Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> October 11, 2004
ABDUL RAJPUT, with over 23 years of experience in the manufactured
housing finance business, has been the president of U.S. Bank '
Manufactured Housing Finance Division since its inception in 2003, when
he started a de novo M/H finance business. Prior to 2003, as President,
he led the finance division of Home Pride Finance Corp., a subsidiary of
Champion Enterprises, Inc. He was also an Executive Vice President of
Operations for GreenPoint Credit Corp., a subsidiary of GreenPoint Bank.
Mr. Rajput has managed national sales, marketing and a network of 45
regional offices nationwide. Previously, he was an Executive Vice
President at Bank of America Housing Services/ Security Pacific Housing
Services. Prior to this, Mr. Rajput was a Senior Vice President and one
of the five Executive Officers of Green Tree Financial services for 10
years. He holds a Mini-MBA from the University of St. Thomas,
Minneapolis, an MA in Statistics and a BA in Mathematics from Sindh
University, Hyderabad, Pakistan. Profile
TWST: What is going on in the manufactured housing market at this point?Mr. Rajput: Quite a few things. As a matter of fact, in the last five
years, the MH industry suffered a market shakeout