SHELTON, Conn., Oct. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Clayton Holdings LLC, a leading provider of loan due diligence, surveillance, REO management, and consulting services to the mortgage industry, announced today that industry veteran Andrew Pollock has joined the company as senior managing director of Clayton Consulting Services.

In this position, Pollock will lead Clayton Consulting Services, a provider of operational risk management, regulatory compliance, and quality control and business process improvement solutions for banks, mortgage originators and mortgage servicers. He will be responsible for setting the overall direction for the group, expanding its offerings and the quality of its client engagements.

Pollock brings to Clayton more than 25 years of operational and consulting experience in all phases of lending and servicing. More than half of Pollock's career was spent at First Franklin, where he held several senior positions, including president and chief executive officer. Most recently, he was president and chief executive officer at WDB Funding, an alternative commercial lending company. Pollock was also founder and managing partner of Global Logic Advisors, a financial services consulting firm that focused on corporate planning, operations, risk management, regulatory / compliance, finance / accounting, process improvement and project management.

"We're continuing to expand the scope of our consulting services to anticipate the changing needs of our clients and new market participants," said Jeff Tennyson, Clayton's chief operating officer. "Having known Andy for more than 15 years, I'm confident that his deep operational experience and entrepreneurial bent make him the ideal candidate to lead the transformation of Clayton Consulting Services and deliver effective strategy and operating solutions to our clients."

Pollock added, "Clayton Consulting Services is already one of the industry's premier mortgage consulting companies. I'm looking forward to working with this team to deliver next-gen solutions that our long-term clients, and new Fintech entrants, will need to profitably grow their businesses."

About Clayton Holdings LLC
Clayton Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN), provides risk-based analytics, residential loan due diligence, consulting, surveillance and staffing solutions. The company's subsidiaries include: Green River Capital, customized REO asset management and single-family rental services; Red Bell Real Estate, advanced AVMs, BPOs and technology to acquire and track performance of loan portfolios and NPLs; ValuAmerica, national title and appraisal management company and vendor management technology provider; and Clayton Euro Risk, global services. For more information, call 877.291.5301 or visit www.clayton.com.

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