Company: CIMO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001206774-25-000244
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Company: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 with Duff & Phelps in September 2005, Mr. Creagh served as executive managing
director of Standard & Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting practice. Mr. Creagh joined Standard & Poor’s from PricewaterhouseCoopers,
where he held the position of North American Valuation Services practice leader. Mr. Creagh previously served as the U.S. leader for the
Valuation Practice of Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Creagh has a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in mechanical engineering
from Manhattan College and has an M.B.A. in finance from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

The Board believes that Mr.
Creagh’s experience and qualifications, including, among other things, his experience in the oversight of risk management policies
and procedures, his significant background as a lead corporate executive and his prior board experience with other companies, make him
a valuable member of the Board.

Susan Mills was elected
as one of our Class I Directors effective as of November 13, 2023. Since October 2023, Ms. Mills has been a Managing Director at Academy
Securities, a veteran-owned and operated investment bank with strengths in capital markets, asset management, public finance, geopolitical
intel, fixed income and equity trading. Since January 2025, Ms. Mills has also been serving as a member of the Advisory Board of RiskSpan.
Until May 2023, she spent 36 years at Citigroup Global Markets (“Citi”) as the successor to Salomon Brothers. During her time
at Citi, Ms. Mills held various senior management positions in businesses related to North American Residential Mortgages, including contract
finance related to whole loan transactions, securitization, warehouse lending and sourcing residential investment opportunities for Citi
or their private credit clients. While at Citi, she was active in women’s mentoring and recruiting groups. She was on the board
of Kingsbridge Heights Community Center for two years. Ms. Mills received a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Long Island University.

The Board believes that Ms. Mill’s
experience and qualifications, including among other things, her extensive expertise in the mortgage banking industry, including in positions
of management, make her a valuable member of the Board.

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Continuing Class II Directors

The following information is
furnished regarding our Class II Directors who will continue to serve on the Board until our 2027 annual meeting and until their respective
successors are duly elected