Steve provides the strategic direction for Grosvenor Americas’ investment, development and financing activities. Steve O'Connell was appointed to the Grosvenor Americas Board in 2018 after joining in 2011. He became Chief Executive of Grosvenor Americas in 2019. Steve led Grosvenor’s Development team in San Francisco and successfully established its multifamily programme there before being appointed Managing Director, Investment in 2015 where he oversaw Investment and Co-Investment activities in North America.
He holds a B.Eng. degree from McGill University and an MBA from the UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business. Steve is a Global Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and belongs to a National Mixed-Use Development Council with ULI, he is an Executive Committee and Board member of UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center Policy Advisory Board and a member of the Bay Area Council Board of Directors.