Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. today announced that its board of directors had appointed Thomas W. Brock as President and Chief Executive Officer. Brock has served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Silver Bay since January 19, 2016, having joined the company’s board in connection with its initial public offering in December 2012. Prior to joining Silver Bay, Brock was the CEO of Stone Harbor Investment Partners and was an adjunct professor of Finance at Columbia University Graduate School of Management from 1998 to 2005. Brock received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. from Miami University.
Irvin Kessler, Chair of the company’s board of directors, said that Brock’s leadership has succeeded in “driving increased cash flows with an intense focus on operational excellence. Tom has demonstrated he is the right person to guide Silver Bay, and we could not be more pleased to appoint a person of his caliber to lead the company.”
