[1]Nationstar Mortgage Holdings [2]’ president and COO, Harold Lewis recently announced his retirement from the company effective May 31st. David Hisey also recently informed Nationstar of his resignation on May 13, 2015, as reported in the company's 8K Form [3]. Hisey announced that he is leaving the company and will resign as EVP, chief strategy and external affairs officer effective at the close of business on June 19, 2015.
Lewis has been with the company and in his current position since February 2012 and also held the same position at Nationstar Mortgage, LLC since September 2012, according to his bio on Nationstar’s website.
Prior to Nationstar, Lewis was COO at CitiMortgage, where he stayed for almost three years and ran the Citi Homeowner Assistance Program. He also held executive positions at Fannie Mae for seven years and was their SVP of national servicing most recently.
Mr. Lewis has also held senior management roles with Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group, Nations Credit, Bank of America/Barnett Bank, Cardinal Bank Shares, and Union Planter National Bank.
Nationstar told MReport [4], Lewis had no specific reason for retirement and worked “a long, highly successful career” in the mortgage industry.
Nationstar CEO Jay Bray will take over Lewis’ title of president when he steps down, remaining the CEO for the company as well, Nationstar says. Mike Rawls, who has been with the company for 15 years, will be promoted to EVP of servicing and will take over the company’s servicing operations, a duty that formerly belonged to Lewis.