James Dondero, age 59, has served as our President and as chairman of our Board since February 2020. Mr. Dondero has also served as President and chairman of the board of directors of NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. ("NXRT") since May 2015. Additionally, Mr. Dondero was President and a member of the board of directors of VineBrook Homes Trust, Inc. ("VineBrook") from February 2019 to August 2021. Mr. Dondero is also: founder and president of NexPoint Advisors, L.P. (our "Sponsor"), an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"); and chairman of NexBank, SSB ("NexBank"). Mr. Dondero co-founded Highland Capital Management, L.P. ("Highland") in 1993 with Mark Okada and served as President from 2004 to 2020. Mr. Dondero has over 30 years of experience investing in credit and equity markets and has helped pioneer credit asset classes. Mr. Dondero has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of NexPoint Hospitality Trust, Inc. ("NHT"), a publicly traded hospitality real estate investment trust (a "REIT") listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, since December 2018. Mr. Dondero also served as a director of Jernigan Capital, Inc. ("JCAP"), a self-storage lending real estate investment trust, from August 2016 to November 2020. Mr. Dondero currently serves on the boards of directors of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and SeaOne Holdings, LLC. He also serves as President and Principal Executive Officer of NexPoint Capital, Inc. ("NexPoint Capital"), NexPoint Strategic Opportunities Fund ("NHF"), NexPoint Real Estate Strategies Fund ("NRESF") and NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust ("NXDT"), all of which are affiliates of our Manager. On October 16, 2019, Highland filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Mr. Dondero was selected to serve on our Board because of his prior service as a director and his experience as an executive officer.

Source: NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. on 04/08/2022