Company: VRE
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000924901-25-000035
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Company: Veris Residential, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 it to $2.6bn in assets under management across nine countries and five asset classes. Mr. Nia spearheaded the spin-off of the NSAM platform in 2015 to create NRE, which was sold to AXA Investment Managers — Real Assets in September of 2019.

From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Nia was also a Managing Director at Colony Capital Inc. (formerly Colony NorthStar) and a member of its European Steering Committee. Prior to joining NSAM in 2014, Mr. Nia worked for PanCap Investment Partners, a European real estate investment and advisory firm. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Nia was a Senior Executive Director at Goldman Sachs. Prior to 2007, he advanced through various positions at Citigroup Inc. (formerly Salomon Brothers).

Mr. Nia earned a First Class Honours degree in Economics for Business from the University of Westminster (London, UK) and a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Warwick (Warwick, UK).

BOARD SERVICE

Veris Residential, Inc. (2020 – Present); NorthStar Realty Europe Corp (2018 – 2019).

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Frederic Cumenal

DIRECTOR | AGE: 65

OCCUPATION

Independent Director at Blue Nile, Inc. and Lugano Diamonds

EXPERIENCE

Frederic Cumenal was appointed to Veris Residential’s Board of Directors in 2019. He is the Chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Strategic Review Committee. Mr. Cumenal has significant leadership experience and operational expertise gained from serving in the C-suite of major global companies and as a director on public company boards. He also brings a deep knowledge of international business and brand management to the boardroom.

Mr. Cumenal served as the Chief Executive Officer of Tiffany & Co. from 2015 to 2017, as President from 2013 to 2015, and as Executive President responsible for sales and global distribution from 2011 to 2013. Previously, he worked for fifteen years in various senior leadership positions in LVMH Group’s wine and spirits businesses, including as President and Chief Executive Officer of Moët & Chandon, S.A, as Chief Executive Officer of Domaine Chandon and as a Managing Director of Moët Hennessy Europe. Mr. Cumenal also served as Executive Vice President of Marketing, Strategy