John Glessner
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
John Glessner is the executive vice president and head of the Investments and Capital Markets Division. He is responsible for overseeing liquidity, financing, credit risk transfer, and derivative activities as well as managing Freddie Mac's portfolio of single-family securities and loan investments. He also oversees enterprise functions related to financial/capital/risk analytics, model governance, payments, counterparty risk and third-party risk. He is a member of the senior operating committee.
Glessner has been with Freddie Mac for more than 25 years including as senior vice president and head of the Investments and Capital Markets Division. He has also previously served as Freddie Mac’s treasurer, overseeing the corporate treasury function, liquidity management and interest-rate hedging activities. Earlier in his tenure at Freddie Mac, Glessner worked in various areas including the Securities Sales & Trading Group as well as the Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) and Cash Window desks. Prior to re-joining the firm in 2010, he held various trading positions at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group and GMAC ResCap.
He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia.