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Paul Hastings Adds Bondi to as Co-Chair of Investigations and White-Collar Defense Practice

Paul Hastings named Brad Bondi a partner of the firm in Washington, D.C. He will serve as global co-chair of the firm’s investigations and white-collar defense practice. read more

Hancock Whitney Establishes New ABL Division, Knuckles to Lead

Hancock Whitney established a new asset-based lending division primarily serving 12 states across the southern United States. Mike Knuckles will lead the line of business based in suburban Atlanta and direct all recruiting and hiring. read more

XS Financial Names Vuong CFO

XS Financial named Justin Vuong CFO, effective June 1. Vuong will succeed current CFO Stephen Christoffersen, who will remain active as a member of the company’s board of directors, investment committee and as the newly appointed audit chair. read more

Tamarack Adds Huynh to AI Data Engineering Team

Tamarack Technology appointed Quoc (Tom) Huynh to its artificial intelligence data engineering team. In his role as a senior data engineer, Huynh will focus on increasing the company’s data integration, analysis and machine learning/AI capabilities for its AI product suite. read more

Transport Enterprise Leasing Expands Reach to Southeast with Barber Appointment

Transport Enterprise Leasing appointed John Barber regional director of business development for fleet leasing in the Southeast. Barber will focus on growing the company’s market share in the region. read more

Vanderpool Succeeds Almanza as President of BofA Phoenix

Bank of America named Scott Vanderpool president of Bank of America Phoenix and successor to current president Benito Almanza, who will retire April 6. Almanza provided 45 years of service to the company and spent 22 years as Phoenix and Arizona president. read more

Regions Bank Launches International Subsidiaries Banking Group, Barros to Lead

Regions Bank launched an international subsidiaries banking group to deliver financial insights and banking services to subsidiaries of international corporations operating in the United States. Laerte Barros, who joined Regions Bank in 2022 from BBVA, will lead the new team. read more

Pathfinder Bank Names Dowd President and CEO

Pathfinder Bancorp, the bank holding company of Pathfinder Bank, named James A. Dowd president and CEO of the company and the bank, roles that he has served in on an interim basis since April 14, 2022. read more

Inovatec Systems Promotes Rea to Chief Information Officer

Inovatec Systems promoted Mario Rea, one of the company’s founding team members, to chief information officer. In this role, he will be responsible for the company’s IT operations, infrastructure, security and compliance initiatives. read more

J.P. Morgan Appoints Bell Partner for Sustainable Growth Equity Platform

J.P. Morgan Private Capital appointed Alex Bell a partner for its sustainable growth equity platform. Based in New York, Bell will support the platform’s climate solutions investing efforts. read more

ServisFirst Bank Expands Correspondent Banking Division into Texas

ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares, expanded its correspondent banking division into Texas. Don Dickerson will lead the expansion, serving as senior vice president of correspondent banking for the Texas region. read more

Schoonmaker and Ventling Hester to Retire from DLL on April 7

According to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, Eileen Schoonmaker, U.S. general manager of soft assets at DLL, and Amy Ventling Hester, U.S. general manager of hard assets at DLL, will retire on April 7. read more

Callahan Transitions to SouthState Equipment Finance Department

Wendy Callahan transitioned to the equipment finance department at SouthState Bank. She will report to Chris Hobbs, director of equipment finance and will be based in the Charlotte, NC. Prior to SouthState, Callahan worked for CIT, Volvo Financial Services and Wells Fargo equipment finance. read more

Husain Khan, Secretary General of EBAA, Passes Away

Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), released a statement concerning the recent passing of Athar Husain Khan, secretary general of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA). read more

Petta to Retire as ELFA CEO and President at End of 2023

At a specially convened meeting of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association board of directors, Bob Neagle, chair of the ELFA, announced Ralph Petta will retire as president and CEO of the association at the end of 2023. read more

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