Firm Hires Partner for Mortgage Reputation Risk

Rob Cone has been hired as managing partner of the reputation risk practice in the mortgage origination and servicing areas for Imag, a New York-based consulting firm.Mr. Cone has 24 years of experience in the international capital markets as a trader, salesman, and manager of risk products and people, according to Imag, which provides practical advice on reputation risk issues in the financial services industry. Mr. Cone is a former president of National Australia Capital Markets. "The mortgage industry has been tarnished by recent predatory lending and financial accounting scandals and is in dire need of the reputation risk tools and solutions that Imag provides," said Imag president Gary Peterson. The company can be found online at http://www.imagny.com.