Stephen Kirkwood

Mr. Kirkwood serves as General Counsel of Vida’s subsidiary, Magna Life Settlements, and as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Vida.  Prior to joining Magna, Mr. Kirkwood served as the EVP, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary for the nation’s largest direct purchaser of consumer future cash flows backed by insurance company obligations.  He was responsible for the company’s legal, compliance and regulatory matters including handling a broad range of M&A and capital markets transactions, risk analysis matters, compliance and corporate governance items. In addition, he led the legal and compliance efforts taking the company through its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, and he managed the ongoing SEC, NYSE and OTC marketplace reporting and compliance requirements.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Kirkwood provided legal and regulatory counsel and strategic guidance for a consumer specialty finance company addressing needs relating to purchasing of future cash flows and the company’s life settlement and pre-settlement funding business units. Mr. Kirkwood graduated from Union College in 1992 and from Albany Law School in 1995.