People: NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NRF)

Mr. Gilbert is Executive Vice Presidents and Chief Investment Officer of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. He has been one of executive vice presidents since initial public offering in October 2004, and chief investment officer since January 2009. From July 2004 until October 2004, Mr. Gilbert served as an executive vice president and managing director of mezzanine lending of NorthStar Capital, which included responsibility for the oversight of the NSF Venture. From 1994 to 2004, Mr. Gilbert held a number of positions with Merrill Lynch & Co., in its Global Principal Investments and Commercial Real Estate department. Most recently, Mr. Gilbert managed a group with global responsibility for Merrill Lynch's relationships with its top tier real estate investor clients and engaging in strategic principal investments in real estate opportunity funds. For the prior six years, he was responsible for originating principal investments in mortgage loans, subordinated notes, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, distressed debt and related commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS. Mr. Gilbert's early work at Merrill Lynch focused on CMBS transactions and the acquisition of distressed mortgage loan portfolios. In 1996, Mr. Gilbert left Merrill Lynch for a brief time to work for a management consulting firm, where he advised senior management and directors on shareholder value creation. Prior to 1994, he held accounting and legal-related roles at Prudential Securities Incorporated. Mr. Gilbert graduated from Union College with degrees in political science and anthropology.