Meriden, Connecticut-based Planet Financial Group announced the addition of new leaders to drive growth of its lending and title subsidiaries. Stepping in as senior vice president at Keylink, Planet’s title business, is Ken Quantie, who will be responsible for expanding the unit’s residential and commercial products in order to have them available early this year. He comes to the company after holding the position of president at UTB Title. He held similar roles at Carrington Cos. and Solutionstar Settlement Services.
Within Planet Home Lending, the company welcomed Kirk Gerling as executive vice president of nonagency subservicing. A mortgage industry veteran, Gerling previously guided servicing efforts in similar roles at Carrington as well as Shellpoint prior to joining Planet Home, where he will be responsible for supporting its private clients.
In another boost for its distributed retail channel, Planet Home Lending also recently named Candice McNaught senior vice president, business development and strategic initiatives, a role in which she will tap into prior experience in recruiting and guiding sales teams and branches to drive revenue growth. She joins another new addition to the channel, Matt Payan, who comes onboard as senior vice president, distributed retail sales to help lead branch growth and other business initiatives. Before joining Planet Home, Payan held sales leadership positions at CMG Financial and Homebridge.
