Advisor

Kevin Keyes is the Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Annaly Capital Management. Annaly is the world’s largest publicly traded Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE: NLY). Mr. Keyes served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President from September 2015 until his retirement in January 2020. During Mr. Keyes’ tenure, Annaly delivered a total investment return of approximately 75%, grew its capital base over 50% to $15 billion, and paid out over $5.5 billion in common dividends to its shareholders. Previously, Mr. Keyes served as President of Annaly (October 2012 until September 2015) and as Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Capital Markets (September 2009 until October 2012).

Prior to joining Annaly, Mr. Keyes worked for 20 years in senior investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets roles. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Keyes served in management and business origination roles in the Global Capital Markets and Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to that, from 1997 to 2005 he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston leading various Capital Markets Origination groups, and from 1990 to 1997 at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and Real Estate Investment Banking Group. During his career in investment banking and capital markets, Mr. Keyes advised hundreds of clients in the Real Estate, Financial, Technology, Industrial, and Healthcare industries. Mr. Keyes’ client relationships include well-known industry leaders, including S&P 500 Index members: Alliance Data Systems Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., CME Group, Inc., Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Douglas Emmett, Inc., Manulife Financial Corporation, MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., MetLife, Inc., Nasdaq, Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc. and VmWare, Inc.

Mr. Keyes is a member of the University of Notre Dame’s Campaign Cabinet, the President’s Circle, the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, and the Jesse Harper Council, as part of the Rockne Athletics Fund. He is a Managing Partner of Play Like a Champion Capital and Golden Dome Partners, Co-Owner of Mirror Wine Company and serves on the Board of Directors of KSM Industries and the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation.

Mr. Keyes holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Business Administration (ALPA Program) from the University of Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame, Mr. Keyes also played varsity tennis and won the “Bookstore Basketball” Tournament. He is originally from Wisconsin, has six sisters, and resides in Ridgewood, New Jersey with his wife, twin daughters, and son.