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Veris Residential develops, owns, and manages premier multifamily communities. We do so with passion and purpose: Creating more-sustainable properties—communities where people can connect and thrive, and a more resilient planet can flourish. read more

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TOTAL RATINGS: 1147

CEO: Mahbod Nia

Mahbod Nia Veris Residential CEO Rating

Veris Residential's CEO, Mahbod Nia, has 43 employee ratings and a score of 96/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 201-500 Employees and Top 5% of other companies in New York. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at Veris Residential rate Mahbod Nia higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 98/100.

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Veris Residential CEO Mahbod Nia Bio

Mahbod Nia currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Veris Residential, Inc. and has served as a member of the Board of Directors since June 2020.

Previously, Mr. Nia was Chief Executive Officer of NorthStar Realty Europe Corp (“NRE”), a NYSE listed REIT focused on European properties from 2015 to 2019. He also served as a member of NRE’s investment committee and board of directors from 2018 to 2019. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Nia was also a Managing Director at Colony Capital Inc. (formerly Colony NorthStar) and member of the European Steering Committee.

Mr. Nia served as Managing Director, Head of European Investments of NorthStar Asset Management Group (“NSAM”) from 2014 to 2017, where he worked to establish the company’s European investment platform, rapidly growing it to $2.6bn in Assets Under Management across 9 countries and 5 asset classes. This platform was spun-off in 2015 to create NRE, which was sold to AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets in September of 2019, realizing a 16% IRR for shareholders since its inception. 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 Master’s degree in Economics & Finance from the University of Warwick (Warwick, UK).

Who Ranks Veris Residential's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - Admin 100/100

Department - Marketing 99/100

Department - Operations 99/100

Who Ranks Veris Residential's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Department - Engineering 80/100

Department - Finance 87/100

Ethnicity - Other 90/100

Veris Residential CEO Mahbod Nia At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Veris Residential.

Veris Residential's CEO is highly regarded by the Admin department, the Marketing department, and the Operations department. However, the Engineering department and the Finance department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.