Madison Capital Funding, a middle-market focused company providing financing solutions to private equity clients, and recently named Middle Market Lender of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions, announced that Jeffrey Scott has joined the firm as head of West Coast origination. Scott will be responsible for overseeing business development and client relations in the region. He joins Madison from Cerberus Capital where he was a managing director and head of the Chicago office. Scott has previous middle-market private equity experience with Dymas Capital Management and Antares Capital Management.

In addition, Andrew Bucolo becomes chief underwriting officer responsible for overseeing the firm’s credit underwriting activities. Bucolo has been with Madison since 2001 serving in various underwriting, credit management and origination positions.

“We are pleased to welcome Jeff to Madison Capital,” said Chris Williams, co-founder and senior managing director. “His significant experience will further extend Madison’s presence on the West Coast, developing our business and relationships in that region.”

“We also congratulate Andrew on his promotion and look forward to benefiting from his expertise as we continue to grow the business.”

Madison Capital is a premier finance company focused exclusively on the corporate financing needs of middle-market private equity firms. Madison Capital has closed transactions with over 205 different private equity firms and provides enterprise-value leveraged financing for acquisitions, recapitalizations, MBOs and LBOs.