Career moves

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The board of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has elected the association’s president, Kenneth Bentsen Jr., to replace former Sen. Judd Gregg as SIFMA CEO.

The thirty-year mortgage industry veteran will serve the southern and central New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts areas.

Mortgage Contracting Services named Robert Colbeck as its new chief technology officer.

Regulatory pressure is expected to be as strong as ever next year when mortgage lenders and servicers will test new waters in compliance implementation, process improvements and business strategies. Market veterans find regulatory compliance risks are higher almost in every area of the business.

Prior to joining Wingspan, she was senior vice president and national accounts executive for First American Mortgage Services.

The company looks to take advantage of the shift to a purchase mortgage market.

He has been president since 2002 and will become CEO on Dec. 7.

HFF said that Jeffrey Harris has joined the firm as a managing director in its Atlanta office to focus on debt placement and equity transactions.

Ben Anderson produced $180 million in mortgages last year, according to Origination News.

Martin Attea will replace a departing executive, and manage the consumer and mortgage verticals.

The privately held financial services firm specializing in real estate, lending and banking, appointed Marguerite Brogan as managing director in New York.

Wil Armstrong applies lessons learned while working for Mother Teresa to being the chief executive of a mortgage technology firm.

The company has hired a former Bear Stearns executive to lead the effort and plans to grow through acquisitions.

Nationwide Title Clearing said that Myron Finley has been appointed co-chairperson of the Property Records Industry Association Business Processes and Procedures Committee.

Bill Dallas looks to leverage the lessons he learned from his previous efforts working with mortgage brokers.

The former chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association will handle industry strategy for the risk management company.

The trade group’s vice president for single-family research will replace Jay Brinkmann early next year.

Jeremy Diamond says in an email he is resigning after 12 years at the company, one of the REITs hit hard by speculation about reduced Federal Reserve bond buying.

The New York Attorney General has selected mortgage securities expert Chad Johnson to serve as chief of the AG’s Investor Protection Bureau.