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Douglas Bath is Managing Director, Investment Management – Healthcare at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Bath is responsible for capital markets for the firm’s healthcare real estate portfolio. Mr. Bath is also Chief Investment Officer for NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc.

Prior to joining a predecessor of the Colony business in 2012, Mr. Bath held various leadership positions within the senior housing and skilled nursing sectors with Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., JP Morgan and Walker & Dunlop.

Mr. Bath received a Master of Business Administration from University of Pittsburgh and his Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Tech.

Jean-Philippe Besse is Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations – Europe at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Besse is responsible for overseeing Colony Capital’s investor relations efforts in Europe and developing its current and prospective European investors.

Prior to joining Colony Capital in 2017, Mr. Besse was partner at La Française AM, a leading asset manager in Europe, where he was Head of International Development, interfacing with European and Middle Eastern investors on all aspects of capital formation across various asset management expertise. Mr. Besse started his professional career within the AXA group in New York and Paris where he was Head of Marketing for AXA Financial Products.

Mr. Besse graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in France and he is an actuary.

Yannis Ermilios is Managing Director, Portfolio Management at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Ermilios is in charge of the European portfolio management team and is responsible for the asset management, development and dispositions for debt and equity investments in Europe.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2015, Mr. Ermilios was a development director with Dolphin Capital, focusing on resorts and hotel investments in South Europe. He previously worked as a Project Manager with Jones Lang LaSalle in France and before that as a construction engineer with AEGEK S.A, a Greek contractor.

Mr. Ermilios received a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD and a Master in Civil Engineering from the Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics in France.

Ann B. Harrington is Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel at Colony Capital, Inc.  Ms. Harrington is responsible for legal oversight of Colony Capital’s healthcare real estate portfolio. Ms. Harrington is also General Counsel and Secretary of NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc.

Prior to joining a predecessor of the Colony business in 2015, Ms. Harrington was an associate in the Corporate and Financial Services Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where she advised public and private corporate clients with respect to capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities laws compliance, corporate governance and other general corporate matters.

Ms. Harrington holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

William Hughes, III is Managing Director, Investment Management at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Hughes is responsible for liquid investment strategies. He is the Portfolio Manager of the Colony Capital Focus Fund and the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Securities portfolio.

Prior to joining Colony Capital in 2017, Mr. Hughes managed the Focus Fund within Kayne Anderson. Prior to that, Mr. Hughes was a portfolio manager for the Condorcet Opportunity Fund, an event driven hedge fund controlled by Societe Generale. Mr. Hughes has been engaged in value and event driven investing as an analyst and portfolio manager since 1998, and he previously managed similar strategies at Allen & Company and Pequot Capital Management. He began his career as an investment banking analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the financial institutions group.

Mr. Hughes is an honors graduate of the University of Chicago with a concentration in economics. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.

Melissa Iorio is Managing Director, Investor Relations at Colony Capital, Inc. Ms. Iorio is responsible for capital formation and investor relations interfacing with the firm's current and prospective investor base across the firm’s various platforms. Prior to her current role Ms. Iorio served as an investor relations professional responsible for managing investor due diligence efforts globally.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2013, Ms. Iorio was Partner, Director of Marketing and Investor Relations at Barington Capital in New York, where her responsibilities included strengthening investment relationships and strategically focused fund growth. Previously, she was Vice President Eaton Partners in Connecticut, FirstMark Capital in New York, and CRT Capital in Connecticut.

Ms. Iorio received a Bachelor Degree of Science in Business Administration from Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester, Vermont.

Ronald Jeanneault is Managing Director, Healthcare at Colony Capital, Inc. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. a retail company managed by Colony Capital. Mr. Jeanneault is responsible for the operating and capital strategy of Colony Capital healthcare real estate business.

Prior to joining a predecessor of the Colony business in 2012, Mr. Jeanneault was Co-Head of Operations with Sunrise Senior Living in McLean, VA.

Mr. Jeanneault is an Executive Board member of the American Seniors Housing Association and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts.

Daniel E. Katz is Managing Director, Investment Management at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Katz is responsible for the identification and evaluation of new real estate investments in the United States. In addition, Mr. Katz serves as the Head of Western U.S. Loan Originations for Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (CLNC).

Prior to joining a predecessor of the Colony business in 2014, Mr. Katz was a First Vice President at OneWest Bank where he was responsible for loan originations. Previously, Mr. Katz held investment positions at Barclays Capital, Och-Ziff and Blackstone.

Mr. Katz received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated summa cum laude.

George H. Kok is Managing Director of Colony Capital, Inc. and Chief Credit Officer of Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (CLNC). Mr. Kok is responsible for overseeing the credit and due diligence of loan originations for CLNC in the United States.

Prior to joining Colony Capital in 2021, Mr. Kok served as Head of Commercial Real Estate Conduit and Head of Due Diligence and Securitization at Morgan Stanley from 2015 to 2020.  Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Kok was Head of Underwriting for Ladder Capital from 2013 to 2014.  Prior to that, Mr. Kok served as Co-Head of Real Estate Structured Finance at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2010 to 2013. Previously, Mr. Kok served from 2001 through 2009 as Head of Merrill Lynch’s Commercial Real Estate Conduit programs in the United States and Canada.  From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Kok was co-head of Morgan Stanley’s conduit program with overall responsibility for credit.  Before moving to Wall Street in 1996, Mr. Kok spent six years at The Prudential Insurance Company of America originating commercial mortgages loans. 

Mr. Kok received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Real Estate Finance from Columbia Business School. 

Allen Lau is Managing Director, Special Situations at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Lau is responsible for the identification, evaluation, consummation and management of investments in the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2005, Mr. Lau was a vice president in Investor Asia Limited in Hong Kong, an Asia-focused private equity fund sponsored by Investor AB of Sweden, where he was responsible for deal sourcing, execution and post-acquisition monitoring of investments in the Greater China region. Prior to Investor Asia, Mr. Lau was a management consultant at Bain & Company, where he had extensive experience in advising major private equity funds in market assessment, valuation, deal structure, post-acquisition strategy formation and performance turnaround.

Mr. Lau received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Seattle Pacific University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago GSB.

Brian Lee is Managing Director, Treasurer and Head of Corporate Finance at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Lee oversees corporate finance (including the issuance of corporate debt and equity securities, financial planning and analysis and corporate M&A), cash management and corporate operations. Previously, Mr. Lee was also responsible for the identification, evaluation, and consummation of new investments, primarily in North America.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2007, Mr. Lee was an analyst in the Investment Banking group of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and an audit associate in the Real Estate practice of KPMG LLP.

Mr. Lee received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics with a minor in Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Rommel Marseille is Managing Director, Investor Relations at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Marseille is responsible for overseeing the investor relations department of Colony Capital, interfacing with the firm's current and prospective investors on all aspects of capital formation across its various platforms.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2007, Mr. Marseille founded Carrefour Capital, LLC and worked at Diamond Edge Capital Partners where he raised capital for various private equity, hedge fund and real estate clients. Mr. Marseille started his professional career as a public official in the administration of New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins where he worked on the city's capital program and various economic development projects. He subsequently worked as an investment banker at Artemis Capital Group and Dain Rauscher structuring tax-exempt and taxable municipal debt for public issuers across the country. Mr. Marseille later worked as an advisor at a boutique investment banking firm providing advisory services on leveraged lease transactions to public sector clients.

Mr. Marseille graduated with distinction with a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. In addition, Mr. Marseille holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from SUNY Albany.

Michael J. Mazzei is Managing Director of Colony Capital, Inc. and has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (CLNC) since April 2020. Mr. Mazzei leads and oversees CLNC’s operations, including investment and credit risk, capital raising and relationship management activities among stockholders, clients, partners, financing counterparties, research analysts and rating agencies.

Mr. Mazzei served as a member of the board of directors of Ladder Capital Corp from June 2017 through March 2020. Previously, Mr. Mazzei served as President of Ladder Capital from June 2012 through June 2017. From September 2009 to June 2012, Mr. Mazzei served as Global Head of the CMBS and Bank Loan Syndication Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to that, Mr. Mazzei served as Co-Head of CMBS and Commercial Real Estate Debt Markets at Barclays Capital from March 2004 to June 2009. Prior to Barclays Capital, Mr. Mazzei spent 20 years at Lehman Brothers, including 18 years in commercial real estate finance-related functions. Having started in commercial mortgage trading in 1984, Mr. Mazzei became the head of CMBS in 1991 and served as the Co-Head of Global Real Estate Investment Banking from March 2002 to February 2004.

Mr. Mazzei received a B.S. from Baruch College and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, and is a graduate of the New York University Real Estate Institute.

Nadra Moussalem is Managing Director, Head of European Investment Management at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Moussalem is responsible for the identification, evaluation, execution and management of European investments.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2000, Mr. Moussalem worked for AXA in Paris in the Financial Products engineering department.

Mr. Moussalem graduated from the Ecole Centrale in Lyon, with a Master’s in Information and Communication Technology.

Jenny B. Neslin is Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel at Colony Capital, Inc. Ms. Neslin is responsible for legal oversight of Colony Capital’s capital markets activities (including public and private equity and debt offerings), ongoing disclosure and reporting obligations under U.S. federal securities laws and corporate governance matters.

Prior to joining a predecessor of the Colony business in 2013, Ms. Neslin was an associate in the Capital Markets group at Clifford Chance US LLP, where she primarily advised REITs and investment banks in public and private capital markets transactions.

Ms. Neslin holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Business from New York University and a Juris Doctor from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

Brad Nichol is Managing Director, Portfolio Management at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Nichol is responsible for overseeing the equity portfolio management, asset management, dispositions, and valuations for Colony’s domestic equity real estate investments.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2018, Mr. Nichol was Director of Acquisitions & Vice President at Boxer Property Management Corporation where he expanded Boxer footprint into the East and West Coast market. Prior to Boxer Property Management Corporation, Mr. Nichol worked at LNR Property Corporation where he managed the due diligence process for the purchase of Hatfield Phillips Servicer by Starwood Capital. He also managed multi-hundred million portfolio of foreclosed properties in Texas and the northeast region, including: taking of title, on-site management and leasing, value add, marketing, and disposition.

Mr. Nichol received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Williams College.

David Palamé is Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Palamé is responsible for global legal, public and private capital formation, investment allocation, regulatory and compliance activities and other support for the Colony Capital business. In addition, Mr. Palamé has served as General Counsel & Secretary of Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (NYSE: CLNC) since January 2018.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2007, Mr. Palamé was an associate with the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and served as a law clerk to the Honorable William J. Rea, United States District Court for the Central District of California at Los Angeles.

Mr. Palamé received a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served on the board of officers of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Andrea Nicholas Perdue is Managing Director of Colony Capital, Inc. Ms. Perdue is responsible for capital formation and investor relations interfacing with the firm's current and prospective investor base across the firm’s various platforms. Prior to her current role, Ms. Perdue was responsible for the identification, evaluation, and consummation of new investments, primarily in North America.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2008, Ms. Perdue was an Associate at Goldman Sachs International in London where she worked for four years for the Securities Division in Sales and Trading.

Ms. Perdue received a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with a focus in global management and a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Neale Redington is Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer – Non Digital at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Redington is responsible for financial accounting and reporting for firm-sponsored investments and related affiliates and subsidiaries of Colony Capital.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2008, Mr. Redington was an audit partner in the real estate and hospitality practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP. During his twenty years with Deloitte, Mr. Redington worked in both London and Los Angeles. In addition, Mr. Redington previously served as Chief Accounting Officer of Colony Capital until January 2021 and as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (NYSE: CLNC) from November 2018 to January 2021.

Mr. Redington, a Certified Public Accountant (license inactive) and a Chartered Accountant in England & Wales, received a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting degree with Honors from the University of Birmingham in England.

Frank Saracino is Managing Director of Colony Capital, Inc. and serves as Chief Financial Officer of certain managed real estate investment trusts and vehicles, which he has performed since August 2015. Since January 2021, Mr. Saracino serves as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (NYSE: CLNC), and has served as CLNC’s Chief Accounting Officer since November 2018.

Prior to joining a predecessor of the Colony business in 2015, Mr. Saracino was a managing director with Prospect Capital Corporation where he served from inception as chief financial officer of its real estate investment trust subsidiaries and registered closed-end investment companies. From 2008-2012, Mr. Saracino was a managing director and America’s co-head of finance at Macquarie Group, and 2004-2008 he was chief accounting officer of eSpeed, Inc., a publicly-traded subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald. Mr. Saracino started his career at Coopers & Lybrand where he earned a CPA, and subsequently worked in corporate finance at Deutsche Bank.

Mr. Saracino holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University.

David Schwarz is Managing Director, Head of Hospitality at Colony Capital, Inc. In his current role at Colony, Mr. Schwarz oversees the expansive hospitality platform and has responsibilities for other new business initiatives and investments. Mr. Schwarz currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President of NorthStar/RXR. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Colony S2K Holdings.

Prior to joining Colony Capital in 2010, Mr. Schwarz was a principal at Warburg Pincus LLC, where he originated, structured and managed real estate investments throughout the United States. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Mr. Schwarz worked at the Carlyle Group, where he focused primarily on U.S. real estate acquisitions. Mr. Schwarz began his career in the Real Estate Investment Banking Division at Merrill Lynch & Co.

Mr. Schwarz received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

David Stifter is Managing Director, Finance & Accounting systems at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Stifter is responsible for data architecture and process improvement for the firm as well as overseeing the accounting and finance transition projects for major acquisitions and dispositions.  Mr. Stifter has held a number of roles at Colony since joining the firm in 2006  including Chief Compliance Officer of the Colony Realty Partners platform.

Prior to joining Colony in 2006, Mr. Stifter was a senior project manager leading an internal consulting group for Investor Bank & Trust, a custody fund accounting firm later acquired by State Street.

Mr. Stifter received a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and later his MBA graduating with high honors from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University.

Kevin Swartz is Managing Director, Investment Management at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Swartz is responsible for overseeing loan originations for the Eastern United States.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2018, Mr. Swartz was Head of US Real Estate Lending at Rothesay Asset Management where he was the first employee in the US office to make US CRE portfolio loans on behalf of Rothesay Life. Prior to Rothesay Asset Management, Mr. Swartz worked at 080808 Capital where he was one of two partners investing equity in microcap companies. Since starting his career in the financial industry, Mr. Swartz has held various transactional roles at UBS, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Swartz received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters in International Political Economics and a Juris Doctor from University of Southern California. In addition, Mr. Swartz holds a Masters in Taxation Law from New York University.

Sylvio Tabet is Managing Director at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Tabet is responsible for the identification, evaluation and consummation of new investments outside of real estate, and heads global investor relations for the same.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2011, Mr. Tabet worked as an independent consultant for clients investing or operating in the entertainment and media industry. Mr. Tabet was also involved in the film industry as a producer, director and screenwriter.

Mr. Tabet received a Master’s in Fine Arts in Film Directing from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

Brett Tonks is Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Capital Markets at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Tonks is responsible for overseeing all investment- and project-level debt financing programs, in addition to providing portfolio management, planning and other strategic financial guidance across the Colony Capital platform, focusing on enhancing efficacy, consistency, and results of Colony Capital's financing executions.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2008, Mr. Tonks was a large loan originator for the National Accounts group at TIAA-CREF in Charlotte, NC, sourcing, underwriting, and closing large transactions including whole loans, subordinate and mezzanine debt, as well as other structured debt offerings. Prior to TIAA-CREF, Mr. Tonks worked in acquisitions, dispositions, and financing for Harbor Group International, a real estate investment firm in Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Tonks previously worked in mortgage banking at Fantini & Gorga in Boston.

Mr. Tonks received a Master of Business Administration from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor of Science from the College of William & Mary.

Richard Welch is Managing Director, Head of Healthcare at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Welch is responsible for managing certain financial and operational aspects of Colony's investment portfolio and operating businesses.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2005, Mr. Welch was a vice president in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. focusing on mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity financings for companies in the real estate, retail, consumer product, and defense industries.

Mr. Welch received a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern California. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (license inactive).

Severin White is Managing Director, Head of Public Investor Relations at Colony Capital, Inc.  Mr. White is responsible for managing Colony’s public investor engagement, communicating Colony’s strategy to investors, analysts and the broader investment community.  He also serves as an advisor and resource to Colony’s senior management team on strategic business initiatives.

Prior to Colony, Mr. White was the founder and managing member of Niagara Share LLC, a financial advisory practice serving family office investors. Previously, Mr. White served for 10 years as a key member of the investment team at funds managed by New Vernon Capital and subsequently Columbia Pacific Advisors, managing capital focused principally on long/short equity investments in US-listed technology and consumer companies.

Previously, Mr. White held various senior operational and finance roles including as the Senior Vice President, Business Development at Smithsonian Business Ventures.  Mr. White began his career at Bastion Capital, a Los Angeles‐based middle market private equity buyout fund.

Mr. White received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management.

Andrew Witt is Managing Director at Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Witt is primarily focused on real estate related product development, investor relations and marketing of private offerings globally. Prior to taking on this most recent role he served as an investment professional responsible for the identification, evaluation, and consummation of real estate related investments. Mr. Witt also served as an Executive Vice President of Colony American Homes where he was responsible for overseeing investments in single family residential property which culminated in the acquisition of nearly 20,000 homes.

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2007, Mr. Witt invested in a number of venture capital opportunities and founded and managed a business in the industrial medicine sector.

Mr. Witt received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California and Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with a focus on International Economics from Stanford University. Mr. Witt was also a member of the 2000 U.S. Men's Volleyball Olympic Team.