Michael W. Chiao has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2021. Mr. Chiao brings to our board extensive investment experience, including direct experience in structured products. Mr. Chiao is an executive vice president and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO), focusing primarily on residential loan investments. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2017, he worked at Fortress Investment Group, focused on non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities and various structured products. Previously, Mr. Chiao spent three years at PIMCO as a portfolio management associate, and he began his career as an analyst in the whole loan trading and securitization group at Countrywide Capital Markets. He has 18 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.