Hugh Hilton, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Hugh co-founded A&M Capital Real Estate in 2009 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.

He is an A&M veteran with a rare combination of corporate turnaround and restructuring, commercial real estate restructuring, and private equity real estate investment and asset management experience:

  • Hugh has worked in a principal or investing capacity on $5.5 billion of commercial real estate assets and in a key advisory role on over $2 billion of CRE assets

  • Prior to originally joining A&M in 1992, Hugh had a 15+ year career in institutional real estate, working primarily in a principal capacity on behalf of public and private U.S. pension funds, trusts, and a variety of international investors, involving all major asset classes (including hospitality) across multiple market cycles

  • Between 1992 and 2008, Hugh was involved in 28 corporate restructuring, turnaround, and performance improvement engagements – both in and out of court – at a wide variety of public reporting and private companies on behalf of debtor, creditor, and private equity clients; he filled interim senior management roles of Chairman, CEO, President, and/or Chief Restructuring Officer at 14 of those companies

Hugh received a BBA (with high distinction; James B. Angell Scholar) from the University of Michigan, an MBA (with distinction) from the University of Michigan, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado (with a concentration in real property law). Hugh is a member of the Counselors of Real Estate, the Urban Land Institute, and the Colorado Bar Association.