Mr. Thomas M. Harney, also known as Tom, has been the Head of Merchant Banking and Capital Markets at Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP since October 2010. Mr. Harney has been the Head of Merchant Banking and Capital Markets of Ladder Capital Finance LLC since June 2010 and Ladder Capital Corp since October 2010. Mr. Harney served as Managing Director and Head of Real Estate at Tri-Artisan Partners LLC since December 2008. Mr. Harney served as the Head of Real Estate at Tri-Artisan Capital Partners from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Harney served as Senior Managing Director of the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Bear Stearns, where Mr. Harney worked from 1997 to 2008. Prior to that, from 1983 to 1997 Mr. Harney held senior investment banking and principal investment/finance roles related to commercial real estate at Olympia & York, Merrill Lynch, BT Securities and a series of private investment partnerships. Mr. Harney has extensive experience in completed large-scale M&A transactions, as well as a broad range of debt and equity securities transactions in both public and private formats. He has more than 28 years of experience in real estate and investment banking. He served as Managing Director and Head of Real Estate at Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Capital LLC. Mr. Harney has completed over $70 billion in real estate transactions during the span of his successful career. He focus on recapitalizations, privatizations, joint ventures and opportunistic investment initiatives in cooperation with seasoned management teams as well as selected private market project-level debt and equity investments. Mr. Harney joined Tri-Artisan after having spent 11 years at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., where he served as Senior Managing Director of the Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Investment Banking Group and Co-Head of Real Estate Investment Banking. During his tenure at Bear, Stearns from 1997 to 2008, Mr. Harney led several high profile transactions including the merger of Starwood Financial and TriNet Corporate Realty Trust to form iStar Financial; the merger of Lexington Realty Trust and Newkirk, the sale of National Government Properties to Rubicon America Trust and multiple transactions with Crescent Real Estate; Canyon Ranch; Boca Resorts / Florida Panthers; CBL & Associates; NorthStar Realty Finance; Essex Property Trust and several other prominent real estate companies. Prior to joining Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Mr. Harney served in various senior investment banking and principal investment roles at firms including Merrill Lynch and BT Securities from 1983 to 1997. He started his career in 1983 at Olympia & York Properties and has successfully invested in both distressed debt and opportunistic equity in past market downturns. In addition, Mr. Harney benefits from his hands-on experience in acquiring, managing, leasing, financing and selling direct property holdings and portfolios. He is a Member of multiple industry organizations including the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He also serves as a Trustee of The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. Mr. Harney graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the New York University Real Estate Finance & Development Program.