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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 of Crain’s New York Business’ (“Crain’s”) Notable Leaders in Finance for 2024, one of Real Estate Forum’s Best Bosses in 2023, one of Savoy’s Most Influential Black Corporate Directors in 2021, and one of Crain’s Notable Black Leaders and Executives of 2021. She received the 2020 Cornell Baker Industry Leader Award, received the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) 2019 Finance Catalyst Award, and was recognized as one of The Network Journal’s 25 Most Influential Black Women in Business in 2017.

Ms. Jones received a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA with a concentration in Real Estate Finance from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

BOARD SERVICE

Veris Residential, Inc. (2020 – Present); Crown Castle International Corp. (2020 – Present); KKR Real Estate Select Trust, Inc. (2020 – 2021); Monogram Residential Trust, Inc. (2016 – 2017).

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Mahbod Nia

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR | AGE 49

OCCUPATION

Chief Executive Officer of Veris Residential, Inc.

EXPERIENCE

Mahbod Nia has led Veris Residential as Chief Executive Officer since March 2021. He was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors in 2020 and is a member of the Strategic Review Committee. Mr. Nia has 25 years of experience spanning real estate investment, debt and advisory. He has intimate knowledge of the real estate investment management sector, having previously served as CEO of a publicly traded REIT where he oversaw a strategic transformation that drove per share net asset value growth of over 40% as well as the successful sale of the business, which resulted in realizing a 16% IRR.

Prior to joining Veris Residential, Mr. Nia served as Chief Executive Officer of NorthStar Realty Europe Corp (NYSE:NRE), a REIT focused on European properties, from 2015 to 2019. He was also a member of NRE’s investment committee and Board of Directors from 2018 to 2019. Earlier, Mr. Nia served as Managing Director, Head of European Investments of NorthStar Asset Management Group (“NSAM”) from 2014 to 2017, where he established the company’s European investment platform, rapidly growing