Starwood Capital Group has appointed John Gonnella as senior managing director and head of U.S. asset management, effective April 20. In this role, he will oversee the asset management strategy across Starwood Capital’s real estate assets in the United States.
Gonnella joins Starwood Capital from Centerbridge Partners, where he spent more than a decade leading asset management strategy across a diversified global real estate portfolio, most recently as a senior managing director and head of real estate asset management. Prior to joining Centerbridge, he served as vice president at Northwood Investors, focused on the direct asset management and oversight of real estate investments, as well as the firm’s retail and multifamily operating and development platforms. He began his real estate investment career as an associate with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds.
