Rockwood Capital has hired Jimmy Yung as senior managing director, global head of originations. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the firm’s origination and capital deployment strategy, overseeing the sourcing, structuring and execution of commercial real estate credit investments, and helping with the continued expansion of the firm’s credit platform.
Based in Rockwood’s Los Angeles office, Yung is a seasoned real estate executive with more than 27 years of experience in origination and investment management in the United States and Asia. Most recently, he spent seven years at Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, where he served as managing director and oversaw the West Coast for the firm’s commercial real estate lending platform. Prior to that, he was head of origination and member of the investment committee at TPG Real Estate Finance Trust and led the real estate special situations business at Deutsche Bank.
