KKR REAL ESTATE FINANCE INC TRUST (KREF)
Sector: Financials
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Financials
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Director information for KREF
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KREF | Director | 57 | ["Chairperson"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","Affiliate Transaction Committee"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Jonathan A. Langer has served as a director since May 2017. Mr. Langer has served as a Managing Member at Fireside Investments LLC, a private investment firm that he founded in January 2012. He is currently a member of the board of directors of International Market Centers, Inc., which he joined in September of 2017, and Kasa Living, Inc., which he joined in October 2023. Mr. Langer served as Chief Executive Officer and President of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (Nasdaq: formerly NRF) from August 2015 to March 2017, when NorthStar Realty Finance merged with Colony Capital, Inc. and NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. He also served as Executive Vice President of NorthStar Asset Management Group from August 2015 to March 2017, a position he maintained as a co-employee with NorthStar Realty Finance. Mr. Langer was an Operating Partner and Consultant at Bain Capital from March 2010 to March 2012, where he worked in its private equity area. From 1994 to 2010, Mr. Langer was employed at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he most recently worked as a Partner in its Real Estate Principal Investment Area (REPIA), which invests the Whitehall Street Real Estate Limited Partnerships. His responsibilities included overseeing REPIA s North American real estate and global lodging investment efforts. During his tenure at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Langer served as a member of the board of directors of Icon Parking, Westin Hotels and Resorts, Kerzner International Resorts, Inc., Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (formerly NYSE: BEE). He also served on the board of Morgans Hotel Group (formerly Nasdaq: MHGC) and was chairman of its special transaction committee. Mr. Langer received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Qualifications, Attributes, Skills and Experience: Our Board considered his experience as a chief executive officer of a public company, extensive real estate and investment expertise and roles at several public companies. Our Board also considered Mr. Langer s significant prior private and public company board experience.