Freddie Mac names John Glessner chief risk officer

John Glessner’s appointment as chief risk officer came with no change to his compensation.

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) reported that Anil Hinduja’s employment ended effective October 1, 2026, after he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. On the same date, John Glessner, formerly Executive Vice President – Investments and Capital Markets, assumed the Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer role.

Filing Explained

Freddie Mac reports that John Glessner’s compensation did not change in connection with his October 1, 2026 appointment as chief risk officer.

8-K Event Classification

2 items: 5.02, 9.01

2 items

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers Governance

Key personnel changes including departures, elections, or appointments of directors and executive officers.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits Exhibits

Financial statements, pro forma financial information, or exhibit attachments filed with this report.

Key Terms

Chief Risk Officer, compensatory arrangements, Inline XBRL

3 terms

Chief Risk Officer technical

"Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer"

The chief risk officer is the senior executive responsible for identifying, measuring and reducing the major threats that could hurt a company’s finances or reputation, acting like a navigator who watches for storms and steers the business away from them. Investors care because effective risk oversight lowers the chance of surprise losses, legal fines or operational failures, which helps protect shareholder value and makes a company more predictable and trustworthy.

compensatory arrangements regulatory

"Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers"

Inline XBRL technical

"embedded within the Inline XBRL document"

Inline XBRL is a file format for financial filings that embeds machine-readable data tags directly inside the human-readable report, so the same document can be read by people and parsed by software. For investors it makes extracting, comparing and verifying financial numbers faster and more reliable—like a grocery list where each item also has a barcode—reducing manual errors and speeding up analysis.

FAQ

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Who became FMCC’s chief risk officer?

John Glessner assumed the Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer role effective October 1, 2026. He had previously served as Executive Vice President – Investments and Capital Markets.

Did John Glessner’s compensation change when he became FMCC’s chief risk officer?

No. Freddie Mac stated that there was no change to Mr. Glessner’s compensation in connection with the role.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2026

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Freddie Mac

Federally chartered corporation

001-34139

52-0904874

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8200 Jones Branch Drive

McLean

Virginia

22102-3110

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 903-2000

Not applicable 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
None			N/A			N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective October 1, 2026, Anil Hinduja’s employment with Freddie Mac (formally, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) ended. Mr. Hinduja had been serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer.

Also effective October 1, John Glessner, formerly Freddie Mac’s Executive Vice President – Investments and Capital Markets, assumed the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. There is no change to Mr. Glessner’s compensation in connection with this role.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below are being submitted with this report.

Exhibit Number						Description of Exhibit
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Freddie Mac Form 8-K

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:			/s/			Kenny Smith
						Kenny Smith
						Chief Executive Officer

Date: October 2, 2026

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Freddie Mac Form 8-K

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