James Nelson

Mr. Nelson currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE “GNL”), a publicly-traded real estate investment trust, a position he has held since July 2017, and has served, since March 2017, as a director of GNL. Mr. Nelson previously served as a member of GNL’s audit committee from March 2017 until July 2017. Mr. Nelson was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eaglescliff Corporation, a specialty investment banking, consulting and wealth management company, from 1986 until 2009. From 1998 to 2003, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orbit Aviation, Inc., a company engaged in the acquisition and completion of Boeing Business Jets for private and corporate clients, and from 1995 to 1999, Mr. Nelson was Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of Orbitex Management, Inc., a financial services company in the mutual fund sector. Mr. Nelson currently serves on the board of directors of Xerox Holdings Corporation (NYSE “XRX”) and as an independent director and chairman of the audit committee for Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq “DBDR”), a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination with one or more businesses with a focus on companies in the technology, media and telecom industries. Mr. Nelson previously served on the board of directors for other publicly traded companies including Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (NYSE “HLF”) from 2014 to 2021, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (Nasdaq “CZR”) from 2019 to 2020, Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., the general partner of Icahn Enterprises L.P. (Nasdaq “IEP”) from 2001 to 2019, and New York REIT, Inc. (NYSE “NYRT” - no longer listed) from 2015 to 2017.