Robert Rush

Robert Rush is our Chief Risk Officer and has served in that capacity since 2014. Mr. Rush previously served as a Managing Director upon joining the Company in 2013. Prior to joining Two Harbors, Mr. Rush held a variety of positions at UBS AG in New York. During 2013, Mr. Rush was a Managing Director and Director of Risk Strategy for the Non-Core and Legacy Group, the unit established to oversee UBS’ exit from capital-inefficient businesses. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Head of Risk Analytics for the StabFund Investment Management Group, focusing on fundamental/technical analytics and interest rate risk management for a multi-billion portfolio of residential and commercial loans, RMBS, CMBS and ABS. From 2007 to 2008 Mr. Rush served as the Head CDO and Esoteric Asset Trader for the UBS Workout Group, and from 2006 to 2007 he co-managed the ABS/CMBS Derivatives Structuring Team within the Global CDO Group. From 1999 to 2006, he worked for John Hancock Financial Services, including as Vice President and Director of Quantitative Research for Declaration Management & Research; and from 1998 to 1999, he was with Queues Enforth Development as a Senior Operations Researcher. Mr. Rush holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Fordham University, an M.S. in Operations Research & Statistics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences & Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.