Post Road Equipment Finance, formerly known as Encina Equipment Finance, hired Linda Jacobson as vice president for its operations team. In her new role, Jacobson will be responsible for key operations functions related to new commercial leases and loans, including the documentation, funding and booking processes. She will report to James Giaquinto, senior managing director of operations at Post Road Equipment Finance.

Jacobson has 25 years of experience in equipment finance. Most recently, she worked at Insight Investments as senior lease administrator, where she was responsible for documenting and closing lease transactions in the modular building and IT industries. Jacobson also spent more than 20 years in various roles within GE Capital, the final nine years of which she spent with GE Healthcare Financial Services as transaction coordinator, documenting and closing complex finance transactions for a range of healthcare equipment.