Mahbod Nia is the Chief Executive Officer of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation. He has over 20 years of real estate industry experience, most recently serving as Chief Executive Officer of NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. (NRE). He has also served as Managing Director, Head of European Investments at NorthStar Asset Management Group, where he established and rapidly grew the company's European investment platform to $2.6 billion in assets under management across nine countries and five asset classes. Prior to joining NSAM in 2014, he acted for PanCap Investment Partners, a European real estate investment and advisory firm. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Nia was a Senior Executive Director at Goldman Sachs. Prior to 2007, he served in various positions at Citigroup Inc. (formerly Salomon Brothers). He received a First Class Honours degree in Economics for Business from the University of Westminster (London, UK) and a Masters degree in Economics & Finance from the University of Warwick (Warwick, UK).