Mr. Boutros, Principal of Colony Capital, LLC, is responsible for the Firm's activities in the Middle East and North Africa. As such, Mr. Boutros provides leadership, strategic planning, regional capital formation efforts and the identification, evaluation, consummation and management of investments in this region.

Prior to joining Colony in 2003, Mr. Boutros invested his personal capital in real estate and technology ventures. From 1988 to 2000, Mr. Boutros was an investment banker with the Merrill Lynch Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure Investment Banking Group and led Merrill's European real estate activity across Continental Europe and the Middle East.

Mr. Boutros received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame (Summa Cum Laude) and his Masters in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.