BMO Harris Bank announced today that it has expanded its Asset-Based Lending (ABL) team into Atlanta, with the hiring of Linton Elliott as Director, Asset-Based Lending, BMO Harris Bank. Linton will have responsibility for business development and ABL client relations throughout the southeastern United States.

"Almost a third of all ABL transactions are conducted in the southeastern United States, so this move represents a tremendous growth opportunity for us," said Mike Scolaro, Managing Director and Head, Asset-Based Lending, BMO Harris Bank. "There's no better way to enter a new market than with a leader with experience, presence and local market knowledge, and that is exactly what Linton Elliott brings to the role."

Elliott will be focused on corporate clients, business development and referral sources from the Carolinas through Georgia and Florida and all the way west as far as Texas.

Elliott had spent the last ten years at GE Capital in its Corporate Finance division, progressing to the role of Senior Vice President, Sales, in which he focused on generating senior secured loan opportunities throughout the southeastern United States. He has a B.A. from Davidson College, and an M.B.A. from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

BMO Harris Bank’s commercial banking team provides a combination of sector expertise, local knowledge and mid-market focus throughout the U.S. BMO Harris Bank provides a broad range of personal banking products and solutions through over 600 branches and approximately 1,300 ATMs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona and Florida.