Jonathan C. Clark

Jonathan C. Clark is Encore's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, serving in this capacity since February 2015. In this role, Mr. Clark is responsible for managing relationships with the investment community, leading capital raising efforts, and for financial reporting, treasury, tax, financial planning and analysis, corporate development, and strategy functions. He joined the company as CFO for Encore's subsidiary Midland Credit Management in October 2014.

Before joining Encore, Clark was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SLM Corp., also known as Sallie Mae. During his time at Sallie Mae from 2008 until 2013, Clark increased investor value, reestablished the organization as a major player in the securitization market, and guided the company during the global financial crisis. Prior to joining Sallie Mae, Clark served as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse Securities from 2000 to 2007, after having served in various executive roles at Prudential Securities, The First Boston Corp., and a variety of other companies during his career. Clark earned an economics degree from the University of Virginia, and a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School.