Hand-Picked by CEO to Lead Expansion of Residential Mortgage Notes Platform

Auction.com, the nation’s leading real estate auctioneer and loan sales advisor, has named Elizabeth O’Brien as Managing Director and Senior Vice President. She will be based in the company’s New York office and will lead its growing Residential Capital Markets business. “Beth’s expertise enables us to build on the success of our residential foreclosures and commercial notes platforms and expand into residential notes,” says Auction.com CEO, Jeff Frieden. “Her track record in distressed mortgage finance makes her a driving force behind our ongoing growth as the world’s preeminent real estate auctioneer.” O’Brien has 17 years of principal and client experience in the mortgage and real estate markets, serving most recently with Citi as a Director in Mortgage Finance within its Fixed Income Division. In this capacity, she managed various resecuritizations and liquidating trust transactions in excess of $10 billion and helped manage the legacy asset portfolio. Prior, she was with Goldman Sachs’ New York and Hong Kong offices in the Real Estate Principal Investment Area, serving as Chief Administrative Officer of the Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds. She was also responsible for structuring investments in residential loans, hospitality and financial services companies. O’Brien began her career as an attorney for Latham & Watkins in New York. Beth O’Brien earned her JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.

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