Pawnee Leasing named Paul J. Phillips business development manager. The role is new to the organization and will provide enhanced tactical and strategic focus towards the company’s development and expansion of its originations with its existing and new broker partners. Phillips brings more than 10 years of third-party finance business development expertise including five years with Pawnee as its East region business development representative from 2009 to 2014.

Gary Souverein, Pawnee’s president, said, “Paul’s talent and abilities in relationship development will further strengthen and lead our successful business development team which has achieved growth of over 60% in 2016. Paul has an exceptional understanding of our broker customers having started his career as an equipment finance salesperson in addition to his five years with Pawnee.”

Founded in 1982, Pawnee Leasing is a small-ticket equipment finance business specializing in lending to small and medium sized businesses in all credit profiles including more recently, “A” credit profiles, for transactions up to $150,000.