ZHOME today announced that Ken McGovern, an experienced capital markets and finance leader, has been appointed director of capital markets. ZHOME’s online platform provides home sellers with competitive all-cash offers within 24 hours, along with flexible closing schedules to meet the needs of sellers.
McGovern spent more than a decade at Walmart in positions ranging from IT to merchandising and corporate finance. He also worked as chief investment officer at Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, and as chief financial officer at a $30-billion hedge fund and asset manager based in Dallas, TX.
“Ken has the right combination of skill and experience to help us expand into new markets,” said Kory Scheeler, CEO and founder of ZHOME. “Ken is a world-class capital markets executive who is tech-savvy with a customer-first focus and has been successful in startups and in large complex organizations like Walmart. Ken will help establish that ZHOME will be the low-cost operator in this space.”
McGovern has a masters in mathematical finance from Columbia University, a master of science in industrial administration from Purdue University and a B.S. from the University of Maryland.