People: First American Financial Corp (FAF)

FAF on New York Consolidated

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22 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Parker Kennedy

65 2012 Chairman of the Board

Dennis Gilmore

54 2010 Chief Executive Officer, Director

Mark Seaton

35 2013 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Kenneth DeGiorgio

41 2012 Executive Vice President

Matthew Wajner

37 2013 Chief Accounting Officer

Christopher Leavell

50 2011 Chief Operating Officer of First American Title Insurance Company

James Doti

66 Lead Independent Director

Anthony Anderson

57 2012 Independent Director

George Argyros

76 2010 Independent Director

William Davis

83 2010 Independent Director

Lewis Douglas

88 2010 Independent Director

Michael McKee

67 2011 Independent Director

Thomas McKernan

68 2011 Independent Director

Mark Oman

58 2013 Independent Director

Herbert Tasker

76 2010 Independent Director

Virginia Ueberroth

73 2010 Independent Director

Craig Barberio

Investor Relations Contact Officer

Biographies

Name Description

Parker Kennedy

Mr. Parker S. Kennedy is Chairman of the Board of First American Financial Corp. He serves as chairman of the board and has been a director of the Company since June 2010, when the company separated from The First American Corporation. Mr. Kennedy served as executive chairman of the Company from the separation until his retirement as an employee in February 2012. From 2003 until the separation, he served as The First American Corporation’s chairman and chief executive officer. Previously he also served as The First American Corporation’s president from 1993 to 2004. He served as a director of The First American Corporation and its successor entity, CoreLogic, Inc., from 1987 to 2011, and was CoreLogic, Inc.’s executive chairman from the separation to May 2011. Mr. Kennedy served on the First Advantage Corporation board until 2009.

Dennis Gilmore

Mr. Dennis J. Gilmore is Chief Executive Officer, Director of First American Financial Corp., since June 2010. From 2008 until the separation, he served as chief executive officer of The First American Corporation’s financial services group. He served as chief operating officer of The First American Corporation from 2004 to 2008.

Mark Seaton

Mr. Mark E. Seaton is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of First American Financial Corporation effective March 27, 2013. Prior to that time he served as senior vice president, finance since August 2010, in which capacity he oversaw the Company’s investment management, investor relations, treasury and financial planning activities. Mr. Seaton has been employed with First American since 2006, including service as director of investor relations of The First American Corporation from 2007 to 2010. Prior to joining The First American Corporation, Mr. Seaton worked in the private equity and investment banking industries.

Kenneth DeGiorgio

Mr. Kenneth D. DeGiorgio is an Executive Vice President of First American Financial Corp., since June 2010. He has served as executive vice president since June 2010, when the company separated from The First American Corporation. He was senior vice president and general counsel of The First American Corporation from 2004 until the separation. From 2006 to 2012, he served as secretary of the Company or The First American Corporation, as applicable. Mr. DeGiorgio was vice president and associate general counsel of The First American Corporation from 2001 to 2004, and served as regulatory and acquisition counsel from 1999 to 2001.

Matthew Wajner

Mr. Matthew F. Wajner is Chief Accounting Officer of First American Financial Corp., since March 2013. Prior to that time he served as senior vice president, finance since August 2010, in which capacity he oversaw the Company’s investment management, investor relations, treasury and financial planning activities. Mr. Seaton has been employed with First American since 2006, including service as director of investor relations of The First American Corporation from 2007 to 2010. Prior to joining The First American Corporation, Mr. Seaton worked in the private equity and investment banking industries.

Christopher Leavell

Mr. Christopher M. Leavell is Chief Operating Officer of First American Title Insurance Company, subsidiary of First American Financial Corp., since December 2011. He was its executive vice president and division president with responsibility for the lender-focused title business and national production services from 2008 to 2011. Prior to that time, Mr. Leavell served as president of the default information services group from 2005 to 2008. He was president of eAppraiseIT, then a subsidiary of The First American Corporation, from 1999 to 2005.

James Doti

Dr. James L. Doti is Lead Independent Director of First American Financial Corp., since June 2010. He is the president and Donald Bren Distinguished Chair of Business and Economics at Chapman University. He served as a director of The First American Corporation from 1993 until the separation. He is a director of Standard Pacific Corp. and served on the board of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. until 2009. As president of Chapman University and with a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago.

Anthony Anderson

Mr. Anthony K. Anderson is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corporation, since November 13, 2012. He retired as a partner of Ernst & Young LLP in 2012, after serving the firm for 35 years, including as managing partner for the Pacific Southwest region and later for the Midwest region, and as vice chair and a member of the firm’s governing executive board. He is a director of Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY), AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR) and Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). Mr. Anderson served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 2008 to 2010. He is a member of the American, California and Illinois Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

George Argyros

Hon. George L. Argyros is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corp., since June 2010. He serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Arnel & Affiliates, a private diversified investment company. He served as a director of The First American Corporation from 1988 to 2001, was the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra from 2001 to 2004, and again served on The First American Corporation’s board of directors from 2005 until the separation. He serves as a director of DST Systems, Inc. and Pacific Mercantile Bancorp.

William Davis

Hon. William G. Davis is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corp., since June 2010. He is counsel to the law firm Davis Webb LLP. Previously, he was counsel to Torys LLP until 2010. He served as a director of The First American Corporation from 1992 until the separation. As the former premier of Ontario, Canada, Mr. Davis provides advice and direction with respect to relationship with governmental entities and with respect to business in Canada and other international operations.

Lewis Douglas

Mr. Lewis W. Douglas is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corp., since June 2010. He has been a director since June 2010, when the company separated from The First American Corporation. He is chairman of Stanley Energy, Inc., an oil exploration company. He served as a director of The First American Corporation from 1971 until the separation and also from 1961 to 1967. With a background in oil and gas exploration,

Michael McKee

Mr. Michael D. McKee is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corp., since March 15, 2011. He is chief executive officer of Bentall Kennedy U.S., L.P., one of the privately-owned real estate investment advisory firms in the United States. Mr. McKee served as the chief executive officer of The Irvine Company, a privately-held real estate development and investment company, from 2007 to 2008, as vice chairman of its board of directors from 1999 to 2008 and as an executive officer of that company since 1994. Prior to that, he was a partner with the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP from 1986 to 1994. Mr. McKee is a director of HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP), Realty Income Corporation (NYSE:O) and the Tiger Woods Foundation. He previously served as a director of Mandalay Resort Group, Irvine Apartment Communities, Inc. and Oasis Residential Inc.

Thomas McKernan

Mr. Thomas V. McKernan is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corp., since March 2011. He has served as chief executive officer of the Automobile Club of Southern California (the “Auto Club”) since 1991. In connection with his position at the Auto Club, Mr. McKernan is president and chief executive officer of AAA Texas, AAA New Mexico, AAA Hawaii and the Automobile Club of Southern California Life Insurance Company. Mr. McKernan serves as a director of Payden & Rygel Investment Group and as a trustee of certain funds associated therewith. Other positions held by Mr. McKernan include directorships with companies and membership on advisory councils. In addition, he served as vice chairman of the board of California Physicians Service, Inc., which operates as Blue Shield of California, and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company, until September 2009.

Mark Oman

Mr. Mark C. Oman is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corp. He serves on the boards of the University of Northern Iowa Foundation and the Greater Des Moines Community Foundation. He is a member of the Iowa Business Hall of Fame and serves on other professional and community boards, panels and committees. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.

Herbert Tasker

Mr. Herbert B. Tasker is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corp., since June 2010. He has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Mason McDuffie Mortgage Corporation since 2005. He was a mortgage industry consultant from 2004 to 2005 and was vice chairman and managing director of Center Capital Group, Inc., a mortgage conduit, from 1999 to 2004. He served as a director of The First American Corporation from 2002 until the separation and has served on the board of AmNet Mortgage, Inc. The Company avails itself of Mr. Tasker’s experience as an executive at mortgage companies and prior service as president of the National Mortgage Bankers Association of America to better understand and anticipate trends in the mortgage industry.

Virginia Ueberroth

Ms. Virginia M. Ueberroth is an Independent Director of First American Financial Corp., since June 2010. She is chairman of the Ueberroth Family Foundation, a philanthropic organization, and a director of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. She served as a director of The First American Corporation from 1988 until the separation.

Craig Barberio

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