To fill an existing vacancy on the Board of Directors of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc., on August 28, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Ron D. Sturzenegger to serve as an independent director of the Company and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Conflicts Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Sturzenegger has over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry through his career at major financial institutions. From July 2014 to January 2018, Mr. Sturzenegger was Enterprise Business & Community Engagement Executive at Bank of America, responsible for leading Bank of America’s strategy to integrate the delivery of its products and services to customers and clients in 90 key U.S. markets. In his role overseeing Enterprise Business & Community Engagement, he was responsible for driving global integration opportunities across the enterprise. In addition, Mr. Sturzenegger led Bank of America’s strategy through which leaders representing all the company’s various businesses in a given market or community worked together to integrate the delivery of products and services for customers and clients, including the oversight of the Market Presidents Organization.