Mr. Stein currently serves as the executive managing director and chief investment officer of Primary Digital Infrastructure, which provides infrastructure financing and investment solutions for the digital economy. He formerly was the chief executive officer and a director of Digital Realty Trust, a REIT focused on data centers, from 2014 until December 2022. He also served as chief financial officer and chief investment officer of Digital Realty. Before joining Digital Realty in 2004, Mr. Stein was with GI Partners, a private equity fund. Past positions include serving as co-head of VentureBank@PNC and Media and Communications Finance at The PNC Financial Services Group; president and chief operating officer of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust (acquired by iStar) and a variety of senior investment and financial management positions with Westinghouse Electric, Westinghouse Financial Services and Duquesne Light Company. Mr. Stein currently serves as chairman of the board and a director of Verne Global and as a director of Salute Mission Critical, each private datacenter development companies, and as a director of Crusoe Energy, a private AI infrastructure development company. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Pennybacker Capital and as an adviser to Armada AI. Mr. Stein serves on the Chancellor's Global Advisory Council of the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Stein is a member of the Bar of the States of Pennsylvania and Florida. Skills and Expertise over 30 years of investment, financial, operating and general management experience and an in-depth understanding of the data center and real estate industries and the issues facing real estate investment trusts extensive leadership, corporate governance and executive compensation experience, including as CEO of Digital Realty Trust led Digital Realty Trust s sustainability initiatives that resulted in the company winning NAREIT s Leader in the Light award for the datacenter category six times during his tenure and gained insight into global ESG matters as a member of the Chancellor s Global Advisory Council at the University of Pittsburgh extensive knowledge of IT infrastructure matters and cybersecurity obtained through customer engagement and senior executive oversight as CEO of Digital Realty Trust and as current chairman of Verne Global audit committee financial expert Age: 72 Director since: 2017 Independent Committees: Audit Culture and Compensation (Chair) Prior Public Boards: Digital Realty Trust