Company: ADAMM
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001273685-25-000038
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Company: ADAMAS TRUST, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 a critical link between management and our Board of Directors.

|                      |     | Jason T. Serranois our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Serrano has served as Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2022, served as President of the Company from January 2019 to December 31, 2022 and has been a member of our Board of Directors since March 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Serrano was a Partner at Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (“OHA”), an alternative investment management firm, from January 2014 to December 2018 and a Managing Director at OHA from April 2008 to December 2013. While at OHA, Mr. Serrano ran the mortgage investment business. Prior to joining OHA, Mr. Serrano served as a Principal at The Blackstone Group, where he led the structured finance investment team. Before Blackstone, he spent five years at Fortress Investment Group as Vice President, assisting in the management of $2 billion of distressed structured products and whole-loan portfolios. He also spent five years at Moody’s as a rating analyst for collateralized debt obligations and derivatives. He earned a bachelor of science degree from Oswego State University. |
| Jason T. Serrano     |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Age: 50              |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Director Since: 2019 |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

Our Board of Directors believes that Mr. Serrano’s experience with, and strategic insights into, managing, sourcing and creating multiple forms of single-family and multi-family credit assets, credit and market risks, financing matters and capital raising make him a valuable member of our Board of Directors. As Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Serrano serves as a critical link between management and our Board of Directors.

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|                      |     | Eugenia R. Chenghas served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2022. Ms. Cheng is currently Managing Director of Prospect Avenue Partners, a position she has held since August 2019. From July 2014 to February 2019, Ms. Cheng was Managing Director, Global Investors Group, of USAA Real Estate Company. From March 2010 to March 2014, Ms. Cheng served as Managing Director, Marketing and Investor Relations, of Forum Partners. Prior to