Former ICE finance executive Patrick Rutherford has joined FormFree, a provider of borrower auto-verification solutions, as chief financial officer (CFO).
Rutherford has more than 20 years of investment management experience. He previously served as a leader within ICE’s global finance function.
As a financial leader at the publicly traded Fortune 500 company, he oversaw multiple aspects of global forecasting, planning and analysis. He was also a key participant in ICE’s mergers and acquisitions activities, including its strategic equity raise for the company’s initial venture into digital assets and its more recent entry into the mortgage space.
Before joining ICE, Rutherford served as a finance leader at The Home Depot. During this time, he gained a broad set of finance and strategy experiences while progressing professionally, earning formal recognition by the CEO and CFO for his achievements on multiple occasions.
“I am thrilled to join FormFree, a company dedicated to revolutionizing how lenders come to understand people’s ability to pay,” Rutherford says in a release. “As CFO, I will strive to further FormFree’s drive of facilitating a more inclusive credit landscape while supporting lenders’ business goals.”