MB Business Capital, the asset-based lending division of MB Financial Bank, N.A., announced that Greg C. Walker has joined the organization as a senior vice president, responsible for new business development in the northeastern United States. Walker is based in Bay Shore, New York.
Walker has more than 20 years of banking and specialty lending experience, most recently with Headwind Capital, LLC, where he was a founding partner focused on capital market advisory solutions to the middle-market. His prior experience also includes being a Director of Amalgamated Capital, a New York based lender focused on middle-market direct and acquisition financing. Prior to Amalgamated, Walker worked at Silver Point Capital, a Greenwich, Connecticut, based investment firm where he co-founded the firm’s Principal Finance and Alternative Investment Group. That group focused on investments in asset intensive turnarounds; debt and equity. His experience also includes Wells Fargo/Foothill Capital and LaSalle Business Credit.
Walker is an active member of the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute, and has participated in a number of panel discussions for those organizations. He holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business in New York, New York. He also participated in Stanford University’s Entrepreneurial Series studies.
Commenting on the announcement, Mike Sharkey, President of MB Business Capital said, “I’m very happy to welcome Greg Walker to MB Business Capital. Greg is a well-respected finance professional that will further enrich our already talented and successful national asset based lending team.”
MB Business Capital is the asset-based lending division of MB Financial Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. MB Business Capital seeks asset based lending opportunities in the $5 million to $50 million range and is offering dedicated syndication opportunities of up to $100 million. The firm can also provide access to the full range of business banking products and services offered by MB Financial Bank.