Timothy Hayes is a Principal in the Real Estate Debt Strategies Group and Vice President of Shareholder Relations for BXMT. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Hayes worked as a sell-side equity analyst at BTIG and B. Riley FBR, covering the real estate and mortgage finance sectors. He previously was an analyst at Edmunds White Partners, a small-cap investment advisor. Mr. Hayes received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) from the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond.