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Mfa Financial CEO and leadership

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Mfa Financial CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Craig L. Knutson is the Mfa Financial's CEO. Mfa Financial has 298 employees, of which 20 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Mfa Financial executive team is 40% female and 60% male.
  • 68% of the management team is White.
  • 8% of Mfa Financial management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Craig L. Knutson

President, Chief Executive Officer

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Bryan Wulfsohn Cfa

Senior Vice President

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Stephen D. Yarad

Chief Financial Officer

Stephen D. Yarad's LinkedIn

Stephen Yarad is a Partner at KPMG and Chief Financial Officer at MFA FINANCIAL, INC.. He works or has worked as MEMBER at Inst of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Stephen studied at The Securities Institute of Australia and UNSW.

Gudmundur Kristjansson

Co-Chief Investment Officer

Gudmundur Kristjansson's LinkedIn

Gudmundur Kristjansson is a Co-Chief Investment Officer at MFA FINANCIAL, INC. and Senior Vice President - Agency MBS Portfolio Manager at MFA FINANCIAL, INC.. He has worked as Assistant Vice President - MBS Analyst at MFA FINANCIAL, INC.; Vice President - Liability Management at MFA FINANCIAL, INC.; and Associate, Trading & Analytics at Performance Trust Capital Partners. Gudmundur attended Cornell University between 2004 and 2005, University of Iceland - Háskóli Íslands between 2000 and 2003, and Commercial College of Iceland.

Harold Edward Schwartz

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Laurie S. Goodman

Chairman of The Board

Robin G. Josephs

Board Member

Francis J. Oelerich

Board Member

Lisa K. Polsky

Board Member

Richard C. Wald

Board Member

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Mfa Financial board members

Name & TitleBio
Craig L. Knutson

President, Chief Executive Officer

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Laurie S. Goodman

Chairman of The Board

Robin G. Josephs

Board Member

Francis J. Oelerich

Board Member

Lisa K. Polsky

Board Member

Richard C. Wald

Board Member

Sheila A. Stamps

Board Member

Terence B. Meyers

Senior Vice President

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James A. Brodsky

Board Member

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Mfa Financial leadership demographics

Mfa Financial gender distribution in management team

  • The Mfa Financial executive team is 40% female and 60% male.
  • Mfa Financial is 80% female and 20% male company-wide.
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Male
60%
Company-wide: 20%
Female
Female
40%
Company-wide: 80%

Mfa Financial executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Mfa Financial executive officers is White.
  • 68% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Mfa Financial's management is Black or African American.
  • 10% of the management team is Asian.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 55% of employees are White.
  • 19% of employees are Asian.
  • 14% of employees are Black or African American.
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Updated November 18, 2022

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