Peter Denton, one of real estate lending’s best-known figures, has resigned from his position as head of special situations at Starwood Capital.
He is leaving the company at the end of the year to join a property-related, not-for-profit organisation as chief financial officer, and will assume his new role in mid-February.
Denton joined Starwood in 2012 as head of debt and was instrumental in the £228.5m IPO of its real estate debt fund Starwood European Real Estate Finance later that year. The fund now has a market cap of more than £400m.
Much of Starwood’s lending efforts in Europe are now overseen by Duncan MacPherson, senior vice president.
Denton’s role has evolved since he joined the firm and he had been concentrating on buying non-performing loans in his role as head of special situations.
Peter Denton’s CV
- 1998-2007: Managing director, head of European real estate debt capital market origination at Eurohypo (previously part of Deutsche Bank until 2003 and now part of Wells Fargo)
- 2007-2008: Managing director, real estate finance EMEA & South Africa at Barclays Capital
- 2008-2011: Head of London at West Immo
- 2011-2012: Head of real estate finance (London) at BNP Paribas
- 2012-2016: Head of debt/head of European special situations at Starwood Capital Group
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