David DiPiero, president and CEO of FGI Finance announced that Brad Strickland has joined the company as VP of Business Development in the Atlanta region. In this position, Strickland will be responsible for developing new business throughout Georgia and the Carolinas.

Prior to joining FGI, Strickland was with Melville Capital where he worked in business development and grew the company’s financial and restructuring intermediary referral base in the southeast. Before that, he worked for GE Commercial Finance where he underwrote and managed asset based and cash flow loans.

Strickland brings more than 18 years of global financing experience to his new role at FGI. “We are excited to have Brad join our team,” says David DiPiero. “With his background and expertise, he will be a great addition to our business development efforts in the South.”

“I’m extremely thrilled to join the talented FGI team and to leverage my ABL and business development experience to help further build the brand with lending professionals, equity sponsors and financial intermediaries in the southeast,” says Strickland.

FGI Finance, a division of FGI, is a global commercial finance firm with clients in over 60 countries around the world.