Career moves

Kenneth Flynn has joined Cushman & Wakefield Inc. as senior director.

George L. Engelke Jr. has resigned as chairman of Astoria Financial, ending his long tenure with the Lake Success, N.Y., company that included a 22-year run as its chief executive officer.

Suzanne Hutchinson will retire at the end of the year from her post as executive vice president of the Mortgage Insurance Cos. of America.

Due diligence provider Allonhill has hired former mortgage banker Mark Korell as its chief sales and marketing officer.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau promoted Steven Antonakes to head its bank supervision division and placed Paul Sanford in charge of large bank supervision.

Churchill Mortgage Corp. named Kelly Dobbs as its newest home mortgage consultant.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Thomas Butler as director of the agency's new office of credit ratings.

Former Taylor Bean & Whitaker CFO Delton de Armas pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, and one count of making false statements.

Real Estate Mortgage Network Inc. has launched a correspondent lending division to be operated out of its wholesale fulfillment center.

Gramercy Capital Corp. has changed both its investment strategy and its management following completion of a strategic review.

As wards of the same federal conservator, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rarely diverge these days, but when they do it speaks volumes about where the two companies are headed.

SunTrust Mortgage has named two new executive presidents, hiring industry veterans from PNC Mortgage and IBM Corp.

he National Association of Independent Housing Professionals officially requested that CFPB deputy director Raj Date resign because he is “biased” against mortgage brokers and has “internally finalized” regulations that would harm the sector.

State Bank & Trust appointed Tracy Peterson senior vice president/business banker.

Paramount Residential Mortgage hired former Caliber Funding official Dave Pilotte as its new wholesale manager in charge of the Inland Valley area and Southern California.

In a speech before the American Bankers Association Monday Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deputy director Raj Date slammed loan brokers for causing the mortgage crisis, raising the ire of at least one loan broker trade group, the National Association of Independent Housing Professionals, which is calling for his resignation.

CoreLogic will implement a series of changes to its board, including the addition of three independent directors and the announced resignation of board chairman D. Van Skilling.

Shawn Miller has parted ways with nonperforming mortgage investor Arch Bay Capital, but is now starting a new origination firm backed by the company he left.

Walker & Dunlop acquired CWCapital, creating one of the largest commercial real estate lenders in the nation.

ISGN’s new CEO took the reins of the mortgage technology and outsourcing provider Monday, marking the first time that the international corporation’s chief executive will be based in the U.S.