sourcing and execution of real estate private equity and debt investments across the United States. Target investment sectors include multifamily, student housing, co-living, micro-apartments, single family rental, lodging and mixed-use. Investment structures include single or programmatic joint ventures, direct, entity level, preferred equity and mezzanine debt. Launched US real estate platform, responsible for brand development, hired and lead investment team. Senior advisor to a global real estate business and W5 Group company investment. W5 Group was established in 2009 and has offices in New York and Miami, USA and Zug, Switzerland. The firm is the single-family office of Ralph Winter, a successful global entrepreneur and real estate investor who founded and took public a pan-European asset manager with over $30 billion in AUM. W5 Group focuses on innovative real estate investments either directly or alongside experienced high-quality sponsors and provides capital without any pre-determined hold periods. W5 Group has permanent capital, a flexible mandate and seeks to create enduring value and long-lasting relationships. Show less



C-III Capital Partners LLC

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Managing Director | Principal Investments

  • Jul 2011 - Nov 2018

  Senior Managing Director of real estate private equity fund business. Invested fund and co-investment capital on behalf of leading endowments, foundations and ultra-high net-worth investors. Built and led investment team focused on distressed debt investments along with value-add and opportunistic direct and joint venture real estate acquisitions and re-capitalizations across the United States. Investment sectors included: office, multifamily, retail, industrial, lodging. C-III Capital Partners has over $8 billion in assets under management and is a controlled affiliate of Island Capital Group LLC, a leading international merchant banking firm headquartered in New York City. Investors include some of the largest pension fund plans, university endowments and insurance companies in the United States, as well as private equity firms, private pension plans, fund-of-funds and high net worth individuals. Show less



Fremont Group

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Managing Director

  • May 1999 - Jul 2011

  Managing Director and Member of the Investment Committee. Sourced, structured, executed and managed real estate private equity investments in entity level as well as asset transactions across a broad array of sectors throughout the US. Actively involved in acquisitions, fund raising and asset management and served on the Management Committees of a number of Fremont Realty Capital’s investments. Invested capital on behalf of the Bechtel family and 30+ institutional investors along with a select group of high net worth individuals. Fremont Realty Capital is the real estate private equity business unit of the Fremont Group, the investment office of the Bechtel family of San Francisco. Fremont traces its roots to the early investments of the Bechtel Group, a leading global engineering, construction and project management company founded in 1898. Show less



Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• Architect

  • 1996 - 1998

  Worked on the design of airports, office buildings, residential and mixed-use projects in the US and globally. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), is responsible for some of the world’s most technically and environmentally advanced buildings and significant public spaces. SOM’s approach is highly collaborative, and its interdisciplinary team is international. Working from a network of creative studios across the globe, SOM is able to apply international expertise at a local level. Worked on the design of airports, office buildings, residential and mixed-use projects in the US and globally. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), is responsible for some of the world’s most technically and environmentally advanced buildings and significant public spaces. SOM’s approach is highly collaborative, and its interdisciplinary team is international. Working from a network of creative studios across the globe, SOM is able to apply international expertise at a local level.