Matthew F. Wajner

Career

1. 2025 – now
   First American Financial Corporationsrc
   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
   Effective 2025-04-10
2. 2020 – 2025
   First American Financial Corporationsrc
   Vice President, Treasurer
   From August 2020
3. 2013 – 2020
   First American Financial Corporationsrc
   Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
   Appointed 2013-03-27
4. 2010 – 2013
   First American Financial Corporationsrc
   Controller
   From September 2010
5. 2009 – 2010
   The First American Corporationsrc
   Director of SEC Reporting

Undated in the sources

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPsrc, Divisional controller for banking operations; auditor in public accounting

Not located: Pre-2009 employers' years and titles are not stated in any filing read; the firm names rest on the company web bio only

Achievements

• Sixteen years inside First American's finance function (SEC reporting, controller, chief accounting officer, treasurer) before becoming CFO in April 2025src
• Chief accounting officer for seven years (2013-2020), then treasurer for nearly fivesrc
• Named a 2026 HousingWire Finance Leadersrc
• First American's FY2025 GAAP net income was $621.8m, his first year as CFOsrc
• Say-on-pay passed with 97.5% of votes cast for and against at the May 2026 meetingsrc

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles, BA Business Economicssrc

Background

• Family The 2026 proxy states there are no family relationships among directors, nominees and executive officers; the April 2025 8-K says the same for him and reports no Item 404(a) related-party transactionssrc
• Other No outside board or trustee role was located in the filings read or in a web searchsrc
• Other Employment agreement first signed on his 2025 promotion, renewed 2026 to run to 2028-12-31 with a $675k minimum salary; termination without cause pays twice salary plus the second-largest of the prior three bonusessrc