Countrywide Wholesale Promotes Trio

Countrywide, America's Wholesale Lender, a division of Countrywide Home Loans Inc., has announced the promotions of Brian Robinett to chief operating officer and of two other key executives.The others are Eric Spence, who was promoted to managing director and national sales manager, and Joe Miller, who was promoted to managing director and national operations manager. Mr. Robinett, previously Countrywide's managing director of prime lending, will provide strategic direction for all aspects of the division's prime and nonprime lending. As national operations manager, Mr. Spence will oversee production, revenue, and market share growth, as well as sales strategy and management, and he will spearhead the tightened integration of the Prime Lending Group with the Specialty Lending Group, Countrywide said. Mr. Miller will provide strategic direction, introduce process enhancements for loan fulfillment, and oversee underwriting and credit risk functions. The Countrywide Wholesale Business Channel can be found online at http://www.cwbc.com.