John McCarthy

Advisory Director
.
New York

John P. McCarthy, Jr. has served as an Advisory Director for Investcorp since April 15, 2025. From May 2023 to April 1, 2025, he was Vice Chairman and a board member of Starwood Real Estate Income Trust (“SREIT”). Previously, he served as SREIT’s Chief Executive Officer and Investment Committee member from its formation in June 2017 until May 2023. Mr. McCarthy was also Chairman, Trustee, and an Investment Committee member of Starwood Credit Real Estate Income Trust from its inception in October 2023 until April 1, 2025. Earlier, Mr. McCarthy was a Managing Director at Starwood Capital (July 2015 – May 2017, 2025), where he managed and expanded investor relationships globally. He also served as Global Head of Asset Management (March 2009 – May 2012), during which time he was a member of Starwood Capital’s Investment Committee.

Before rejoining Starwood Capital, Mr. McCarthy was Deputy Head of Europe for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”) (June 2012 – May 2015), serving on ADIA’s Executive and Global Strategy Committees. He previously held the role of Global Co-Head of Asset Management at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Private Equity (June 2005 – February 2009) and was a Partner at O’Connor Capital Partners, where he co-led the firm’s European business. Prior to O’Connor, he worked at GE Capital in a variety of roles, including managing real estate investments across Central Europe.