MFA Financial, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Michael C. Roper as Chief Financial Officer effective at the close of business on September 15, 2023. Mr. Roper succeeds Stephen D. Yarad, who is resigning as MFA?s Chief Financial Officer to become chief financial officer of another company. Mr. Roper, 36, who has held various accounting and financial reporting-related positions since joining MFA in 2014, has been Senior Vice President of MFA since January 2019 and Chief Accounting Officer of MFA since December 2021, and he will continue in these roles.

Prior to joining MFA, Mr. Roper was the Assistant Controller for Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Mr. Roper began his career at Ernst & Young LLP primarily focusing on providing client services to publicly traded mortgage REITs. Mr. Roper is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. from Bentley University and an M.S. from Pace University.