Matthew Nichols

Residential Credit

Matthew Nichols is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Residential Credit at Pretium, where he is responsible for the build-out and management of the residential credit and whole loan business.

Mr. Nichols was also the CEO and Founder of Deephaven Mortgage. Mr. Nichols joined Pretium in 2019 with over 20 years of experience in mortgage whole loans including non-performing and reperforming loans. Prior to founding Deephaven, Mr. Nichols was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he ran the Residential Mortgage Loan Business. Over his twelve years at Goldman, Mr. Nichols built and ran multiple non-agency loan acquisition, origination, servicing, and securitization businesses.

Mr. Nichols is a member of Pretium’s Executive Committee. He holds a BA in Biochemistry from Amherst College.