Executive Vice President
James E. Rehlaender III has served as our Executive Vice President since January 2025. Mr. Rehlaender, a Director of BlackRock, is a senior member of the Real Estate Debt investment team with a focus on capital markets activities and portfolio management. He is responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, capital markets strategy and execution as well as guiding overall investment and business strategy. Mr. Rehlaender was previously a senior member of the Financial Markets Advisory business (“FMA”). During his tenure with FMA, he served as a portfolio manager and advisor with specializations in the commercial real estate, financial services, infrastructure and shipping sectors in the US and EMEA. In his position as a portfolio manager and asset class expert in the advisory business, he was responsible for serving a wide range of clients including official institutions, insurance companies, pension funds, banks, hedge funds and private equity funds on valuation, risk assessment and strategy for their existing investment portfolios as well as new investment opportunities. He began his career in real estate investment banking. Mr. Rehlaender graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a minor in economics.