Douglas Armer is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, and Chief Financial Officer and Head of Capital Markets of the Company. Mr. Armer is a senior member of MSREI based in New York where he is responsible for capital markets and finance activities on the platform in the United States. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2023, Mr. Armer was an Executive Vice President and Head of Capital Markets at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. as well as a Managing Director at Blackstone sitting on the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies group investment committee and involved with capital markets management at Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT). Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr.Armer was a Managing Director at Capital Trust, Inc. where he handled Capital Trust’s capital markets and finance activities as well as regulatory matters. Prior to joining Capital Trust, Inc. in 2004, Mr. Armer was responsible for developing the India-based capital markets group of Global Realty Outsourcing. Previously Mr. Armer held positions in investment banking at Gerard Klauer Mattison and at PaineWebber Commercial Real Estate Securities. Mr. Armer holds a B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, from the University of Rochester, where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He is currently a trustee of Grace Church School in New York.