Joseph F. Azrack, has served as one of our directors since June 2009 and was appointed as the Chairperson of the board of directors in March 2012. From June 2009 through March 2012, Mr. Azrack also served as our President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of ACREFI Management, LLC (our “Manager”), the head of our Manager’s Investment Committee, the managing partner of Apollo Global Real Estate Management, L.P., a position he has held sin... 

Stuart A. Rothstein, is a Director, the Chief Executive Officer and the President of our Company. He is also the Vice President of, and a member of the Investment Committee of our Manager. Since 2009, Mr. Rothstein has been a partner and the Chief Operating Officer-Real Estate of Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO). Mr. Rothstein is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the group as well as strategic planning and new business development. Since its initial public ... 

Mr. Weiner is the Chief Investment Officer of the Company’s Manager. Mr. Weiner also serves as a partner of Apollo Global Management, where he oversees Apollo’s Commercial real estate debt business. Mr. Weiner joined Apollo in 2009 from Barclays Capital where he was in charge of the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Large Loan and Structured Loan business from 2005 to 2009 (Managing Director, 2006 to 2009; Director, July 2005 to January 2006). In this capacity, Mr. Weiner managed the origination, p...