Encina Equipment Finance hired Li Flynn as vice president for its risk team. Flynn will primarily be responsible for new business underwriting and will also have portfolio management responsibilities. She will report to Katherine Branch, chief risk officer of Encina Equipment Finance.

Prior to joining Encina Equipment Finance, Flynn was an underwriting officer at Signature Financial, where she underwrote, approved and managed equipment finance transactions. Flynn also spent several years at Amalgamated Bank in various credit functions, including underwriting new transactions with a focus on SNC and middle-market lending, as well as portfolio management.