Company announces leadership changes following record loan originations
Kiavi, a private lender specializing in financing residential real estate investors, has promoted two senior leaders who have played key roles in driving the company’s growth.
Tim Lawlor (pictured left) has been promoted to chief financial officer (CFO), and Jonathan Muller (pictured right) has taken on the role of senior vice president of product and technology.
Kiavi said both leaders have been central to its record-setting growth in 2024, and their promotions come as the company continues to expand its presence in the residential real estate investment space.
As the new CFO, Lawlor will be responsible for shaping the company’s financial strategy to support its growth. His areas of oversight will include finance, capital markets, accounting, and business operations.
Lawlor has a strong background in capital markets, having held leadership roles at companies like Uber, OpenDoor, and CloudKitchens, as well as investment banking positions at Goldman Sachs and Crystal Financial.
Muller, who joined Kiavi in 2019, will lead the company’s product, design, engineering, and data infrastructure functions. Before Kiavi, Muller held senior product leadership roles at Employ, Via Oncology, and UPMC Enterprises.
“During their tenures at Kiavi, Tim and Jonathan have consistently championed our core values of doing better for customers, creating impact, simplifying and innovating, and winning together with purpose,” Kiavi CEO Arvind Mohan said in a Press release. “Tim and Jonathan’s expertise and deep understanding of our customers continue to be instrumental in helping us achieve our ambitious growth goals.”
The company’s latest promotions come as Kiavi reports significant growth in 2024. By the third quarter, the lender had originated nearly 15,000 loans, totaling $4.6 billion, up 44.5% from the same period last year. Kiavi has also expanded its offerings with new products such as construction financing and completed its first rated securitization of residential transition loans.
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Kiavi is one of the largest lenders to residential real estate investors in the US, funding more than $22 billion in loans.
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