Choudhary Yarlagadda

Choudhary Yarlagadda is President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Yarlagadda serves as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer starting in August 2015, as the Company’s President starting in December 2020 and as the Company’s Co-Chief Investment Officer starting in December 2022. Prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer in August 2015, Mr. Yarlagadda was a Managing Director and Head of Structured Products for Annaly since January 2008. Prior to joining Annaly, Mr. Yarlagadda was a Director in Structured Credit Products at Credit Suisse and before that a Vice President in the Fixed Income Mortgage Group at Nomura Securities International, Inc. Mr. Yarlagadda has an MS from the Florida Institute of Technology and BS from the National Institute of Technology (India).