Commercial finance company Taycor Financial appointed Melissa Fisher vice president of Syndication and Eric Foster head of Marketing. They will report to Taycor CEO Michael Hong and will be part of Taycor’s executive leadership team.

Fisher comes to Taycor from Currency Capital, where she served as vice president of Credit and oversaw syndication. Prior to Currency, Fisher was vice president of Credit at Strada Capital and Balboa Capital. Fisher’s career started at California Thrift & Loan in the Leasing Division.

“Melissa is an industry leader in the commercial credit space and someone I’ve known and respected for quite some time,” said Jill Winbauer, Vice President of Operations. She added, “Melissa’s experience will be crucial as Taycor continues to rise through the ranks of commercial finance companies.”

Foster also spent the last two years at Currency Capital, where he served as vice president of Marketing and oversaw customer acquisition and retention efforts across both the finance and payment divisions. Prior to Currency, Foster was global director of Marketing at j2 Global, a $1.5 billion, Internet information, and services company. Foster’s career started with the Foreign Commercial Services at the U.S. Embassy in Peru.

“Eric has a record of leading growth initiatives through strategic partnerships and optimization of the customer journey,” said Hong. “His proven success makes him a natural choice to lead marketing initiatives at Taycor. We are excited to welcome Eric to Taycor’s leadership team.”

“Both Melissa and Eric join Taycor at a pivotal moment in the company’s evolution. We welcome them with open arms and know that they’ll play a crucial role in Taycor’s next phase of growth,” concluded Hong.

Founded in 1997, with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County CA and Boston, Taycor Financial has made the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest growing private companies.