Movement Mortgage has named Laura Bowles its new chief financial officer. <br /><br />Bowles joins the fast-growing mortgage lender following work for Citibank, Bank of America, Wachovia, Liz Claiborne, Chase Capital Partners and Merrill Lynch. Most recently, she was director and head of consumer and small-business lending products for Citibank’s consumer and commercial bank. Before that, she managed credit, market and operational risk for $230 billion of annual home loans origination volume at BofA. <br /><br />Laura Bowles is also the daughter-in-law of Erskine Bowles, the co-founder of Charlotte investment bank Bowles, Hollowell, Conner, and the former chief of staff in the Clinton White House. He also is a former president of the UNC System. <br /><br />“Laura is exactly the kind of talent Movement Mortgage needs as we continue to pursue our aggressive goal of owning 10% of the purchase market within our first 10 years of business,” Movement Mortgage CEO Casey Crawford says in a statement. “Her extensive financial services background, skill set and vision will add instant value to our fast growing organization.”<br /><br />Crawford, a former Carolina Panthers tight end, co-founded Movement as New American Mortgage in 2008 before renaming the company Movement Mortgage. The company, based in Ballantyne, is one of the fastest-growing mortgage companies in the U.S. <br /><br />“The only thing more impressive than Movement’s growth to date is the company’s even bigger plans for the future,” Bowles says in a statement. “It’s an exciting time to be joining their leadership team and I look forward to playing a part in its success story.”<br /><br />Movement has 280 offices in 38 states and more than 1,200 employees.