Doug Bouquard has served as our chief executive officer and one of our directors since April 2022. Mr. Bouquard is a partner of TPG and TPG Real Estate. Prior to joining TPG in 2022, Mr. Bouquard was a Managing Director and responsible for U.S. Commercial Real Estate Debt within the Global Markets Division of Goldman Sachs. His responsibilities included oversight for commercial real estate debt origination and other real estate securities issuances. Prior to this role, Mr. Bouquard was responsible for various mortgage lending and trading businesses at Goldman Sachs, which he joined in 2004. Mr. Bouquard earned a B.A. degree from Colgate University. Mr. Bouquard s leadership skills, as well as his deep knowledge and experience in commercial real estate debt origination, securities issuance and mortgage lending and trading lead to our conclusion that Mr. Bouquard should serve on our board of directors.