HOLLIS MCLOUGHLIN

Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President
External Relations

Hollis McLoughlin is Senior Vice President, External Relations and Chief of Staff in the Office of the Chairman at Freddie Mac. In this role he is responsible for managing the external relations of Freddie Mac in order to meet the legislative, outreach, and policy needs of the company. McLoughlin is also responsible as Chief of Staff for coordinating strategic and tactical deliverables for Syron and the senior management team. McLoughlin oversees the following departments: Corporate & Marketing Communications, Corporate Relations & Housing Outreach, Economics & Strategy, Government & Industry Relations, Public Policy, and Administration & Oversight. McLoughlin reports directly to Freddie Mac's Chairman and CEO Richard Syron and serves on the Senior Executive Management Committee.

McLoughlin originally joined Freddie Mac in April, 2004.

McLoughlin has served as chief of staff or in a similar capacity within the Treasury Department and for members of Congress. From 1989 through 1992, as assistant secretary of the Treasury under President George Bush, he was responsible for the coordination of all policy and management of several key internal functions. He served as chief of staff to Sen. Nicholas Brady, R-N.J., in 1982 and to Rep. Millicent Fenwick, R-N.J., from 1975 to 1979.

Before joining Freddie Mac in 2004, McLoughlin had been chief operating officer of two private equity-backed operating companies. Before that, he was one of the founding partners of Darby Overseas, a private equity partner based in Washington, D.C. He has also been a senior executive at Purolator Courier, the overnight delivery company, and a privately held transportation company.

McLoughlin is a graduate of Harvard College.

Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned company established by Congress in 1970 to support homeownership and rental housing. Freddie Mac fulfills its mission by purchasing residential mortgages and mortgage-related securities, which it finances primarily by issuing mortgage-related securities and debt instruments in the capital markets. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home possible more than 50 million times, ensuring financing for one in six homebuyers and more than four million renters.

04/08