Heather Jones

Heather Jones is the Chief Operating Officer for Civitas Capital Group. In her role, Ms. Jones directs her efforts to improve and manage firmwide infrastructure, provide leadership for overall day-to-day operations, and support client development efforts. In addition to her wider responsibilities, Ms. Jones is responsible for providing oversight for Investor Relations, Marketing and Communications, and EB-5 Operations.

Ms. Jones brings with her more than 20 years of experience in financial services, during which time she has led operations and compliance implementation strategies, driving multiple firms’ global expansion. Prior to Civitas, Ms. Jones was COO for Starz Real Estate, a private equity-backed CRE debt fund that deploys capital across Europe. She was the firm’s first employee, responsible for designing and building the operational infrastructure, including finance and accounting, legal, compliance, investment committee, investor relations, and marketing. Within the first two years under her leadership, Starz deployed over €450 million of capital in nine European jurisdictions. Prior to Starz, Ms. Jones was the COO for the European Commercial Real Estate Finance team at Deutsche Bank. Previously, Ms. Jones spent 13 years at Credit Suisse in both NYC and London. Ms. Jones has a deep understanding of commercial real estate and building operational infrastructure for growing companies.