Global Net Lease, Inc. announced the appointment of Robert Kauffman to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Kauffman is a co-founder of Fortress Investment Group LLC where he was a principal and member of the Board of Directors from its founding in 1998 until 2012. He is currently a successful private investor and entrepreneur active in the financial, real estate, automotive and technology-oriented sectors.

Prior to co-founding Fortress, he was a Managing Director at UBS in its Principal Finance area, a Principal at BlackRock Financial Management Inc, and at Lehman Brothers primarily focused on the mortgage and securitization markets in the US and Europe.