NorthStar Asset Management CEO and leadership

Mr. Gilbert serves as Chief Investment and Operating Officer of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the company specifically focused on investment and portfolio management areas. In addition, Mr. Gilbert serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NorthStar Realty Asset Management, LLC, the holding company for NorthStar’s asset management business, and is responsible for the strategy and overall guidance of asset management activities. This includes overseeing and managing NorthStar’s public, non-traded REITs where he serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of NorthStar Real Estate Income II, Inc. and NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. and as Executive Chairman of the board of directors of NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Mr. Gilbert has extensive expertise in all aspects of commercial real estate investing through changing market conditions and has played a central role in the formation, development and vertical integration of NorthStar’s organization. Prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Gilbert spent 10 years with Merrill Lynch & Co. in its Global Principal Investments and Commercial Real Estate Department. Mr. Gilbert holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Union College in Schenectady, New York.