Company: BHR-PD
Filing Date: 2025-06-05
Form Type: SCHEDULE 13D
Source: 0001193805-25-000803
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Company: Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-05
Form: SCHEDULE 13D
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 Mr. C Hotels luxury branded property.  Mr. C Hotels was a partnership with the Cipriani family, a 4th generation luxury global hospitality brand.  Bob subsequently developed the Mr. C Seaport hotel in New York City. Bob is currently an executive, vice president, and director of First Credit Bank, where he oversees the commercial real estate originations, due diligence and servicing teams, and he has been employed and served on the board since 2005. Prior to this, from 1999 to 2005, Mr. Ghassemieh was the Director of Acquisitions at Atlantic Pearl Investments, a Ghassemieh Family Office company focused on commercial real estate investments. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Ghassemieh served as Analyst in the Investment Banking Group of CBRE Group, Inc., an American commercial real estate services and investment firm. Bob has been a key member of the loan committee and ALCO committee for 20 years. He received a degree in economics from Johns Hopkins University.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Fred Ghassemieh is the founder, President, and director of First Credit Bank, a leading commercial bank based in Southern California which was founded in 1983.  First Credit Bank specializes in commercial real estate finance and has originated billions of dollars of real estate loans (including hundreds of millions of dollars of hospitality loans) since its inception.  The bank consistently ranks among the top of its peers across all performance data including return on equity, return on assets and other profitability metrics.  Fred also co-leads his family office which has actively been investing, developing and operating commercial real estate for over 40 years with asset transaction in excess of one billion dollars including numerous hospitality assets.  Fred has actively invested in REITs for over 20 years. He received an engineering degree from Georgia Tech University.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Samuel J. Jagger is the Managing Director of The Maybourne Beverly Hills, a luxury hotel, since April 2025, where he also served as General Manager from March 2024 to April 2025. Mr. Jagger previously served as General Manager of Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, a luxury hotel and resort located in Santa Monica, California, from June 2020 to February 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Jagger served as Managing Director & Senior Vice President of Mr C Hotels Residences Restaurants & Spas, a luxury hospitality brand encompassing hotels, residences,