The Collingwood Group is a senior team of seasoned financial services executives providing business advisory services to boards of directors and executives of companies in the financial services industry. The firm’s principals have years of exceptional experience in both the private and public sectors. As the most recent President and CEO of Ginnie Mae and the Assistant Secretary for Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner, the firm’s founder, Joseph Murin and Brian Montgomery, respectively, have played a major role in the federal government’s efforts to address the current financial crisis and restore stability and liquidity to financial markets. The Collingwood Group's principals have been engaged deeply in the areas of domestic and international secondary market activities; capital markets and capital raising experience; risk and loss management; servicing; and all elements of property management and disposition.