Burford Capital Limited announces that Jordan Licht has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Licht was previously the Chief Operating Officer of both Caliber Home Loans and Newrez LLC, which recently combined under the Rithm banner to form a top five non-bank residential mortgage origination and servicing business. Prior to the combination he held a series of senior finance and operating roles at Caliber, including Deputy Chief Financial Officer, and ran various initiatives including the dual-track IPO and M&A process that led to the acquisition by Rithm, a financial recapitalization and significant cost reductions.

Prior to Caliber, he spent a decade at Morgan Stanley in financial services investment banking. Before his investment banking career, Mr. Licht spent six years as a management consultant at Diamond Consulting (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). He has an MBA from Columbia Business School and an undergraduate degree from University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Licht is also a non-executive director of United Texas Bank.