Flagstar Bank Names Lee M. Smith President of Mortgage
Flagstar Bank has appointed Lee M. Smith as president of its mortgage business, following his role as COO.
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Flagstar Bank has appointed Lee M. Smith as president of its mortgage business, following his role as COO. Smith has been with Flagstar for seven years, contributing significantly to the company's turnaround. In his new position, he will oversee all aspects of mortgage operations including sales, originations, and strategic growth. This leadership change has resulted in the elimination of the COO role. Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: FBC) is a $26.8 billion holding company, operating through 160 branches across several states and handling $225 billion in loans for nearly 1.1 million borrowers.
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- Lee M. Smith's promotion may enhance leadership in the mortgage sector.
- Strong background in key business areas may drive growth in Flagstar's mortgage operations.
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- Elimination of the COO role could indicate restructuring challenges.
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TROY, Mich., Sept.10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagstar Bank has named Lee M. Smith, a seven-year veteran of Flagstar, to lead its mortgage business. Smith joined Flagstar in 2013 as executive vice president and chief operating officer, where he was responsible for several key business units—including mortgage servicing—as well as strategy, balance sheet and cost optimization, and mergers and acquisitions. As COO, he played an integral role in the turnaround of Flagstar.
In his new role as president of Mortgage, he is responsible for the direction and oversight of all aspects of the business—mortgage sales, originations, servicing, fulfillment, and the overall strategic growth of the mortgage and servicing business units. Given this change, the COO role is being eliminated at Flagstar.
"Lee has worked side by side with me since day one of my job as CEO," said Alessandro DiNello, president and CEO of Flagstar. "No one has been more instrumental than Lee in building the diversified business model that has brought us so much success. We're now at an inflection point as a company where we can direct his skills to running one of our major businesses—a business he helped build and knows top to bottom. We look for more good things to come for Flagstar's mortgage operation with Lee at the helm."
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Susan Bergesen
Flagstar Bank
(248) 312-6237
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