A former Nationstar Mortgage LLC executive is joining as CFO.

Great Ajax announced the appointment on March 29. Mary Doylewill assume the CFO post April 18, according to a Form 10-K. She was senior vicepresident of finance and the senior adviser to the CFO at Nationstar Mortgage from2012 to 2015. Doyle succeeds Glenn Ohl, who is retiring.

The mortgage REIT also said that on March 1 it issued 14,910common shares to external manager Thetis Asset Management LLC in partial paymentof management fees. Each of the company's four independent directors also received419 common shares as half of their fourth-quarter director fees.