Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, hired Ignacio Solares, Ed Parker and Garrett Wilkins as account managers on its direct originations team located in its Frisco, TX headquarters. In these roles, Solares, Parker and Wilkins will be responsible for originating equipment lease and loan transactions in the Southern and Eastern regions of the U.S.

This continues Wintrusts efforts in expanding the direct originations team which has added eight new sales professionals within the past few months.

“We are excited to have Ed, Garrett and Ignacio join our team here at WCF,” said Joe Thompson, chief operating officer and executive vice president at Wintrust Commercial Finance. “This expansion exhibits our commitment to furthering our reach to middle market companies, as well as recruiting, hiring and developing new talent in the industry.”

“It’s an exciting time to be a part of the Wintrust Commercial Finance team,” said Justin Piot, vice president of Wintrust Commercial Finance. “The company recently surpassed $1 billion in new business volume, which is a remarkable achievement in only three years. This strong growth in such a short amount of time demonstrates the company’s focus on providing creative finance solutions at a competitive cost of capital.”