Brian de la Houssaye joined Wintrust Commercial Finance’s direct originations group as senior vice president of business development. He will be located in WCF’s Frisco, TX headquarters, focusing on direct originations in the south central region and will join the national team led by Joe Thompson, executive vice president and chief operating officer.

“I am very happy that Brian has joined our team,” said Thompson. “He has excelled in every role throughout his career. I cannot think of an industry that Brian has not financed. His energy is infectious. Having worked with him previously, I know Brian will do a great job and be a model of how we want to grow our direct salesforce.”

De la Houssaye brings 36 years of commercial finance experience to WCF, including positions at Cargill, Verizon, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase. Before joining the team, he was vice president of direct originations at AIG Investments.

“It’s a very exciting time for our business and customers,” said Thompson. “Wintrust has provided everything we need to be a best-in-class commercial asset finance business. We are off to a tremendous start. It all begins with having the best people and I’m proud of this team.”