RLJ Companies Management Team

H. Van Sinclair
President

H. Van Sinclair is the President 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, 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 and WNBA franchise the Charlotte Bobcats and Charlotte Sting, and the Charlotte Arena Operations, LLC.

Mr. Sinclair also serves as the Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs for the RLJ Urban Lodging Fund, a $315 million fund 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, a practicing attorney, has 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 for a wide variety of business entities and individuals, in the media, technology, banking, real estate, and construction industries. Mr. Sinclair remains Of Counsel to the firm.

Prior to joining The RLJ Companies, Mr. Sinclair as counsel 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.