Freddie Names General Counsel

Robert Bostrom has been named executive vice president and general counsel of Freddie Mac.Mr. Bostrom will be a member of the executive leadership team and have management responsibility for all legal and regulatory strategies, services, and resources, the government-sponsored enterprise said. Mr. Bostrom, whose legal career spans more than 25 years, was most recently managing partner of the New York office of Winston & Strawn LLP, a member of the firm's executive committee, and head of its financial institutions practice. From 1992 to 1996, he served as executive vice president of legal, regulatory and compliance and general counsel of National Westminster Bancorp.