Executive Team

Mr. Shuster is Executive Chairman of the Board of NMI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMIH). Mr. Shuster founded National MI and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company from 2012 to 2018. Prior to founding National MI, Mr. Shuster was a senior executive of The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI), where he served as Chief Executive Officer of PMI Capital Corporation. Before joining PMI in 1995, Mr. Shuster was a partner at Deloitte LLP, where he served as partner-in-charge of Deloitte’s Northern California Insurance and Mortgage Banking practices. He holds a B.S. from The University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from The University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Shuster has received both CPA and CFA certifications.

Mr. Fitzgerald is Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer of National MI. He joined the Company in 2014 and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer from 2020 to 2021 and as Senior Vice President, Field Sales from 2014 to 2019. Prior to joining National MI, Mr. Fitzgerald served as Senior Vice President, Head of Correspondent Lending at Mr. Cooper (formerly Nationstar Mortgage), and held senior leadership positions with PHH Mortgage and CitiMortgage Inc. He holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

Ms. Swithenbank is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of National MI. She joined the company in 2024. Prior to joining National MI, Ms. Swithenbank served as Chief Financial Officer at Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty insurance and reinsurance group, where she led the organization of the company’s finance department as its first chief financial officer. Prior to Vantage Group, Ms. Swithenbank spent more than 20 years at Goldman Sachs in a number of roles, including most recently as a Partner and Head of Insurance in the Americas Financing Group. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.

Mr. Yousaf is Executive Vice President, Operations and Information Technology of National MI. He joined the Company in 2018 and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Business Transformation Officer from 2020 to 2021 and Vice President, Business Development and Technology Partnerships from 2018 to 2020. Prior to joining National MI, Mr. Yousaf was a Senior Managing Director in charge of servicing operations for Home Point Financial Corporation and held leadership positions with Mr. Cooper and Wells Fargo. Mr. Yousaf attended the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary and holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Metropolitan State University, St. Paul.