Andrew Nakahata Named Managing Director and Head of National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.’s Western Region

Business Wire

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (National), an indirect subsidiary of MBIA Inc. (NYSE:MBI), today announced that Andrew Nakahata will join the company as Managing Director and Head of National’s Western Region. Mr. Nakahata will be based in San Francisco and responsible for National’s public finance marketing and new business generation efforts in the western half of the United States. Mr. Nakahata joins National from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., where he was a Director in the firm’s Public Finance Department and co-head of its Higher Education group.

“Andy brings a wealth of public finance and client relationship management experience to National at a time when we are significantly expanding our efforts to help investors, issuers and financial intermediaries understand National’s unique value proposition,” said Tom Weyl, Managing Director and Head of New Business Development. “We’re confident that he’ll have an immediate impact as we reestablish National in the marketplace and seek to grow our book of business. We’re very pleased to welcome him to the team.”

Before joining Citigroup Global Markets, Mr. Nakahata was an Executive Director in J.P. Morgan’s tax-exempt capital markets group where he advised higher education, not-for-profit and state and local government issuers. Prior to that, Mr. Nakahata was a Vice President in the Public Sector and Infrastructure Banking Group of Goldman, Sachs and Co. where he worked with state and local government, public utility, not-for profit healthcare, higher education, and corporate clients to develop and implement financial strategies for the structuring and sale of general fund, tax, and revenue secured obligations as well as associated derivative transactions.

Mr. Nakahata is a member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Project, the Asian Americans in Public Finance industry group, the Marin Country Day School and Kokoro Assisted Living. He holds a master's degree in public and private management (MPPM) from the Yale School of Management and a bachelor of arts degree from Wesleyan University.

Mr. Nakahata is expected to assume his position at National in early July.

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National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation, headquartered in Purchase, New York is the world’s largest U.S. public finance-only financial guarantee insurance company, with offices in New York and San Francisco. Please visit National’s website at www.nationalpfg.com.