Coral Gables-based Driftwood Capital, a commercial real estate investment, development and lending platform specializing in hospitality, has appointed Martin Pinsker to the role of VP, acquisitions.

Pinsker will help shape and execute on the firm’s long-term investment strategy through the selective acquisition of full-service, cash-flowing hotels in US markets with strong underlying fundamentals. His specific duties will include deal sourcing, underwriting, due diligence and a variety of investment-related activities.

Pinsker joins Driftwood Capital after serving nearly a decade as senior director, investments with Vancouver, BC-based American Hotel Income Properties. During his time there he executed on more than 25 single-asset and portfolio acquisitions with a total value exceeding $1.4 billion.

Prior he served as a financial analyst at O’Neill Hotels & Resorts Ltd., also in Vancouver, for two years and as an associate on the hospitality asset management team at Trimont Real Estate Advisors in Atlanta, GA.