Kamal Jafarnia - Profile

Kamal Jafarnia previously held the role of General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Artivest Holdings, Inc. until Spring 2021. He also served as the Chief Compliance Officer for the Investment Management business at Altegris Advisers during this time. Prior to his tenure at Artivest, Mr. Jafarnia was the Managing Director for Legal and Business Development at Provasi Capital Partners LP. Before that, from October 2014 to December 2017, he was the Senior Vice President at W.P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) and held key positions as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Carey Credit Advisors, Inc. and as Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel at Carey Financial, LLC. Before joining W. P. Carey Inc., Mr. Jafarnia practiced law at two American Lawyer Global 100 law firms in New York. From March 2014 to October 2014, he was a Counsel in the REIT practice group at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Between August 2012 and March 2014, Mr. Jafarnia was a Counsel in the Financial Services & Products Group and a member of the REIT practice group at Alston & Bird, LLP. From 2006 to 2012, he held senior executive, in-house counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer roles at various alternative investment program sponsors, including American Realty Capital and Realty Capital Securities, LLC. Additionally, Mr. Jafarnia has been a non-executive independent member of the board of directors at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) since January 2013. He obtained an LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University Law Center in 2011, a J.D. from Temple University in 1992, and a B.A. in Economics and Government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988.