James Mountain Biography and Net Worth

James R. Mountain serves as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary of the Company. Mr. Mountain has been the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ARMOUR since September 2012 and the Secretary of ARMOUR since March 2014. Mr. Mountain has also been the Chief Financial Officer of ACM (and its predecessor, ARRM), since September 2012. Mr. Mountain has been the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of JAVELIN since September 2012 and has been the Secretary of JAVELIN since March 2014. Mr. Mountain has also served as a manager of LANCE Indemnity Company LLC, a wholly-owned insurance subsidiary of JAVELIN ("LANCE"), since inception in May 2014. LANCE provides D & O insurance coverage to the directors of ARMOUR. Mr. Mountain has also served as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of SBBC since January 2015. Mr. Mountain also serves as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary for, and is a member of, BUCKLER. Mr. Mountain joined ARMOUR after having spent over 30 years at Deloitte. Mr. Mountain has significant experience in securitization transactions, having been involved in that market since its inception in the mid-1980s, and helped to build Deloitte’s securitization practice. With significant experience in all facets of complex and structured financial transactions, he was also involved in the early development of Deloitte’s global capital markets practice. In these roles, he advised his partners and clients on both the buy-side and sell-side of the capital markets, as well as their regulators, regarding the financial reporting, control, valuation, risk management, and strategic aspects of cutting-edge financial transactions. Mr. Mountain earned his Bachelor of Arts degrees in accounting and in economics from the University of Montana, as well as his M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Accounting Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.