Mr. Cooper Group Inc. announced the appointment of two new senior leaders. Ranjit Bhattacharjee will join the executive leadership team on May 6, 2024, as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, overseeing capital markets and correspondent lending for the company and reporting to Chairman and CEO Jay Bray. Kevin Barker assumed the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance on April 22, 2024, leading the company?s business finance teams and reporting to Chief Financial Officer Kurt Johnson.

Bhattacharjee brings a breadth of mortgage industry and capital markets expertise to his new role at Mr. Cooper. With over 20 years of experience, he was most recently the EVP and Head of Capital Markets and Correspondent Lending at Wells Fargo Home Lending, where his responsibilities included secondary marketing, strategic quality management, product management, revenue and pricing and correspondent lending. Prior to Wells Fargo, Bhattacharjee held senior leadership positions at Citi Mortgage and Caliber Home Loans.

Barker joins the company with nearly 20 years of financial analyst experience covering mortgage and consumer finance. He most recently served as managing director and senior equity research analyst at Piper Sandler covering the mortgage and consumer finance sectors, where he led a team focused on mortgage originators and servicers, card and auto lenders, mREITs and payments companies.