Our Company - Why Mapeley?
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Mapeley Executive
Jamie Hopkins
Patrick Butcher
Robin Priest
Phillip Russell

Shareholder Representatives
David Burke
Wes Edens
Rob Kauffman
Richard Mully
Richard Georgi
James Ritblat


Rob Kauffman
Non-Executive Chairman

Robert I. Kauffman has been the President and a Principal of Fortress since co-founding the firm in 1998. Mr. Kauffman oversees Fortress's European investment operations. Mr. Kauffman is also the Chief Executive Officer of Italfondiario, the loan servicing business purchased in Fund I.

Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Kauffman was a Managing Director of UBS from May 1997 to May 1998, and prior to that, was a Principal of BlackRock and Managing Director of BAI. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Kauffman was an Executive Director of Lehman Brothers International in London.

Mr. Kauffman received a B.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University.