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Senior Management
Matthew J. Lambiase President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Lambiase is a Managing Director and Head of Business Development for Annaly and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Chimera Investment Corporation, which is managed by FIDAC. He joined the companies in 2004. Before that, Mr. Lambiase was a Director in Fixed Income Sales at Nomura Securities International, Inc. Mr. Lambiase also held positions at Bear, Stearns & Company as Vice President in Institutional Fixed Income Sales and as a mortgage analyst in the Financial Analytics and Structured Transaction Group. Mr. Lambiase has a BA from the University of Dayton.
Robert Colligan Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Colligan joins Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company (“FIDAC”), the external manager of Chimera, as a Managing Director from Starwood Capital Group where he was the Controller for the last five years. At Starwood Capital Group, Mr. Colligan focused on financial reporting, treasury, tax, operational and strategic initiatives. Prior to Starwood Capital Group, from 2002 to 2008 Mr. Colligan was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns and from 1999 to 2002 a Vice President at Merrill Lynch in financial reporting, strategy and investor relations roles. Mr. Colligan began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where from 1993 to 1999 he had roles in both audit and national tax. He has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Villanova University, a Masters in Taxation from George Washington University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Christian J. Woschenko Head of Investments
Mr. Woschenko is the Head of Investments of Chimera Investment Corporation. Before joining the company in 2007, Mr. Woschenko worked at PHH Mortgage since 2005 with responsibilities for arranging, modeling and pricing the securitizations of their non-Agency residential mortgage production. He was a member of PHH's Credit Committee and Interest Rate Risk Committee. Previously, Mr. Woschenko was employed as Senior Mortgage Credit Trader at RBC Capital, Senior Asset Backed Securities Banker at BB&T Capital Markets and as a Principal in Mortgage Trading at Mariner Capital Management. Mr. Woschenko has a BA from Widener University.
William B. Dyer Head of Underwriting
Mr. Dyer is the Head of Underwriting of Chimera Investment Corporation. Before joining the company in 2007, Mr. Dyer was Vice President, Credit Risk Management for PHH Mortgage Corporation from 1997 where his responsibilities included supervision of the Credit Solutions Department. Mr. Dyer was Vice President at the Fixed-Income Division of Nomura Asset Capital Corporation from 1994 to 1997, where he managed deal-related activities critical for the securitization or sale of the mortgage loans. Mr. Dyer has a MBA from St. John's University and a BS from St. Francis College.
Board of Directors
Paul Donlin Chairman
Paul Donlin is the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Donlin left Citigroup in 2007, after a career that spanned 21 years. During his last 10 years at Citigroup, Mr. Donlin was in the securitization business, with his most recent position being the Head of Global Securitization in the Global Securitized Markets Business within Fixed Income. Earlier in his career at Citicorp, Mr. Donlin managed the Structured Finance and Advisory Unit of Citicorp's Private Bank. Mr. Donlin has a BS from Georgetown University and a MBA from Harvard University.
Gerard Creagh
From September 2005 through 2010, Mr. Creagh served as President and member of the board of directors of Duff & Phelps Corporation. From September 2005 to September 2007, Mr. Creagh served as President of Duff & Phelps Acquisitions, LLC. Prior to its merger with Duff & Phelps in September 2005, Mr. Creagh served as Executive Managing Director of Standard & Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting Practice. Prior to this he held the position of North American Valuation Services Practice Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Creagh received a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College and an MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Dennis M. Mahoney Audit Committee Chairman
Before retiring in 2007, Mr. Mahoney served as Senior Vice President of Columbia Bank where he was responsible for the development and expansion of alternative investment products. Prior to joining Columbia Bank, Mr. Mahoney served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of First Atlantic Savings, and as Executive Vice President-Treasurer of Carteret Savings Bank. Mr. Mahoney joined First Atlantic Savings in 1988. Mr. Mahoney has a BA from Roanoke College.
John P. Reilly
Mr. Reilly co-founded and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Keltic Financial Services, LLC. Prior to co-founding Keltic Financial Services, LLC in 1999, Mr. Reilly served as Global Product Head for Capital Markets, Credit, Corporate Finance and Real Estate in Citicorp’s Private Banking Group, as well as various senior executive positions at Citibank for over 22 years. Currently Mr. Reilly serves as Director of ScanSource, Inc. Mr. Reilly has an MBA from Farleigh Dickinson University and a BA from Kings College.
Mark A. Abrams
Mr. Abrams served as Chief Investment Officer of the Presidential Life Insurance Company from November 2003 to December 2012 and as Executive Vice President from 2005 to December 2012. He was Senior Vice President of the Presidential Life InsuranceCompany from 2001 to 2005 and before that , Mr. Abrams served as Vice President of the Presidential Life Insurance Company since October 1994. Mr. Abrams addtionally served as a director from May 2003 until December 2012. Mr. Abrams has a B.A. from Hobart College.
Jeremy Diamond
Mr. Diamond is a Managing Director and Head of Research and Corporate Communications for Annaly. He joined the company in 2002. From 1990 to 2002 he was President of Grant’s Financial Publishing, a financial research company, and publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. Mr. Diamond began his career as an analyst in the investment banking group at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Diamond has a BA from Princeton University and a MBA from the Anderson School at U.C.L.A.
Paul A. Keenan
Mr. Keenan is a partner at the law firm Kelley, Drye and Warren LLP and specializes in real estate finance. Mr. Keenan has a JD from Seton Hall University and a BA from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Matthew J. Lambiase
Mr. Lambiase is a Managing Director and Head of Business Development for Annaly and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Chimera Investment Corporation, which is managed by FIDAC. He joined the companies in 2004. Before that, Mr. Lambiase was a Director in Fixed Income Sales at Nomura Securities International, Inc. Mr. Lambiase also held positions at Bear, Stearns & Company as Vice President in Institutional Fixed Income Sales and as a mortgage analyst in the Financial Analytics and Structured Transaction Group. Mr. Lambiase has a BA from the University of Dayton.
