Biography

Z. Jamie Behar

Director, Governance Committee and Nominating Committee Co-chairperson, Compensation Committee Member, Audit Committee Member and Financial Expert
Z. Jamie Behar has been a director of ARMOUR since July 2019. From 2005 to 2015, Ms. Behar was Managing Director, Real Estate & Alternative Investments, for GM Investment Management Corporation (GMIMCo), having previously served as Portfolio Manager at the company for 19 years. Ms. Behar was responsible for the management of approximately $12 billion at peak portfolio value of primarily private market and publicly traded real estate on behalf of both General Motors Company and other unaffiliated clients. She has served on numerous boards within the real estate sector and she brings this investment, real estate and financial expertise to the ARMOUR Board. Ms. Behar currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Shurgard Self Storage Ltd. (EBR: SHUR), Sila Realty Trust, a public, non-traded healthcare REIT, and Benefit Street Partners Multifamily Trust, a non-traded multifamily REIT, and as an independent member of the CBRE Investment Management - Indirect Investment Committee. Ms. Behar is a member of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit), and serves as co-chair of the PREA Governance Committee. Ms. Behar previously served on the boards of directors of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Gramercy Property Trust, Forest City Realty Trust, the Broadstone Real Estate Access Fund, Desarrolladora Homex, SAB de CV and Hospitality Europe, B.V. as well as on the Board of Directors of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), having held the position of Board Chair of PREA from March 2010 to March 2011. Ms. Behar holds a B.S. in Economics (magna cum laude) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. In December 2018, Ms. Behar was the recipient of Nareit’s E. Lawrence Miller Industry Achievement Award for her contributions to the REIT industry.
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Chair of the Governance Committee and Nominating Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee