Christopher Grimes

Christopher Grimes, CFA, serves as Managing Director and Treasurer at Ready Capital and Managing Director at Waterfall Asset Management LLC since July 2022. Previously, Christopher held key positions at Annaly Capital Management focused on Funding and Liquidity Management within the Treasury from August 2013 to July 2022. Earlier in Christopher's career, a significant tenure at CIT included multiple managing director roles overseeing International Treasury, Balance Sheet Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Treasury Risk Management, and Capital Markets from January 2002 to August 2013. Additionally, experience encompasses vice president roles in Capital Markets at Newcourt Credit Group and assistant vice president positions at AT&T Capital. Starting as an associate at PaineWebber and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Christopher's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Villanova University and an MBA from Fordham University.