SLR Equipment Finance hired Jeffrey Schaefer as associate vice president of direct sales. In this role, Schaefer will help grow SLR Equipment Finance’s leasing and lending activities in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Schaefer began his career with North America Commercial Financing but spent most of his career with IBM Credit before most recently serving with Odin Advisory. Schaefer has many years of account development, client relations and client focus experience.

“I look forward to bringing my experience working with equipment dealers across the Midwestern United States,” Jeffrey said. “SLR has established itself as a leader in providing unique and creative financing solutions to its partner clients. I look forward to growing SLR’s presence in the direct finance equipment platform.”

“We welcome Jeffrey to SLR Equipment Finance,” Tom Casey, CEO of SLR Equipment Finance, said. “He has a terrific track record of working with equipment dealers and their clients to craft customized equipment finance solutions.”