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
Chunk 8
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 Prince, Rothstein and Salvati and Mses. Carlton, Haysom, Newman and Whonder as directors, unless otherwise instructed. If the candidacy of Messrs. Biderman, Kasdin, Prince, Rothstein or Salvati or Mses. Carlton, Haysom, Newman or Whonder should, for any reason, be withdrawn prior to the Annual Meeting, the proxies will be voted by the proxy holders in favor of such substituted candidates (if any) as shall be nominated by our board of directors. Our board of directors has no reason to believe that, if elected, any of Messrs. Biderman, Kasdin, Prince, Rothstein and Salvati and Mses. Carlton, Haysom, Newman and Whonder will be unable or unwilling to serve as director.Information Regarding the Nominees for Election as DirectorsThe following information is furnished as of April 29, 2025 regarding the nominees for election as directors.Mark C. Biderman, 79, has been one of our directors since November 2010. Since April 2021, Mr. Biderman has been a member of the board of directors and chair of the Audit Committee of The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers LLC. Mr. Biderman served as a member of the board of directors of Atlas Energy Group, LLC from February 2015 to May 2020, and as a member of the board of directors of Corse Energy Corp. from October 2023 to October 2024. Since January 2009, Mr. Biderman has been a consultant focused on the financial services sector. Mr. Biderman served as Vice Chairman of National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE: NFP), a benefits, insurance and wealth management services firm, from September 2008 through December 2008. From November 1999 until September 2008, he served as National Financial Partners Corp.’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1987 to 1999, Mr. Biderman served as Managing Director and Head of the Financial Institutions Group at CIBC World Markets, or CIBC, an investment banking firm, and its predecessor, Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. Prior to investment banking, he was an equity research analyst covering the commercial banking industry. Mr. Biderman chaired the Due Diligence Committee at CIBC and served on the Commitment and Credit Committees. Mr. Biderman was a member of the Disciplinary Review Committee of the CFA Institute