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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aner has also served as Chief Investment Officer of NHT since December 2019 and as a Managing Director at our Sponsor since 2016. In addition, Mr. McGraner has served as Executive VP and Chief Investment Officer of NXDT since July 2022 and served as Secretary of NXDT from July 2022 to December 2024. In addition, Mr. McGraner has served as Chief Investment Officer and Secretary of NXHT since June 2022. NXRT, VineBrook, NXDT, NXHT, NSP, NHT and our Sponsor may be affiliates of the Company. With over 15 years of real estate, private equity and legal experience, his primary responsibilities are to lead the operations of the real estate platform at our Sponsor, as well as source and execute investments, manage risk and develop potential business opportunities, including fundraising, private investments and joint ventures. Mr. McGraner is also a licensed attorney and was formerly an associate at Jones Day from 2011 to 2013, with a practice primarily focused on private equity, real estate and mergers and acquisitions. While at Jones Day, Mr. McGraner led the acquisition and financing of over $200 million of real estate investments and advised on $16.3 billion of M&A and private equity transactions. Since 2013 through March 28, 2025, Mr. McGraner has led the acquisition and financing of over $20.1 billion of real estate investments.

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Dennis Charles“D.C.”Sauter, Jr.has served as our General Counsel since February 2020 and as Secretary since January 2025. Mr. Sauter has also served as General Counsel of NXRT since February 2020 and as Secretary since January 2025, as General Counsel of our Sponsor since April 2021 and as General Counsel of NXDT since July 2022 and as Secretary since January 2025. Previously, Mr. Sauter was a partner in the real estate section of a Dallas, Texas-based law firm from January 2014 until joining our Sponsor in February 2020, where he specialized in acquisitions, construction, financing, joint ventures and complex leasing for REITs, private developers, and institutional investors. NXRT, NXDT and our Sponsor may be affiliates of the Company. Mr. Sauter’s primary responsibility is to manage our legal matters, including corporate governance, real estate transactions and capital markets transactions. He