H. Van Sinclair is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The RLJ Companies, a holding company founded by Robert L. Johnson that provides strategic investment and direction in and for a diverse portfolio of companies that include the financial services, real estate, hospitality/restaurant, professional sports, film production, and gaming and recording industries.

As President, Mr. Sinclair is responsible for the strategic direction of The RLJ Companies, including overall portfolio management, as well as day-to-day, operational oversight for the highly diversified businesses.

Among other things, Mr. Sinclair managed the acquisition, development and expansion by Robert L. Johnson of the NBA franchise the Charlotte Bobcats and the Charlotte Arena Operations, LLC.

Mr. Sinclair also serves as the Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs for the RLJ Urban Lodging Funds, with committed capital of $2 billion, focused on limited and focused service hotels in the United States and for RLJ Development, which is the RLJ Companies’ hotel and hospitality company, with hotel properties in the United States and Mexico.

Mr. Sinclair, formerly a practicing attorney, spent 28 years with the Washington, D.C. and New York law firm of Arent Fox, PLLC, The RLJ Companies’ outside counsel, where he provided counsel to a wide variety of business entities and individuals, in the media, technology, banking, real estate and construction industries. Mr. Sinclair remains Of Counsel to Arent Fox.

Prior to joining The RLJ Companies, Mr. Sinclair, represented Robert L. Johnson and Black Entertainment Television (BET) for many years, culminating in the sale of BET to Viacom Inc. in 2001. The RLJ Companies was formed soon thereafter.