Mr. Jai Agarwal has been Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer at Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. since June 15, 2016. Mr. Agarwal has been Chief Financial Officer of CM Investment Partners LLC since April 2014. Mr. Agarwal has more than fifteen years of experience in the commercial real estate finance industry. Mr. Agarwal served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at CM Finance Inc. since September 4, 2014. He served as Senior Vice President at The Blackstone Group, from December 2012 to February 2014. He served as Director of Finance & Accounting at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (formerly Capital Trust, Inc). since October 2008 until December 2012. From 2000 to 2007, he served as Vice President and Assistant Controller and in other finance roles at iStar Financial, Inc. Mr. Agarwal is a Certified Public Accountant. He received a BA from University of Mumbai.