Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation appointed Lisa Meyer to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective as of June 6, 2016. Since November 16, 2015 Ms. Meyer has been serving as the company’s interim Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an agreement between Western Asset Management Company and FTI Consulting Inc. As of June 6, 2016, Ms. Meyer will become an employee of the Manager dedicated to serving as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lisa Meyer is currently a Managing Director of FTI. Ms. Meyer has over 21 years of experience in the real estate industry working with publicly traded mortgage REITs, public non-traded REITs, private real estate companies, real estate operators and private equity funds. Prior to joining FTI, from 2005 to 2011 Ms. Meyer served as the chief accounting officer for NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. She also previously served as the chief financial officer/chief accounting officer of two, public non-traded real estate investment trust companies, NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust and NorthStar Senior Care Trust.