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Senior Leadership

• Michael Nierenberg

  Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman

  Michael Nierenberg is the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, and President of Rithm Capital. Mr. Nierenberg has worked for the Company since 2013. Mr. Nierenberg was appointed as our Chairman of the Board in May 2016, and our Chief Executive Officer and President in November 2013. Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer of Rithm Capital, Mr. Nierenberg served as Managing Director and Head of Global Mortgages and Securitized Products at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Nierenberg joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in November 2008 from J.P. Morgan, where he was head of Global Securitized Products and a member of the management committee of the investment bank.

  Prior to his tenure at J.P. Morgan, Mr. Nierenberg held a range of senior leadership positions during fourteen years with Bear Stearns, including Head of Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange Trading operations, Co-Head of Structured Products and Co-Head of Mortgage-Backed Securities Trading. From 2006 to 2008, he was a member of Bear Stearns’s Board of Directors. Mr. Nierenberg spent seven years at Lehman Brothers prior to joining Bear Stearns and was instrumental in building the company’s adjustable rate mortgage business.

• Nick Santoro

  CFO, Chief Accounting Officer

  Nick Santoro is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of Rithm Capital. Mr. Santoro has worked for the Company since 2015. Mr. Santoro was previously employed by FXCM, Inc. from 2012 through September 2015, serving as its Chief Accounting Officer where he was responsible for directing financial reporting, accounting, tax and financial planning activities. From 2005 through 2012, Mr. Santoro was employed by the Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, serving as principal financial officer from November 2008.

  Mr. Santoro is a Certified Public Accountant.

• David Zeiden

  Chief Legal Officer

  David Zeiden was appointed Chief Legal Officer for the Company on April 30, 2024.  Mr. Zeiden previously served as Executive Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and Chief Regulatory Counsel for Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. (“Sculptor Capital”), where he oversaw Sculptor Capital's global compliance program.   Mr. Zeiden has over 25 years’ experience as in-house counsel and in private practice advising on complex investments and other transactions as well as providing legal, compliance, regulatory, and operational leadership.  Prior to serving as Sculptor Capital’s CCO, Mr. Zeiden was General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer for Sculptor Capital’s Asia business. Before joining Sculptor Capital in 2007, Mr. Zeiden spent nearly a decade in private practice in the Corporate Departments at law firms Paul Weiss and Debevoise & Plimpton.  Mr. Zeiden holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law.

• Charles Sorrentino

  Managing Director

  Charles Sorrentino is a Managing Director at Rithm Capital. Mr. Sorrentino has worked for the Company since 2015, originally as a Managing Director in the Private Equity division of Fortress Investment Group, the Company’s former external manager.

  At Rithm, Mr. Sorrentino serves as Head of Investments and is responsible for managing all assets under management. Mr. Sorrentino has over 20 years of experience in capital markets and spent 14 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in various senior leadership roles. Prior to joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sorrentino worked at Prudential Securities.

• Varun Wadhawan

  Managing Director

  Varun Wadhawan is a Managing Director at Rithm Capital. Mr. Wadhawan has worked for the Company since 2016, originally as a Managing Director in the Private Equity division of Fortress Investment Group, the Company’s former external manager.

  At Rithm, Mr. Wadhawan leads Corporate Strategy and M&A and has been instrumental in driving the investment and acquisition of various operating businesses. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wadhawan spent 10 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group where he executed numerous M&A and capital raising transactions. Prior to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mr. Wadhawan worked at American Express and KPMG.

  Mr. Wadhawan received an M.B.A. from Cornell University, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

• Sanjeev Khanna

  Managing Director

  Sanjeev Khanna is a Managing Director at Rithm Capital. Mr. Khanna was previously a Managing Director in the Private Equity division of Fortress Investment Group, the company’s former external manager. Mr. Khanna joined Fortress in 2009.

  At Rithm, Mr. Khanna leads the Capital Markets function. Mr. Khanna has more than 30 years of experience collaborating with a wide range of mortgage and consumer finance industry participants, including servicers of commercial and residential mortgage and consumer loans, asset managers, originators, rating agencies, trustees, accounting firms, lenders, and investors. Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Khanna was a business leader at Morgan Stanley for over 20 years in various structured finance, fixed income, and capital markets groups.

  Mr. Khanna holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University.

• Philip Sivin

  Managing Director, Chief Counsel for M&A

  Philip Sivin is a Managing Director, Chief Counsel for M&A at Rithm Capital. Mr. Sivin has worked for the Company since 2021, originally as a Managing Director in the Private Equity division of Fortress Investment Group, the Company's former external manager.

  Prior to this, Mr. Sivin was a Managing Director and Chief Counsel-Credit at Angelo, Gordon & Co, L.P., overseeing legal issues across the firm's $25bn+ credit platform Prior to Angelo Gordon, Mr. Sivin held a variety of senior positions, including Senior Managing Director, General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer, and was a member of the Executive Committee of the M.D. Sass Group of Companies. Mr. Sivin practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP as a member of the General Corporate, Investment Management and Real Estate Groups.

  Mr. Sivin serves as a Member of the Board of Managers of the Law Alumni Society of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a member of the Cornell ILR Alumni in Finance Council.

  Mr. Sivin received a B.S. from Cornell University, a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

• Jerome Le Jamtel

  Head of Risk

  Jerome Le Jamtel is Head of Risk at Rithm Capital. Mr. Le Jamtel is responsible for all risk policies, monitoring and controls at Rithm and its operating companies, including Newrez, Genesis and GreenBarn, and works closely with the Capital Markets team to manage risk across the entire Rithm enterprise.

  Prior to joining Rithm, Mr. Le Jamtel served for nine years as Chief Risk Officer, and Head of Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Regulatory Affairs for the Americas at Natixis. Mr. Le Jamtel was a member of the Executive Committee, including all key governance committees of the firm. Mr. Le Jamtel has over 34 years of experience in overseeing US and international credit businesses, securitized products, structured finance, asset finance and a wide range of capital market products in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

  Mr. Le Jamtel graduated from Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris and Ecole Centrale Paris. He is a FINRA Registered Principal with certifications including Series 7, 63, 79, and 24.

Team

• Trevor Ballantyne

  Associate

• Riley Barrett

  Vice President

• Emma Bolla

  Associate General Counsel

• Nicolette Bozian

  Associate

• Kenneth Bruce

  Managing Director

• Joseph Celentano

  Managing Director

• Leah Fischler

  Director of Tax and Accounting

• Lindsay Goldenberg

  Senior Vice President

• Christopher Grillo

  Associate

• Paul Gross

  Managing Director

• Evonne Huang

  Senior Vice President

• Ksenia Khomenkova

  Associate

• Danny Knight

  Managing Director

• Celestina Leung

  Senior Vice President

• Sandy Liang

  Associate

• Leigh-Ann Lynn

  Executive Assistant

• William Magee Jr.

  Managing Director

• Satish Mansukhani

  Managing Director

• Franklin Marquet

  Vice President

• Jonny Nierenberg

  Vice President

• Janice-Marie Pecache

  Vice President

• Sandra Perez

  Associate

• Tyler Peterson

  Vice President

• Sean Pooler

  Associate

• Stephen Saccone

  Associate

• David Smith

  Vice President

• Sophia Su

  Director

• Sera Tuz

  Vice President

• Andrew Vinci

  Managing Director

• Leigh Winchester

  Paralegal

• Tad Wolkin

  Director of Treasury

• Joshua Yu

  Senior Vice President

• Mariana Zahora

  Vice President