As chief investment officer and head economist, Jeff DerGurahian leads the company’s secondary and capital markets efforts and delivers data-driven insights at the crossroads of the US economy and mortgage and housing markets. Through extensive research, DerGurahian and his team analyze the factors facing today’s unprecedented markets, forecasting mortgage origination and macroeconomic trends to shape loanDepot’s business strategy. Among his responsibilities are investor relations, loan trading, hedging, pricing strategies and product development. Jeff joined loanDepot in 2012, shortly after the company was founded. Over the course of the last decade, Jeff has served as a valued advisor and supported the company by enhancing and expanding loan sale execution channels and financing facilities, including establishing three de novo sponsors for private label securitizations. He has also overseen the growth of the mortgage servicing rights portfolio and in-house servicing platform. Before joining loanDepot, Jeff served as executive vice president, capital markets for Prospect Mortgage, LLC (formerly MetroCities Mortgage). Prior to that, he worked as a hedge manager at Tuttle Risk Management Services. Jeff graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.