Jai Agarwal

Jai Agarwal is the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of our Company. Prior to joining ARI, he served as the chief financial officer and treasurer of CM Finance Inc. (Nasdaq: CMFN). Prior to CM Finance, Mr. Agarwal was a senior vice president in Blackstone’s real estate finance group and a director of finance and accounting at Capital Trust, the predecessor to Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT). Prior to that, Mr. Agarwal held positions in finance and investments at iStar Inc. (NYSE: STAR). He holds a Bachelor of Science from University of Mumbai and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).