People: Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc (BXMT.N)

Mr. Martin Lee Edelman is an Independent Director of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. Mr. Edelman has been a director since 1997. Mr. Edelman is Of Counsel to Paul Hastings LLP, and prior thereto, Battle Fowler LLP. He is a director of Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) and Aldar Properties PJSC (ADX: ALDAR). He also served as a director of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) from 2013 until 2017, Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) from 2014 until 2015, Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) from 1997 until 2013 and Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) from 2003 until 2014. Mr. Edelman is a senior advisor to Mubadala Development Company, the strategic investment vehicle of the government of Abu Dhabi. He is on the boards of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Fisher House Foundation. Mr. Edelman has extensive commercial real estate industry experience and knowledge developed over his nearly 40 years of practicing law, which we believe provides us with valuable perspectives into developments in our industry.