Jim Griffin

Jim Griffin, CFA is a co-founder of OptionWide Financial Corporation and has over 20 years of experience investing in, securitizing and trading a wide array of mortgage loans and securities. Prior to OptionWide, Mr. Griffin was Managing Director of Portfolio Investments at PennyMac Financial Services, where he was a voting member of the Investment and Valuation Committees. Mr. Griffin has been an investor for a credit hedge fund and has led mortgage trading desks at Wells Fargo Securities and Countrywide Securities Corp. Mr. Griffin was also a portfolio manager at a mortgage REIT and began his career at Freddie Mac.

Mr. Griffin earned an MBA degree in Finance from the College of William & Mary’s Mason School of Business and a BBA degree from Hofstra University. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.