Adam Portnoy
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Portnoy is President and Chief Executive Officer of The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR). He also serves as a Managing Director of RMR and on the Boards of its client companies, including: Service Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC), Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC), Office Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: OPI), Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (Nasdaq: ILPT), Seven Hills Realty Trust (Nasdaq: SEVN), AlerisLife Inc. (Private), Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Private) and Tremont Realty Capital, an SEC registered investment adviser.
Prior to joining RMR in 2003, Mr. Portnoy held various positions in the finance industry and public sector, including working as a banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and ABN AMRO, working in private equity at the International Finance Corporation (a member of The World Bank Group) and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, as well as serving as Chief Executive Officer of a telecommunications company. Mr. Portnoy currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pioneer Institute, as a member of the executive committee of the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Opportunity Alliance, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts High Technology Council and as the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is formerly a member of the Board of Trustees of Occidental College and the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit). Mr. Portnoy graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Occidental College in 1993.
Education & Certifications
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Occidental College
Associations
Board of Directors Chair for Pioneer Institute; Board of Directors Member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; Board of Directors Member of the Massachusetts Opportunity Alliance; Board of Directors Member for Massachusetts High Technology Council; Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts