Preferred Name: Martin

Last Name: Kamarck

Degree String (Type, Year): (JD '75)

Job Title: Director

Company Name: Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

Bio: A charter member of SPIRE, Martin ('Tino') Kamarck has over 40 years of experience in law & business and public & private sectors. Currently, he is a principal of Elanus Capital Management, LLC, an alternative asset manager and serves as an independent director on the board of Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE: GPMT). Previously, as a consultant specializing in credit risk and credit-sensitive businesses, he had engagements that included advising the Board of Quadrant Structured Credit Products, a credit derivatives operating company owned by Magnetar Capital; due diligence for PMA Capital in connection with its acquisition by Old Republic International; technical assistance to the Ghana Association of Leasing Companies; advising an affiliate of a European public company on investments in financial services; and a 'white paper' for Booz Allen Hamilton on catastrophic risk management. Mr. Kamarck held senior positions in the financial guaranty industry for over 13 years, first as a General Counsel & Co