Management Team

Graham A. Fleming joined the Company in December 2013 and has served as Chief Executive Officer since April 5, 2023. Prior to his current role, Mr. Fleming served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from July 2022 to April 2023 and President from October 2020 to April 5, 2023. Throughout his tenure with the Company, Mr. Fleming has also acted as Chief Administrative Officer at each of the Company’s operating subsidiaries, overseeing Finance, Treasury, Risk, Compliance and Corporate Administration. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fleming founded and served as the President of Icon Residential Lenders. Prior to that, Mr. Fleming served as the Chief Financial Officer of AMRESCO Residential Mortgage. Mr. Fleming brings over 25 years of experience in the mortgage lending business including extensive expertise in strategic planning, accounting and financial management, quality control and risk management, secondary operations and capital markets. Mr. Fleming attended the Dublin Business School, Ireland and is a Chartered Certified Accountant.

Kristen N. Sieffert joined the Company in January 2012 and was appointed to President of the Company in April 2023. Ms. Sieffert has served as Head of Enterprise Consumer Direct at Finance of America Holdings LLC since April 2022 and as President of the Company’s subsidiary, Finance of America Reverse LLC (“FAR”) since 2015. In her role as President of FAR, Ms. Sieffert, has been responsible for growth and innovation in the Company’s reverse mortgage business. Prior to her role as President of FAR, Ms. Sieffert served as chief operating officer of FAR. Before joining FAR in 2012, Ms. Sieffert served as acting president for San Diego-based EquiPoint Reverse Mortgage and vice president for operations at One Reverse Mortgage. Ms. Sieffert began her reverse mortgage career in 2004 with Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corp. She earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Johan Gericke joined the Company in March 2021 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, he spent ten years at Capital One in a variety of senior roles including Managing Vice President of Corporate Development, Chief Financial Officer of Retail Banking and Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Banking. Prior to that, he worked at Wells Fargo as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Mr. Gericke brings over 20 years of financial services experience with extensive expertise in accounting, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and strategic planning. He holds an Honors Bachelor of Accounting Science from the University of South Africa and qualified as a South African Chartered Accountant. Mr. Gericke also holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Jeremy E. Prahm joined the Company in December 2015 as Senior Managing Director across numerous segments of our business, including our Portfolio Management, Forward Mortgage, Reverse Mortgage, and Commercial businesses. Mr. Prahm was appointed as Chief Investment Officer of the Company in April 2021. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Prahm served as a Portfolio Manager and Director of Quantitative Solutions at Green Tree Investment Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Walter Investment Management, from December 2008 to December 2015. Mr. Prahm holds a B.S. in Economics from Saint Cloud University.

Lauren E. Richmond joined the Company in September 2016 and was appointed Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company in September 2022. Prior to her current role, Ms. Richmond served as General Counsel and Secretary of the Company from April 2021 to September 2022. Ms. Richmond has served as General Counsel and Secretary of each of the Company’s operating subsidiaries since June 2019 and, prior to that role, as Assistant General Counsel of Finance of America Holdings LLC from September 2016 to June 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Richmond was a corporate attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Dallas, Texas, where she advised private and public companies on a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity offerings, and other corporate transactions and governance matters. Ms. Richmond holds a J.D. and a B.B.A., each with honors, from Southern Methodist University.