---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-000959"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIM"
cik: "0001409493"
company_name: "CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:51:13.856734+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimera Investment Corporation appoints Subramaniam Viswanathan as CFO effective July 31, 2021

## Summary
- Subramaniam Viswanathan appointed CFO and Principal Financial Officer, effective no later than Sept 15, 2021.
- Mr. Viswanathan joined Chimera on July 31, 2021; appointment was previously disclosed on June 22, 2021.
- He succeeds prior CFO; the board made the appointment as part of planned succession.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-000959
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIM
- cik: 0001409493
- company_name: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000115752321000959/0001157523-21-000959-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000115752321000959/a52469305.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-000959.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-000959.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Subramaniam Viswanathan was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer at CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of Chimera Investment Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Subramaniam Viswanathan as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, to be effective as soon as practicable, but not later than September 15, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000115752321000959/0001157523-21-000959-index.htm

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