---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001026214-25-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMCC"
cik: "0001026214"
company_name: "FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T07:36:20.861010+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freddie Mac appoints James Whitlinger as EVP & CFO effective Jan 1, 2025

## Summary
- James Whitlinger, interim CFO since June 2024, named permanent CFO; succeeds Christian Lown.
- Whitlinger is a 10-year Freddie Mac veteran, previously SVP Single-Family CFO since 2014.
- Target total direct compensation $2.4M: base salary $600K, fixed deferred $1.08M, at-risk deferred $720K.
- Appointment approved by FHFA (conservator) and consulted with Treasury; agreement includes recapture/forfeiture terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001026214-25-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMCC
- cik: 0001026214
- company_name: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026214/000102621425000003/0001026214-25-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026214/000102621425000003/fmcc-20250107.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001026214-25-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001026214-25-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Whitlinger was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 7, 2025, Freddie Mac (formally the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) announced James Whitlinger has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026214/000102621425000003/0001026214-25-000003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.