Matthew L. Ostrower CFA

Professional Background

Mr. Matthew L. Ostrower, CFA serves as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer at DDR Corp since March 3, 2017. Mr. Ostrower served as Chief Financial Officer since April 2015 until March 2017, Executive Vice President since March 3, 2015 until March 2017 and Treasurer since April 2015 until March 2017 of Equity One, Inc. Prior to joining the firm, he held several roles at Morgan Stanley, including Associate Director of European Research and Head of U.S. REIT Equity Research since 2010 and served as an Equity Analyst since July 2000. Mr. Ostrower served as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley since 2010. He was a Member of Morgan Stanley's Equity Research department from July 2000 to April 2008, where he served as a Vice President, Executive Director and as a Managing Director, responsible for coverage of REITs, publishing research opinions and investment recommendations from 2000 to 2006. He served as Managing Director at Morgan Stanley from December 2005 to April 2008. Mr. Ostrower assumed leadership of the REIT research group in 2006 and initiated coverage of a wider range of companies. He was performing capital raising and investment strategy for the Gerrity Group, a Private Owner and Operator of shopping center real estate in the Western United States. Mr. Ostrower also served as Analyst and then Portfolio Manager at Pioneer Real Estate Shares mutual fund from 1996 to 2000. He served as an Independent Trustee of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust from June 2009 to February 6, 2015. Mr. Ostrower is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He has a Master's of Science in Real Estate and a Master's in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. from Tufts University.