Expands Firm’s Bench of Leaders Focused on Value Creation and Deal Execution in the Region
MIAMI, Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Starwood Capital Group (“Starwood Capital”), a leading global private investment firm, today announced the promotion of Tim Abram to Head of Asset Management, Europe. Mr. Abram brings to his new role deep expertise managing commercial and hospitality assets globally, having worked in the firm’s global equity business for more than a decade, and serving as Co-Head of the firm’s Global Hotel Group since 2024. In addition to this new role, Mr. Abram will retain the title of Head of International Hotels.
“On behalf of the firm, I am excited to announce Tim’s well-deserved promotion,” said Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital. “Europe is an important strategic market for us, underpinned by strong real estate fundamentals, and we have been very active in the past decades and are even more so now as we deploy our most recent $10.2 billion opportunity fund. Tim has been a proven leader across our equity business and global hotel portfolio, and I am confident that he will be a great partner to our co-heads of European Acquisitions, Matt Parrott and Francesco Zanella.”
Based in London, Mr. Abram has been with the firm since 2015 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2023 and Co-Head of Global Hotels in 2024. Mr. Abram’s experience includes corporate acquisitions and investments across most real estate sectors. Prior to joining Starwood, Mr. Abram was an Associate Director in Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Investment Banking at UBS in London, working across M&A, equity and debt capital markets product groups. Prior to UBS, he worked in the Distressed Debt Group at Citi in London.
“I am honored to take on this new role and to extend my focus beyond hospitality assets,” said Tim Abram. “Europe is an incredibly compelling market, and I look forward to building on the platform we have established and working with the team to deliver strong outcomes for our investors.”
Mr. Abram received a 1st class BSc Economics degree from University College London and an MSc in Finance, with distinction, from the London School of Economics.
About Starwood Capital Group
Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a core focus on real assets globally. Since its inception in 1991, Starwood Capital Group has raised over $95 billion of capital and currently has ~$130 billion of assets under management. Through a series of comingled opportunity funds and Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (SREIT), a non-listed REIT, the Firm has invested in virtually every category of real estate on a global basis, opportunistically shifting asset classes, geographies and positions in the capital stack as it perceives risk/reward dynamics to be evolving. In July 2026, Starwood held the final closing of Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XIII (SOF XIII), its latest opportunistic real estate fund, with capital commitments in excess of $10.2 billion from more than 300 investors across approximately 20 countries.
Starwood Capital also manages Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), the largest commercial mortgage real estate investment trust in the United States, which has successfully deployed over $117 billion of capital since inception and manages a portfolio of over $31 billion across debt and equity investments. Alongside Starwood Property Trust, Starwood Capital manages over $6 billion in several private debt funds investing across the globe.
Starwood Capital’s other affiliates include: Highmark Residential, a property management company; Starwood Digital Ventures, a platform dedicated to the firm’s data center investment strategy; Starwood Hotels, a hotel brand management team; Essex Title, a title agent for one or more underwriters in issuing title policies and/or providing support services; and Starwood Oil & Gas, which seeks to capitalize on conventional and unconventional North American assets.
Additional information can be found at www.starwoodcapital.com, www.starwoodnav.reit, www.starwoodpropertytrust.com and www.starwoodhotels.com.
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