Starwood Hires William Green for Debt Focus

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GREENWICH, CT-Starwood Capital Group LLC has hired Bill Green to oversee the company’s debt investment business. Green brings diverse capabilities and an extensive background in real estate and finance to the newly created position, according to Starwood Capital.

Recently he was global head of real estate capital markets at Wachovia Securities, where he oversaw the company’s expansion into international markets. According to Starwood, “under his leadership, capital deployment from the real estate capital markets group grew nearly 10-fold.” Green spent the past seven years at Wachovia, where he managed the company’s commercial real estate securitization, structured finance, equity co-investment, loan servicing, asset management and trading functions.