Mr. Michael Nierenberg, also known as Mike, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of New Residential Investment Corp. November 13, 2013 and its Chairman since May 2016. Mr. Nierenberg served as the Global Head, Mortgages and Securitized Products of BofA Merrill Lynch since September 2008. Mr. Nierenberg served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Securitized Products at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and America Merrill Lynch. He joined Bear Stearns in 1994 and served as its Head of Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange Trading Operations, Co-Head of Structured Products and Co-Head of Mortgage-backed securities trading. He has been a Director at New Residential Investment Corp. since November 13, 2013. Before Bear Stearns, Mr. Nierenberg spent seven years at Lehman Brothers, where he was instrumental in building up its adjustable rate mortgage business.