Company: NREF
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-010694
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Company: NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 since May 2015 and additionally as Chairman of the board of trustees of NXDT since July 2022, and as Chairman of the board of directors of VineBrook Homes Trust, Inc. (“VineBrook”), a single-family rental (“SFR”) REIT, since August 2022. Additionally, Mr. Dondero previously served as President and a member of the board of directors of VineBrook from February 2019 to August 2021. In addition, he has served as a member of the board of directors of NexPoint Homes Trust, Inc. (“NXHT”), a SFR REIT, since June 2022. Mr. Dondero is also: founder and President of NexPoint Advisors, L.P. (our “Sponsor” or “NexPoint”), an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”); a member of the board of directors of NexBank (“NexBank”), a Texas state chartered bank; and Chairman of NexBank Capital, Inc. (“NexBank Capital”). Mr. Dondero co-founded Highland Capital Management, L.P. (“Highland”) in 1993 with Mark Okada and served as President from 2004 to 2020. Mr. Dondero has over 30 years of experience investing in credit and equity markets and has helped pioneer credit asset classes in structured products such as collateralized loan obligations. Mr. Dondero also served as the Chief Executive Officer of NexPoint Hospitality Trust, Inc. (“NHT”), a publicly traded hospitality REIT listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, since December 2019. Mr. Dondero also served as a director of Jernigan Capital, Inc., a self-storage lending REIT, from August 2016 to November 2020. He also serves as President of NexPoint Capital, Inc. (“NexPoint Capital”) and NexPoint Real Estate Strategies Fund (“NRESF”), which may be deemed to be affiliates of NexPoint Real Estate Advisors VII, L.P. (our “Manager”). Mr. Dondero also served on the board of directors of MGM Studios from 2009 until 2020. NXRT, VineBrook, NXDT, NXHT, our Sponsor, NexBank, NexBank Capital, NexPoint Capital and NRESF all may be deemed to be affiliates of the Company. On October 16, 2019, Highland filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the United States