Clayton Holdings Names Thomas Gere, Senior Managing Director

Gere to Expand Clayton's Business Development Capabilities with Commercial
Banks and Mortgage Banking Companies

SHELTON, Conn., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Clayton Holdings LLC, a leader in
providing customized risk analysis, loss mitigation, operational solutions and
staffing services to the mortgage industry, announced today that Thomas Gere
has joined the company as Senior Managing Director.

Gere, who held senior sales positions at Lehman Brothers and Cohane Rafferty
in the fixed-income and whole-loan channels, will be responsible for expanding
Clayton's relationships with commercial banks, thrifts and mortgage banks.
His areas of focus will be business development and promotion of Clayton's
core products which include Commercial and Residential Due Diligence,
Surveillance and Asset Pricing. He will report to Tom Donatacci, executive
vice president for Sales and Marketing.

"As the economy recovers and the mortgage and secondary markets begins to
regain traction, financial institutions will be looking for reliable, scalable
partners, like Clayton, who can deliver value added, quality outsourced
information and services that are necessary to regain investor confidence,"
said Paul Bossidy, Clayton's chief executive officer, "Similarly, lenders and
servicers will require infrastructure, expertise and on-demand staffing to
keep up with the demand for both origination and loss mitigation services.
Tom brings Clayton outstanding domain expertise and market knowledge gained
from his over 25-year record of effectively solving client business
challenges.

"Clayton is well positioned to serve financial institutions as the mortgage
and securitization markets recover. The company continues to invest in the
systems and people that will be necessary to deliver best in class solutions
in these evolving markets. "I'm excited to be a part of this effort," said
Gere.

About Clayton Holdings LLC
Clayton Holdings LLC headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut, is a leading
provider of customized risk analysis, loss mitigation and operational
solutions that support the mortgage industry. Clayton's services encompass
analytics, residential and commercial loan due diligence, consulting, credit
risk management and surveillance, independent pricing, specialized loan
servicing, and staffing solutions. Clayton provides transparency,
independence, expertise and quality resources to leading investment &
commercial banks, institutional investors, government agencies and service
providers internationally. Additional information is available at
www.clayton.com.

SOURCE Clayton Holdings LLC

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