Matthew E. Zames

Matthew E. Zames is an Academy Securities’ Advisory Board Member and President of Cerberus Capital Management.

Prior to being named President of Cerberus Capital Management in April of 2018, Mr. Zames served as the Chief Operating Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from April 28, 2013 until August 10, 2017. In his role as COO, his responsibilities included the firm’s Chief Investment Office (CIO), the Oversight and Control Group, Compliance, Treasury & Funding, Mortgage Banking Capital Markets, One Equity Partners, Corporate Strategy, Regulatory Affairs, Global Technology and Operations, Real Estate, Procurement, Security & Safety, General Services, and Military & Veteran Affairs. Mr. Zames was co-COO from July 2012 until April of 2013 when he assumed the full COO position. Previously, he was Chief Investment Officer of JPMorgan Chase and served as its Co-Head of Global Fixed Income and Head of Capital Markets. He served as the Head of Mortgage Banking Capital Markets since January 2012.

Before joining JPMorgan in 2004, Mr. Zames worked at Credit Suisse, where he was co-head of Global Dollar Interest Rate Trading, a member of the Fixed Income Operating Committee, and the Credit Suisse First Boston Management Council.

Mr. Zames is on the MIT Sloan Finance Group Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. He also is a member of The Economic Club of New York and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves on the Board of Directors of Guiding Eyes for the Blind and also serves on the Board of Directors of Business Executives for National Security (BENS). Mr. Zames is a former Board Co-Chairman of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University and previously was a member of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee and a former Chairman. He also was a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Treasury Market Practices Group.

Mr. Zames graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and children.

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