Vijay Bhasin's Email & Phone

Vijay Bhasin Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer Vijay Bhasin brings to Essent a wealth of mortgage finance industry expertise, including multiple senior management positions specializing in all aspects of mortgage risk, modeling and analytics. Mr. Bhasin joined Essent from Countrywide Financial Corporation/Bank of America, where he was managing director with responsibility for capital assessment, asset liability management, counterparty credit risk measurement and structured credit analytics. Earlier in his career, he held several management positions with Freddie Mac, including vice president for credit and prepayment modeling, as well as research positions with Fannie Mae and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Vijay Bhasin earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, India; an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Southern Illinois University; and a PhD in Finance from Indiana University.