HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) announced today that Jane P. Chwick and
Angela Heise have joined its Board of Directors.
“We are very pleased to have Jane and Angela join our Board of
Directors,” said Mark Casale, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
“They both bring tremendous depth of technology and cybersecurity
experience to our Board. In an ever changing world of newer technologies
being implemented across the mortgage lending landscape, Jane and Angela
will provide valuable insight and guidance in enhancing strategies and
processes across our entire operating platform.”
Jane P. Chwick had been co-chief executive officer of Trewtec, Inc., a
technology advisory firm designed to help board members and CEOs
evaluate the technology function in their companies, since September
2014. Prior to this role, she was a partner and co-chief operating
officer of the technology division of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where
she was responsible for financial and business planning, technical
strategy and ongoing management of an 8,000-person organization until
her retirement in April 2013. During her 30 year career at Goldman
Sachs, Ms. Chwick held a number of senior positions, including global
head of technology of the securities division and global head of
derivatives technology. She is currently a director of MarketAxess
Holdings, Inc., ThoughtWorks, Inc., People's United Financial, Inc. and
Voya Financial, Inc., and also serves as a board member of the Queens
College Foundation. Ms. Chwick received a B.A. in Mathematics from
Queens College and an MBA from St. Johns University with a concentration
in MIS and Quantitative Analysis.
Angela L. Heise serves as president of the Civil Group at Leidos
Holdings, Inc., a provider of information technology, engineering, and
science solutions in the defense, intelligence, homeland security,
civil, and health markets, where she is responsible for providing
solutions to U.S. cabinet-level civil agencies and major elements of the
public sector across the globe. Her areas of focus include air traffic
automation, energy and the environment, federal infrastructure and
logistics, information technology and cybersecurity, and transportation
security. Prior to her role with Leidos, Ms. Heise held a number of
positions with Lockheed Martin between 1997 and 2016, including vice
president of enterprise information technology solutions. Most recently,
from 2015 to 2016, Ms. Heise served as vice president of commercial
cyber, where she was responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of
cybersecurity and information technology solutions and services to
Global 1000 customers. Ms. Heise holds a BS in computer science from
Southern Illinois University.
About the Company
Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) is a Bermuda-based holding company
(collectively with its subsidiaries, “Essent”) which, through its
wholly-owned subsidiary Essent Guaranty, Inc., offers private mortgage
insurance for single-family mortgage loans in the United States. Essent
provides private capital to mitigate mortgage credit risk, allowing
lenders to make additional mortgage financing available to prospective
homeowners. Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Essent Guaranty, Inc.
is licensed to write mortgage insurance in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia, and is approved by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Essent also offers mortgage-related insurance, reinsurance and advisory
services through its Bermuda-based subsidiary, Essent Reinsurance Ltd.
Additional information regarding Essent may be found at www.essentgroup.com
and www.essent.us.
Source: Essent Group Ltd.
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