An executive in the mortgage services industry, Sharif Mahdavian has built expertise in areas ranging from regulatory compliance and due diligence to credit and market analysis. He stands out as a former managing director in the structured finance department of Standard & Poor's, where he focused on mortgage backed securities (RMBS). Responsible for evaluating such factors as market value and credit risk, Sharif Mahdavian presented numerous complex analyses to outside institutions and facilitated proactive responses to post-crisis conditions.
Sharif Mahdavian has developed a reputation as a thought leader in various aspects of secondary mortgage market credit analysis, including compliance, due diligence and representation and warranty analysis, as well as transaction trends. He has facilitated a number of multi-department analytical processes and has earned trust as a leader of regulatory policy initiatives.
Since moving on from Standard & Poor's in 2015, Mr. Mahdavian has had a similar impact as vice president of LenderLive Network. He served a yearlong tenure, during which time he performed due diligence business development functions and participated in regulatory initiatives with other diligence organizations and the Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG).
