Mr. Small has, since October 2022, served as the Chief Executive Officer of Black Owl Managing, LLC, a family investment office. From 2010 to 2022 Mr. Small worked in investment banking at Wells Fargo Securities, where he served in various roles of increasing responsibility, including most recently as Managing Director and Head of Diversified Financials for FIG Corporate and Investment Banking from 2019 to 2022 and Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions Group Investment Banking from 2018 to 2019. While at Wells Fargo, Mr. Small had coverage responsibilities for several companies across the mortgage finance industry, including mortgage REITs, origination platforms and mortgage servicers. Prior to his tenure at Wells Fargo, Mr. Small served as an investment professional at American Capital, Ltd., an alternative investment platform, from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Small began his career in investment banking at JMP Securities LLC, where he worked from 2003 to 2007. Mr. Small received an A.B. degree from Princeton University.