Sector: Financials
Director information for STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST REIT INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRY S. STERNLICHT | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company | 65 | ["Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. since its inception (2009-present)","Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group since its formation (1991-present)","Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group Management, LLC","Chairman of the Board of Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (2017-present)","Executive Chairman of Starwood Credit Real Estate Income Trust","Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Hotels","Founder and Chairman of Jaws Mustang Acquisition Corporation","Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (1995-2005)","Extensive experience in commercial real estate markets","Structured investment transactions with an aggregate asset value in excess of $250 billion"] | ["Investment Committee (Chair)"] | 2026 |
| CAMILLE J. DOUGLAS | Principal, Svanninge Capital | 74 | ["Principal at Svanninge Capital, a real estate investment advisory firm (January 2025-present)","Senior Managing Director at LeFrak, a family-owned real estate company which develops, owns and manages properties in the New York, Miami and Los Angeles metropolitan areas (2010-2024)","Lecturer, Harvard Business School (2025), and Lecturer and Senior Fellow in Real Estate, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2024-present)","Adjunct Professor in Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School (2005-2023)","Founder and Principal of Mainstreet Capital Partners (now Svanninge Capital), a private firm focusing on global real estate financial advisory services and transactions for clients in the United States, the U.K., Brazil and India (1999-2010)","Senior Vice President, Finance, at Olympia & York (U.S.) (1982-1994)","Vice President at Morgan Stanley & Co (1977-1982)"] | ["Audit Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| DEBORAH L. HARMON | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer | 66 | ["Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Artemis Real Estate Partners, LLC, a real estate investment firm that manages institutional, third-party capital (2009-present)","President of Harmon & Co., a strategic and financial advisory services company (2007-2008)","President and Chief Investment Officer of the J.E. Robert Companies, Inc., a fully integrated real estate investment firm (1997-2007)","Experience in commercial real estate investment, development and finance"] | ["Compensation Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| FRED PERPALL | Chief Executive Officer | 51 | ["Chief Executive Officer of The Beck Group, one of the world’s largest integrated design-build firms (2013-present)","Alumnus of the 183rd class of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program","Former Americas Fellow at The Baker Institute at Rice University","Deep leadership and public company experience","Real estate acumen"] | ["Audit Committee","Investment Committee"] | 2026 |
| FRED S. RIDLEY | Independent Director | 73 | ["Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP","Former national chair of Foley’s Real Estate Practice","Member and former co-chair of the Hospitality & Leisure Team","Member of the Sports Industry Team","Former member of Foley’s Management Committee","Partner at Annis Mitchell Cockey Edwards & Roehn, P.A.","Partner at Bucklew, Ramsey & Ridley, P.A.","Worked at IMG, a sports management firm"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (Chair)"] | 2026 |
| JEFFREY F. DIMODICA, CFA | President of the Company | ["President of the Company since September 2014","Managing Director of an affiliate of the Manager since July 2014","Director of the Company from its inception in 2009 until July 2014","Managing Director and the Head of MBS/ABS/CMBS Sales and Strategy","Experience at Royal Bank of Scotland (2007-2014)","Sold derivative and MBS products to institutional clients for Merrill Lynch (1993-2001)","Experience at Chemical Bank, Merchant and Investment Banking Group (1989-1991)","Founding President of MitoAction, a non-profit organization"] | [] | 2026 | |
| JEFFREY G. DISHNER | Vice Chairman, Starwood Capital Group | 61 | ["Executive Vice President of SPT Management, LLC","Vice Chairman of Starwood Capital Group","President of Starwood Capital Group","Chief Operating Officer of Starwood Capital Group","Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Real Estate Acquisitions at Starwood Capital Group","Member of the Executive and Investment Committees at Starwood Capital Group","Commercial Mortgage Finance Group of J.P. Morgan & Co.","Member of the Acquisitions Group at JMB Realty Corporation"] | ["Investment Committee"] | 2026 |
| Jonathan L. Pollack | Vice Chairman of the Board and President of Starwood Capital Group | 49 | ["Vice Chairman of the Board at Starwood Property Trust, Inc.","President of Starwood Capital Group","Global Head of Real Estate Credit of Blackstone Inc.","Managing Director and Global Head of Commercial Real Estate at Deutsche Bank"] | ["Investment Committee"] | 2026 |
| RICHARD D. BRONSON | Chairman, The Bronson Companies | 81 | ["Chairman of The Bronson Companies, LLC, a real estate development, investment and advisory company based in Beverly Hills, California (2000-present)","Former President of New City Development, an affiliate of Mirage Resorts, Development","Over 30 years of experience in the development of commercial properties in the U.S.","Knowledge in the real estate industry providing insight into investments and market states"] | ["Audit Committee","Compensation Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| SOLOMON J. KUMIN | Co-President, Leucadia Asset Management | 50 | ["Co-President at Leucadia Asset Management, an asset management firm (2020-present)","Chief Strategic Officer; joined 2018","Chief Executive Officer of Folger Hill Asset Management, which merged with Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, a hedge fund, in 2018 (2015-2018)","Chief Operating Officer, S.A.C. Capital Advisors, a hedge fund (2008-2014), joined in 2005","Vice President, Institutional Sales at Sanford C. Bernstein, a subsidiary of AllianceBernstein LP (2001-2005)","Started his career at Lazard Asset Management as a Marketing Associate in 1999"] | ["Compensation Committee","Investment Committee"] | 2026 |
| Strauss Zelnick | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors | 65 | ["Chief Executive Officer (2011-present) and Chairman of the Board of Directors (2007-present) at Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.","Founder and Managing Partner of Zelnick Media Capital (2001-present)","Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia Music Entertainment","Chairman of ITN Networks","Chairman of Direct Holdings Worldwide and OTX","President and Chief Executive Officer at BMG Entertainment (1998-2000)","President and Chief Executive Officer of North America (1995-1998) at BMG Entertainment","President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Dynamics","President and Chief Operating Officer of 20th Century Fox","President and Chief Operating Officer of Vestron Inc.","Vice President, International Television, at Columbia Pictures","Experience as a director and senior executive of publicly traded corporations"] | ["Audit Committee (Chair)","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","Compensation Committee","Investment Committee"] | 2026 |
