The principals of Stone Bridge have extensive experience within middle-market and institutional real estate, lodging and banking. Collectively, they have acquired, originated, underwritten, financed, appraised, managed and evaluated the credit on in excess of $500B of real estate transactions across all property types and spanning the majority of U.S. geographical markets.

John Bonfiglio

John Bonfiglio

Founder & Managing Partner
Stone Bridge Investment Group

John Bonfiglio is the Founder and Managing Partner of Stone Bridge Investment Group. John’s experience spans 30+ years in real estate and capital markets. He has directed the acquisitions and dispositions of over 2 million square feet of commercial properties for Stone Bridge.

Former Group Managing Director at Fitch Investors Service, where he was responsible for the U.S. Structured Finance area. John was also formerly head of Fitch’s commercial mortgage and REIT groups. At Fitch, John was responsible for over $500B of rated commercial mortgage loans during this period. Former Vice President with The O’Connor Group, where he was responsible for purchasing $800M of commercial properties.

John has a BA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia University.

“At Stone Bridge we view every investment as if each invested dollar was our own capital. This mindset is at the foundation of our evaluation of the risk and return of every potential investment opportunity.” John

Rickard Olander

Rickard Olander

Partner
Stone Bridge Investment Group

Rickard Olander is a Partner with Stone Bridge Investment Group. During his 20+ year career, Rickard has been involved in the underwriting, valuation, acquisition, management and capital raise of in excess $30B in U.S and European debt and equity offerings and invested capital.

Prior to Stone Bridge, Rickard served as Investment Manager for a $1B U.S. commercial property portfolio through divesture, and was part of the executive team for a private-to-public, re-capitalization program of a $1.2B institutional-grade, Scandinavian industrial/logistics portfolio. Over the course of his career, Rickard has specifically directed the acquisition, financing and/or investment management activities for in excess 2,000 units of lodging/vacation-rental/fractured condo assets combining for $300M in AUM. Rickard’s background includes prior leadership roles within investment management, private equity, rating agency, appraisal and hotel management.

Rickard has a Master’s Degree with a concentration in Real Estate Finance from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and has completed post-graduate work in real estate finance at New York University.

“After Covid-19, we now know that even real estate can get sick. This will forever change how Stone Bridge thinks about real estate investing.” Rickard

Adam Zembruski

Adam Zembruski

Principal, Lodging Team
Stone Bridge Investment Group

Adam Zembruski is a Principal with Stone Bridge Investment Group’s lodging team. Adam has 20+ years of management experience in the hotel, resort and food service industries, with senior roles with several hospitality management companies and brands such as Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG and Choice.

Former Chief Operating and Acquisitions Officer at Pharos Hospitality, a hospitality real estate investment firm. Prior to Pharos Hospitality, Adam was a corporate operation executive for the management company of Hersha Hospitality Trust, one of the largest national publicly traded hospitality REITs, with P&L responsibility for 23 hotels across 7 states, valued at $400M.

Adam is the Founder and Senior Advisor of Hospiamo™, a partnership of hospitality professionals and holds various certifications from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.

Excellence in lodging investing and asset management is achieved through obsessive attention to the dynamics of diligence, action and agility. Decide when to think, when to act and when to adapt, but always move forward. Adam