Guaranteed Rate has promoted CJ Rose to executive vice president of growth & acquisitions, responsible for recruiting talent throughout the industry. He joined Guaranteed Rate in 2005 as a senior director of strategic growth & acquisitions before joining OriginPoint, a partnership between Guaranteed Rate and Compass, in 2021. The company also announced that Chris Hutchens has returned in the role of producing area manager and senior vice president of mortgage lending, based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Hutchens is a graduate of the University of North Carolina.
Mr. Cooper Group has announced the appointment of two new senior leaders. Ranjit Bhattacharjee will join the executive leadership team as executive vice president and chief investment officer, overseeing capital markets and correspondent lending. Kevin Barker will assume the role of senior vice president, corporate finance, leading the company’s business finance teams. Bhattacharjee brings over 20 years of experience, most recently as executive vice president and head of capital markets and correspondent lending at Wells Fargo Home Lending. Prior to Wells Fargo, Bhattacharjee held senior leadership positions at Citi Mortgage and Caliber Home Loans. Barker joins the company with nearly 20 years of financial analyst experience covering mortgage and consumer finance. He most recently served as managing director and senior equity research analyst at Piper Sandler.
LoanDepot has appointed Jeff Wilkish to be its regional vice president for New England. Most recently, Wilkish spent seven years as a sales leader at Movement Mortgage. Prior to that he held sales leadership positions at Primary Residential Mortgage, Guaranteed Rate, and First Financial Mortgage.
A&D Mortgage has announced the appointment of Satish Vishwakarma as its new servicing manager. With 12 plus years in mortgage servicing and over 15 years in operations, he will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the mortgage servicing group. His professional background includes a tenure as senior manager – customer care center at OCWEN Financial Corporation. Vishwakarma holds a master of business administration in marketing and human resource development from Sikkim Manipal University and a bachelor of commerce from Mumbai University.
American Financial Resources has announced the hiring and appointment of Michael Brenning as head of production and Brian Collins as executive vice president of capital markets. In his new role, Brenning will advance the company’s strategic initiatives to drive loan volume growth and enhance sales productivity. Most recently, he served as the president of Fairway Central at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. Prior to that, Michael founded and led Amerisave Wholesale Mortgage Solutions. Collins rejoins AFR from his previous role at PennyMac.
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced that Alicia Goncalves has joined the association as director of associate membership. In this role, Goncalves will serve as the primary contact for MBA’s associate members, supporting their business efforts and developing and executing strategies that enhance their engagement with MBA. Before joining MBA, Goncalves served as senior customer success manager at nCinco, Inc. Prior to that, she held ascending roles in lending at Norcom Mortgage, most recently as AVP, assistant operations manager. Early in her career, Goncalves held several roles in mortgage and consumer lending at Newtown Savings Bank.
Figure Technology Solutions has announced the appointment of Michael Tannenbaum as CEO and member of the board of directors, effective immediately. In conjunction with the appointment, Mike Cagney, co-founder and previous CEO, has assumed the role of executive chairman. Tannenbaum has over 15 years of experience in financial technology and financial services, most recently serving as chief operating officer at Brex, where he also served as chief financial officer and chief business officer. Prior to that, he served as chief revenue officer at SoFi.
