Wells Fargo Capital Finance named Ryan Chin managing director for loan originations. Based in Santa Monica, CA, Chin will be focused on originating loans for the Western U.S. region.

“We’re excited to leverage Ryan’s breadth of experience and expertise in this industry,” said Scott Glassberg, managing director and head of Western region loan originations for Wells Fargo Capital Finance.

Prior to his new role, Chin was managing director for the capital markets group at Wells Fargo Capital Finance, where he was responsible for structuring and underwriting capital solutions that included senior bank debt, ABL FILO tranches, second lien loans, mezzanine debt and unitranche facilities.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Chin was a director in leverage finance at The Royal Bank of Scotland and an associate in Global Corporate and Investment Banking at Bank of America.

Wells Fargo Capital Finance is the trade name for certain asset-based lending services, senior secured lending services, accounts receivable and purchase order finance services as well as channel finance services of Wells Fargo.