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First Bank & Trust Adds Mitchell to Commercial Lending Team in Northeast Tennessee

First Bank & Trust Company added Jennifer Mitchell as vice president in Bristol, TN. With more than 25 years of experience, Mitchell has worked in various sectors including equipment financing, business and commercial banking and credit underwriting. read more

Dext Capital Expands Sales, Technology and Credit Teams with 12 New Hires

Dext Capital added 12 new employees. Dan Thomson, Kathy Cro, Tom Gutowski, Jeff Sporor and Ryan Pearson joined sales. Darryl McCulley and Kyler Nunan joined technology. Kim Tieu, Brooks Bocko and Evan Parrish joined credit. Tina Nielsen and Tessa Menees also joined the team. read more

Rosa Named Managing Director of Mitsubishi HC Capital (U.S.A.)

Mitsubishi HC Capital (U.S.A.) appointed Brian Rosa as managing director of its Corporate Asset Finance Division (CAF). Rosa most recently served as vice president of Portfolio Management at Macquarie Group. read more

Vmo Aircraft Leasing Appoints Watson as Chief Commercial Officer

Vmo Aircraft Leasing appointed Peter Watson as chief commercial officer and head of EMEA to lead the lessor’s worldwide commercial activity and spearhead the platform’s emerging presence in the EMEA region. read more

Ritchie Bros. Promotes Kessler to President

Ritchie Bros.’ Chief Operating Officer Jim Kessler, will take on the additional role of president, effective immediately. Kessler has more than 20 years of experience in senior leadership positions, including those of president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer. read more

CIT Names Vernède as Managing Director for Defense and Government Services

Eduard Vernède joined CIT Group as managing director in its Aerospace, Defense & Government Services business. Vernède will focus on lending activity to serve the multibillion-dollar government and defense contractor industry, as well as supporting the aerospace segment. read more

Ethio Lease Appoints Fregenet Getachew Desta as CEO

African Asset Finance Company, a U.S.-based non-bank financial and equipment leasing firm, appointed Fregenet Getachew Desta as acting CEO of Ethio Lease. In this role Getachew Desta succeeds Girum Tsegaye, who left the company to return to the banking industry. read more

CHG-MERIDIAN Hires Harrsen as VP of Sales USA

CHG-MERIDIAN USA appointed Simon Harrsen as vice president of Sales, USA. Harrsen will be responsible for the overall performance of the U.S. business and will lead the sales team as well as technical sales, service management and communications and marketing for the U.S.  read more

Prykull Receives 2021 Cindy Spurdle Award of Excellence During CLFP Day

Kevin P. Prykull, CLFP was presented with the 2021 Cindy Spurdle Award of Excellence on August 26 during a 15-minute celebratory “CLFP Day” virtual call with nearly 300 CLFPs and associates in attendance. read more

Marks Joins Messerli Kramer’s Equipment Leasing & Finance Team

Barry Marks, formerly of Marks & Evans, will be joining Messerli Kramer, a law firm based in Minnesota, and its growing team of attorneys in the equipment leasing and finance space. Marks will operate his practice from his Birmingham, AL office. read more

Banleaco Celebrates Williams’ 25th Anniversary with the Company

Banleaco is celebrating Diane Williams’ 25th anniversary with the company. In addition to William’s leadership responsibilities at Banleaco, she serves as a board member for a women’s networking group and as a mentor for women in the finance industry. read more

JLL Valuation Advisory Adds Oates to Expand Renewable Energy Valuation Team

JLL Valuation Advisory hired structured finance specialist John Oates to join its renewable energy valuation team as a managing director to help build out the firm’s infrastructure platform. read more

First Business Bank Adds Stangl to Southeast Wisconsin Advisory Board

Paul Stangl joined First Business Bank’s advisory board in its southeast Wisconsin market. Stangl is the president of Wisconsin Stamping & Manufacturing and the prior CEO and current executive chairman of Raffel Systems. read more

Northern Trust Adds Kerbis to Chicago Commercial Banking Team

Adam Kerbis joined Northern Trust as a senior vice president and banking relationship advisor on the firm’s commercial banking team based in Chicago. Kerbis has more than 10 years of experience as a commercial banker with an emphasis on working with companies in the beverage industry. read more

Rakocy to Retire as SVP of Corporate Development at Volvo Financial Services

John Rakocy, senior vice president of corporate development for Volvo Financial Services, will retire. The announcement comes 40 years to the week since Rakocy began his career. Rakocy will remain in his role until the end of 2021. read more

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