Richard Lightburn

Richard Lightburn

Chief Executive Officer at MKP Capital Management LLC

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Mr. Richard C.
Lightburn is a Principal & Deputy Chief Investment Officer at MKP Capital Management LLC.
He is on the Board of Directors at MKP Capital UK Ltd.
and Standards Board For Alternative Investments Ltd.
He brings more than 30 years of experience in financial markets to the role of Deputy CIO, to which he was named in 2023.
Preceding this role, Mr. Lightburn served as Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Lightburn is a Portfolio Manager leading MKP’s global rates trading strategies.
He is a Principal of the firm, and is a member of the Investment Committee, which provides advice and assistance to the Chief Investment Officer in overseeing the firm’s investment process.
Before he joined MKP in 2008, Mr. Lightburn worked for three years as a Managing Director at HSBC Securities, where he managed the prime mortgage trading business.
Prior to HSBC, Mr. Lightburn worked for 15 years at Goldman Sachs.
When he left the firm in 2004, Mr. Lightburn was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Mortgage Liquid Products trading group.
Mr. Lightburn serves on the Board of Trustees for the Standards Board for Alternative Investments.
He received a B.S.
in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Richard Lightburn active positions

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Chief Executive Officer 01/04/2016
Director/Board Member 04/02/2014
Standards Board For Alternative Investments Ltd. Director/Board Member -
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Corporate Officer/Principal 01/12/2007
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Undergraduate Degree

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