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Common Securitization Solutions (CS) hires Susan Gueli as CTO
First Mutual Bank promotes Tammy Belcher to President
First Mutual Bank (FMB), an independent depositorSeasoned technology leader owned bank affiliated with First Mutual Holding Co. with more than 30 years of (FMHC) has appointed veteran banking professional mortgage industry experience Tammy Belcher as president. Belcher will assume her new role on JanuSusan Gueli has joined Comary 4, 2021. She will replace Robert J. Doyle who moves into the newly mon Securitization Solutions created role of SVP, special assets for FMHC. Blecher will represent the (CSS), CSS is a joint venture bank throughout the region and have ultimate responsibility for the sales, owned by Fannie Mae and operations and financial performance of the bank, the company said. Freddie Mac that enables the “Tammy understands the importance of mutual banking to our communiissuance of mortgage-backed securities, as ties and knows the impact we have on helping local residents and businesschief technology officer (CTO) and executive es,” said Daniel Mason, FMB board chair. “Her regional roots and extensive vice president. Gueli will be a member of the experience in banking, coupled with a strong focus on delivering a terrific CSS Executive Committee and will report to customer experience make her the ideal candidate to lead First Mutual Bank Tony Renzi, CSS’s chief executive officer. into the future.” “CSS is very pleased to welcome Susan Belcher currently serves as the vice president, risk and compliance officer at to our executive management team,” said FMB. Previously she held the same role at Belpre Savings Bank until Belpre and Doolin Security merged to form First Mutual Bank in 2018. She also has financial Renzi. “CSS is the technological backbone services operations, marketing and sales experience. Belcher holds a bachelor’s of the agency mortgage-backed security degree in business administration from Marshall University; and completed the (MBS) market, administering $5 trillion American Bankers Association Graduate School of Compliance. in agency MBS, and our CTO position is among the most important in all of housing finance. I’m thrilled that Susan is on board to set the vision and guide the technological future of CSS both today Farmers Group, Inc. promoted Maïté Irakoze Baur to the role of chief and in a post-conservatorship world.” investment officer effective January 1, 2021, replacing Tom Rogers Gueli brings a wealth of executive who is retiring at the end of the year, based in Woodland Hills, Caliexpertise to her CTO role. Previously fornia at the company’s headquarters. Irakoze Baur has been leading she held a series of increasingly seFarmers’ insurance investments since joining the insurer group in 2016. nior roles with Nationwide, which in“Maïté has a demonstrated record of success overseeing significant cludes eight years as chief informainvestment portfolios, most recently as Head of Insurance Investments,” said Scott tion officer of Nationwide Financial, Lindquist, chief financial officer for Farmers Group, Inc. “I am confident she will continue and serving as chief information ofto leverage her experience and extensive knowledge to oversee our various investments ficer of Nationwide’s Infrastructure to help benefit Farmers and its customers. I’d also like to thank Tom for his countless con& Operations. Most recently, she tributions to the organization and wish him all the best in retirement.” was chief technology officer of Prior to joining Farmers, Irakoze Baur held various positions with Zurich Insurance Group, Nationwide’s Program & Applicaafter she joined the company in 2005. Her most recent role was Head of Investment Mantion Services where she led indates and Treasury in Investment Management Switzerland responsible for implementing house application development, the investment strategy for various Zurich balance sheets based in Switzerland; and oversaw digital transformation, shared local balance sheets’ portfolios and liquidity management since 2011. services, and a team of more “I look forward to working with all stakeholders to further optimize the investment portfolio than 3,000 IT professionals. and support Farmers strategy,” said Irakoze Baur.
Farmers Group promotes Maïté Irakoze Baur to CIO
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