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Freddie Mac

Financial ServicesFounded 1970
Reviewed by Swet Parvadiya
Company data updated: November 2026

Leadership History

Freddie Mac: CEO History

4 leaders · Full leadership timeline

Who is the CEO of Freddie Mac?

Diana Reid is the CEO of Freddie Mac.

Current CEO
Diana Reid
Leaders documented
5
Founded
1970
NameRoleFromToYears in role
Diana ReidChief Executive Officer—Present—
Kevin PalmerHead of Single-Family Portfolio Management—Present—
Peter LillestolenHead of Multifamily Production and Sales—Present—
Jerry WeissExecutive VP and Chief Administrative Officer—Present—

Company Overview

The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (universally known as Freddie Mac; OTC: FMCC) is a congressionally chartered Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) that serves as an indispensable pillar of the United States housing finance architecture. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Freddie Mac operates under federal conservatorship directed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) since September 2008. Operating strictly in the secondary mortgage market, Freddie Mac does not originate home loans directly to consumers; instead, it purchases conventional conforming residential mortgages from commercial banks, credit unions, and non-bank mortgage lenders, aggregates them into Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities (UMBS), and guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest to institutional investors worldwide. Across its single-family and multifamily platforms, Freddie Mac supports approximately $3.7 trillion in outstanding mortgage debt, ensuring continuous credit liquidity and enabling the affordable American 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Led by Chief Executive Officer Diana Reid, Freddie Mac generates $21.20 billion in net revenue and $10.80 billion in net income, systematically retaining earnings to compound its regulatory capital reserves toward statutory enterprise safety targets.

Freddie Mac operates a high-capacity, low-overhead secondary mortgage market securitization and credit guaranty business model divided into two core operating segments: (1) Single-Family Business (~86% of net revenue), which purchases conventional conforming single-family home loans from thousands of primary lenders, packages them into Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities (UMBS), and guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest to institutional investors in exchange for a recurring guaranty fee (typically averaging 45 to 55 basis points annually on the outstanding principal balance); and (2) Multifamily Business (~14% of net revenue), which finances apartment communities and workforce rental housing primarily through its proprietary K-Deal securitization platform, where Freddie Mac securitizes multifamily loans and sells subordinate credit loss tranches directly to private institutional investors without taking first-loss risk. Freddie Mac monetizes its $3.7 trillion platform through recurring credit guarantee fees, loan administration spreads, and net interest income earned on its retained investment liquidity portfolio.

Diana Reid

Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Palmer

Head of Single-Family Portfolio Management

Peter Lillestolen

Head of Multifamily Production and Sales

Jerry Weiss

Executive VP and Chief Administrative Officer

Other senior executives

These officers report to the chief executive and are not part of the CEO timeline above.

  • Christian M. Lown, Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer

Challenges & Strategic Context

Freddie Mac navigates several critical structural risks: (1) Federal conservatorship governance ambiguity, where resolving the GSE's ultimate capital release, Treasury senior preferred equity ownership, and future charter structure remains a perennial political debate; (2) Elevated mortgage interest rates, which depress single-family home purchase transactions and eliminate loan refinancing volume; (3) Multifamily apartment commercial loan resets, where higher interest rates and elevated operating costs pressure apartment debt-service coverage ratios; and (4) Stricter regulatory capital requirements under the ERCF, requiring Freddie Mac to accumulate over $100 billion in total regulatory capital before considering private market release.

Freddie Mac CEO and Leadership FAQ

Who is the current Chief Executive Officer of Freddie Mac?

Diana Reid became Chief Executive Officer of Freddie Mac in September 2024, succeeding interim leader Michael Hutchins and bringing four decades of financial services expertise.

Who was Freddie Mac's CEO during the 2008 financial crisis?

Richard Syron served as Freddie Mac's Chief Executive Officer until September 2008, when the Federal Housing Finance Agency placed the company into conservatorship and replaced senior management.

What was Donald Layton's primary legacy as CEO of Freddie Mac?

Donald Layton led Freddie Mac from 2012 to 2019, restoring the enterprise to sustained profitability, pioneering Credit Risk Transfer (STACR), and building the Common Securitization Platform.

What background does CEO Diana Reid bring to Freddie Mac?

Diana Reid brings over 35 years of capital markets and banking experience, having built PNC Financial Services' commercial real estate and multifamily finance division into a national powerhouse.

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