Ronald L. Merriman

Ronald L. Merriman has been Realty Income’s Director since July 2005.

He is a retired Vice Chairman and partner of KPMG LLP, a global accounting and consulting firm (1967-1997). At KPMG LLP, Mr. Merriman served as Vice Chairman of the Executive Management Committee. More recently, Mr. Merriman was the managing director of Merriman Partners, a management advisory firm (2003-2011).

Prior to founding Merriman Partners, Mr. Merriman served as a managing director of O’Melveny & Myers law firm (2000-2003), Executive Vice President of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (1999-2000) and President of Ambassador Performance Group, Inc. (1997-1999). Mr. Merriman serves on the board of directors of nVent Electric plc (NYSE: NVT) (2018-present) and serves as the chairman of its audit and finance committee. Previously, Mr. Merriman served on the board of directors of Aircastle Limited (NYSE: AYR) (2006-2020) and served as the chairman of its audit committee (2006-2020) and on the nomination and governance committee committee (2012–2020). Mr. Merriman served on the board of directors of Pentair, Plc, formerly Pentair, Ltd. (NYSE: PNR) (2005-2018) and was formerly the chairman of its audit committee. Mr. Merriman formerly served on the board of directors of Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE) (2005–2017).

Mr. Merriman is Chair of Realty Income’s Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.