Verdant Commercial Capital hired John Evans to initiate business development efforts across the key verticals of Specialty Vehicle, Construction, Technology, Industrial and Office Solutions.

Evans has more than 30 years in the equipment finance industry and 20 years in vendor finance. In his role at Verdant Commercial Capital, Evans will concentrate his efforts on building relationships with OEM’s, distributors and dealers in identified segments. Evans has extensive experience developing vendor finance relationships including joint ventures and private label programs with leading OEM’s across many industry segments.

Prior to joining Verdant Commercial Capital, Evans held leadership positions with several bank equipment finance businesses and was instrumental in building long term vendor programs at these banks.

“There is tremendous knowledge and experience in vendor finance at Verdant Commercial Capital, and I am pleased to be a part of this team of professionals. It is exciting to be able to work at Verdant and bring new and innovative solutions to leading OEM’s, distributors and dealers,” said Evans.

In announcing the hiring of Evans, Verdant Chief Commercial Officer Brian Lowe stated, “We are very lucky to have someone of John’s caliber leading our business development efforts. Over the years, John developed deep professional and personal relationships with vendors and customers. John will do a great job of delivering the Verdant value proposition to OEM’s and Dealers as we look to grow with them”.

Verdant is an independent equipment finance company with flexible capital and entrepreneurial enthusiasm to serve vendor partners with speed, agility and smart solutions.