Company: ARI
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-104054
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Company: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 of Apollo Diversified Real Estate Fund (“ADREF”) and as chairman and trustee of ADREF’s board of trustees. Prior to joining Apollo in 2009, Mr. Rothstein was a Co-Managing Partner of Four Corners Properties, a privately held real estate investment company. Previously, he was employed by KKR Financial Advisors, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, Related Capital Company and Spieker Properties, Inc. Mr. Rothstein graduated from the Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Accounting and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Rothstein was selected to serve on our board of directors because of the strategic leadership and business judgment he has demonstrated in his role as our President and Chief Executive Officer, and previously as our Chief Financial Officer, and his extensive managerial and executive experience.

Michael E. Salvati, 72, has been one of our directors since September 2009. Since December 2000, Mr. Salvati has been President at Oakridge Consulting, Inc., which provides interim management, management consulting and corporate advisory services to companies ranging in size from start-ups to multinational corporations. From February 2004 to May 2004, Mr. Salvati served as Chief Financial Officer of AMI Semiconductor, Inc. From September 1998 to February 2000, Mr. Salvati was Executive Vice President—Chief Operating Officer of National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE: NFP), an Apollo-affiliated venture focusing on the consolidation of small financial services firms that service high net worth individuals. From June 1996 to

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June 1998, he was Chief Financial Officer of Culligan Water Technologies, Inc., where he oversaw the completion of nearly 50 acquisitions over a period of 18 months. Mr. Salvati was a partner at KPMG LLP from 1990 to 1996. Mr. Salvati is a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive) and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Illinois CPA Society. He also serves as a member of the boards of directors of MFIC GP, LLC and MidCap Finco LLC (affiliates of Apollo) since May 2022 and September 2024, respectively. Mr. Salvati’s previous board memberships include Global Power Equipment Group, Inc. (OTC: GLPW), Things Remembered, Inc., Lazydays, Inc., NCH