EisnerAmper announced Noelene Sheridan has joined the firm as tax partner in its Private Client Services (“PCS”) Group. Sheridan has 30 years of expertise including tax services for commercial and residential real estate owners as well as for high... Read Story

Access Capital announced that it is continuing to expand its team as Sandra Herrera has joined as a Senior Collateral Analyst. She will be based in Chicago, IL Herrera brings over 25 years of experience to the position with both banking and... Read Story

Washington Federal, parent company of Washington Federal Bank, “WaFd Bank” announced the promotion of veteran commercial banker Dan LaCoste to lead the bank’s growing presence in Southern Oregon. An accomplished banker in Oregon, LaCoste joined WaFd... Read Story

Rainier Partners, a Seattle-based, lower-middle-market private equity firm, hired Dave Shephard as Director of Portfolio Operations in an effort to expand the firm’s ability to accelerate value and growth across the portfolio.        Equipped with... Read Story

Katten announced its new Chief Financial Officer Renée Lercher, who served for several years as CFO at another AmLaw100 firm and most recently was CFO and corporate treasurer at a premier risk management, compliance, investigations, and monitoring... Read Story

BancPlus Corporation, the parent company of BankPlus, announced a leadership succession plan that positions the company to continue driving significant growth for its customers, communities, team members and shareholders.Eugene F. “Jack” Webb, Jr.... Read Story

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney announced that David Tang has joined Dorsey as a Partner in the Investment Management practice in New York.Tang provides regulatory compliance advice to investment advisers, including private fund managers.... Read Story

Oak Valley Community Bank announced that Damon K. Munoz has joined the bank as Vice President, Commercial Banking Officer. He is currently based out of Roseville. Munoz joins the Oak Valley team with over 20 years of commercial banking and finance... Read Story

First Internet Bank announced that Will Tinsley has joined its Small Business Administration (SBA) Lending team as Vice President, Senior Business Development Officer. His addition will further bolster First Internet Bank’s national commitment to... Read Story

Clifford Chance announced today that insurance and financial services partner Dennis Manfredi has joined the firm as co-head of the firm's US Insurance practice.Manfredi brings to Clifford Chance more than 23 years of deep experience helping... Read Story

Forbright, Inc. and Forbright Bank announced three new executives who will oversee the finance and communications departments as the Bank continues to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and clean energy economy.Aaron Juda, currently Chief... Read Story

Comerica Bank has named Trent Sampson, Jerry Collazo and Adriana Najera to its newly formed South Dallas Business Banking Team led by Group Manager Derric Hicks."As the leading bank for business, it is imperative that we raise expectations in all the... Read Story

Stifel Financial Corp. announced the rehiring of Jonathan Knepper and Edward (E.J.) Osswalt as Managing Directors in the firm’s Fixed Income Capital Markets Group.In their new roles, Mr. Knepper will focus on high yield and distressed sales, while Mr... Read Story

SMBC Nikko Securities America announced the appointment of Joseph (Joe) A. LaVorgna as Managing Director and Chief Economist.“To add someone of Joe’s caliber speaks volumes about our dedication to our clients and to our commitment to hire top talent... Read Story

Forbright Bank announced three additions to its executive management team to position the Bank for long-term success and continue building a nationwide full-service bank that is helping accelerate the transition to a sustainable and clean energy... Read Story

Clifford Chance announced that US tax specialist Kevin Colan will join its US Tax, Pensions & Employment (TPE) practice as a partner in its New York Office. Colan brings to the firm more than 20 years of experience advising on US tax issues across... Read Story

Firstrust Bank announced that President Timothy J. Abell will become CEO as part of a long-planned executive transition that will ensure business continuity and growth for the region's largest and strongest full-service, family-owned bank.Current... Read Story

Houlihan Lokey announced that Jesse Nichols has joined the firm’s global Technology Group as a Managing Director covering the digital infrastructure sector. He is based in Boston.“We are excited to welcome Jesse to the global Technology Group. Having... Read Story

Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen providing customized financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, announced that Nick Lawler has joined as Managing Director and Head of... Read Story

FTI Consulting announced the launch of the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment in Japan with the appointment of transactions expert Kenneth Smith as a Senior Managing Director in Tokyo. The addition of the Corporate Finance &... Read Story

McGuireWoods continues the expansion of its highly ranked securities and capital markets practice with the arrival of partners W. Lake Taylor, Jr. and Lawton B. Way, who join the firm in Richmond, Virginia.“Lake and Lawton are highly respected... Read Story

Bank of New Hampshire promoted Christopher Walkley to Senior Vice President – Commercial Banker/Team Leader.He joined Bank of New Hampshire in October 2011 as a Junior Credit Analyst. In a short time, Walkley progressed to the role of Credit Analyst... Read Story

Fortis, a high-growth commercial bank serving small- to medium-sized privately held businesses in Colorado and Utah, announced the appointment of Mark Olson to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Olson brings over 30 years of experience in... Read Story

Trustmark Corporation announce Bradly (Brad) Rebel has joined Trustmark National Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Audit Executive responsible for the company’s internal audit function.“Brad has a distinguished career record and proven... Read Story

Community Bank System, Inc. announced two senior management changes. Joseph F. Serbun, President, Retail Banking, of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Community Bank, N.A., has decided to retire after more than 14 years of service. Serbun... Read Story

Hampton Roads based TowneBank announced that its Board of Directors selected William (Billy) I. Foster, III to succeed J. Morgan Davis when he steps down as Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2022. Mr. Davis, who plans to retire on March 31... Read Story

First National Bank announced it has hired Brian P. Wozniakas Executive Vice President and Executive Director of Small Business Banking.Wozniak is responsible for developing and executing strategies for FNB's Small Business Banking function. In... Read Story

Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation expanded its commercial real estate (CRE) division into Colorado with the hiring of Todd Grover as senior vice president and market leader to lead and build the bank's Denver-based CRE team.... Read Story

Pritzker Private Capital ("PPC"), a leader in family direct investing, announced the promotion of Kaitlyn Desai to Principal – Manufactured Products. PPC’s Manufactured Products team aims to deploy significant capital investing in growth-oriented... Read Story

Rockland Trust added Jeffrey (Jeff) Rathkamp and Tony Pascuccio. Both join the Bank in the role of Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer in the Danvers, MA office. They will focus on developing and cultivating commercial and industrial lending... Read Story

First Farmers and Merchants Bank—a bank with 22 locations in seven Middle Tennessee counties—promoted Stephen K. Hughes to Chief Operations Officer.In his new role, Hughes will be responsible for the operational support of all the Bank’s lines of... Read Story

Farm Bureau Bank announced the addition of Scott Jenkins as the Western Virginia Market Executive, expanding the bank’s Commercial Banking team. In his new role, Jenkins will strive to provide large- and middle-market businesses in the area with... Read Story

CIFC Asset Management strengthened its legal and compliance team with two senior appointments. Asha Richards, who has served as CIFC’s Deputy General Counsel and in other legal related capacities since 2015, has been promoted to General Counsel. Lily... Read Story

Farm Bureau Bank announced the addition of Scott Jenkins as the Western Virginia Market Executive, expanding the bank’s Commercial Banking team. In his new role, Jenkins will strive to provide large- and middle-market businesses in the area with... Read Story

BDO Consulting Group promoted Nick Welch to Managing Director in the firm’s Business Restructuring and Turnaround Services practice. Welch is based in Miami, Florida and covers the Southeast regional market. A seasoned financial advisor, Welch has... Read Story

Greystone announced that Clive Lipshitz has been appointed a Managing Director in the firm’s Corporate Finance Group. In this new role, Mr. Lipshitz will oversee institutional investor outreach and develop a new Investment Management initiative at... Read Story

Texas Capital Bancshares, the parent company of Texas Capital Bank announced that Vivek Misra has been appointed to serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, effective immediately.Mr. Misra brings extensive and diverse leadership... Read Story

William Blair announced that John Kreger has been named director of research of the firm’s sell-side equity research group. Based in Chicago, Kreger will oversee a team of research analysts responsible for coverage of more than 700 growth-oriented... Read Story

Prestige Capital announced that Umberto G. DiStefano has joined the company as Sales Director- MidAtlantic. Umberto, previously a Product Manager at Coface North America, where he sold insurance products to B2B, small and medium size businesses, will... Read Story

First Federal Bank announced commercial lending services are expanding to the Tampa, FL market, to complement the existing mortgage offering. Jennifer Mulligan has joined the First Federal team as the Commercial Market Manager and will locally serve... Read Story

Fortis, a high-growth commercial bank serving small- to medium-sized privately held businesses in Colorado and Utah, added Clint Crews as its Head of Colorado Commercial and Specialty Lending.Crews joins Fortis with over 15 years of commercial... Read Story

Sidley has added Justin Macke as an M&A and Private Equity partner in New York. Prior to joining Sidley, Mr. Macke was a partner at Jones Day, working on a wide variety of transactions for private equity and corporate clients. Mr. Macke has a diverse... Read Story

Solomon Partners appointed Aryeh Sand as a Managing Director in its Global Healthcare Group. Mr. Sand has extensive advisory and financing expertise and experience advising companies in a number of Life Sciences sectors, an area not previously... Read Story

Genesis Bank announced Anthony Ochoa has joined Genesis as Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Market Leader. He is responsible for expanding the bank’s commercial banking efforts across its target markets of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and... Read Story

Horizon Bancorp has named Thomas M. Prame as President of the company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Horizon Bank. The appointment is effective Aug. 15 and represents an important step in Horizon’s strategic expansion of its leadership team. In his... Read Story

Richard “Rich” Hauer, an experienced Financial Advisor and Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP), has joined Graphic Arts Advisors (GAA) as a Director of GAA’s Special Situation practice. In his new role at GAA, Rich will collaborate closely with... Read Story

Winston & Strawn announced the addition of Sanjay Thapar as a partner in the firm's New York office and as a member of the Transactions Department’s Finance Practice. He will co-chair the Global Leveraged Finance team working within the firm’s... Read Story

Siena Healthcare Finance announced the addition of Ashley Nelson as VP, Western Region Business Development Officer. In her new role, Nelson will be responsible for leading new healthcare originations in the Western United States. Located in Seattle... Read Story

Eastern Bank added Justin Mills as a Senior Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager focused on asset-based lending. Based in Boston, Mills’ experience spans asset-based lending as well as broader commercial lending. “Justin brings over a... Read Story

Gridiron Capital announced that Aaron Stoppelmann has been promoted to Vice President.Stoppelmann originally joined Gridiron Capital in 2016 as an Associate, followed by two years of business school, where he received an M.B.A. at UCLA.  In 2021... Read Story

Heritage Commerce Corp, the holding company for Heritage Bank of Commerce, announced that Walter T. Kaczmarek will be stepping down as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective September 15, 2022. At that time, Robertson “Clay”... Read Story

Old National Bank named Rafael A. Sanchez as EVP, Chief Impact Officer. In this critical new executive leadership position, Sanchez will develop and lead corporate initiatives and partnerships that focus on the financial advancement of... Read Story

William Blair added three senior-level hires in the firm’s tech-enabled services (TES) investment banking practice. Blake Jones joins as managing director in Chicago, and Josh Funt and Louis Oliver join as directors based in Atlanta. All three will... Read Story

Joseph Brennan has been named Senior Vice President, Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Banking Market Executive for Northwest Bank’s Upstate New York region. Brennan brings more than 21 years of commercial banking experience to the role.“Joseph Brennan... Read Story

Vida Capital, a portfolio company of RedBird Capital Partners and Reverence Capital Partners, announced that David Shapiro has joined the firm as Managing Director. Mr. Shapiro will be based in New York and report to David Gussmann, Senior Managing... Read Story

FTI Consulting announced continued investment in its Economic Consulting segment in Australia with the appointment of Monish Paul as a Senior Managing Director.Mr. Paul, who is based in Perth, has more than 25 years of experience advising clients in... Read Story

Clearlake Capital Group announced several senior executive promotions and new additions to the Clearlake team.Senior leadership promotions at Clearlake include Arta Tabaee to Partner & Managing Director, Paul Huber to Managing Director, Nate Mejías... Read Story

Evercore announced that Chris Buddin joined the Firm’s Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director in its Technology Advisory practice. He is based in Menlo Park, CA and will help expand Evercore’s Technology Capital Markets and... Read Story

VSS Capital Partners (“VSS”), a private investment firm investing in healthcare, business services and education, announced the addition of W. Preston Hutchings as Senior Advisor. Leveraging his three decades of senior insurance,  investment... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced New York-based Manish Gupta’s appointment as a Managing Director with A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG). Gupta’s hire continues the strategic expansion of A&M’s buy-side, sell-side, financial and... Read Story

Irontrax has added Rick Wilichowski to the team. Wilichowski brings a wealth of knowledge from his 30+ years in the appraisal business. Wilichowski has been with Gordon Brothers/AccuVal Associates for most of his career where he most recently held... Read Story

William Blair announced the addition of Gage Alpert to the Private Capital Advisory investment banking practice. Alpert joins as a director in New York, where he will work with clients on secondary solutions and direct equity capital-raising. “We are... Read Story

Wells Fargo announced that Kleber Santos has been appointed the company’s CEO of Consumer Lending, effective immediately. Santos will lead all aspects of Wells Fargo’s Consumer Lending business, including Home Lending, Auto, Credit Cards and Merchant... Read Story

Banc of California announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Banc of California hired Jagdeep Singh Sahota as Chief Payments Officer.In this newly created role, Sahota will be responsible for the development and oversight of the bank’s strategic... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company announced Otis Rolley is joining the company as head of Social Impact, leading community engagement and enterprise philanthropy, including the Wells Fargo Foundation. Rolley will report to Bill Daley, Vice Chairman of Public... Read Story

FTI Consulting announced its continued investment in its Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment in Asia with the appointment of Martin Wong as a Senior Managing Director.Based in Singapore, Mr. Wong brings over 24 years of experience in... Read Story

William Blair bolstered its investment banking group in Europe with the appointment of five senior hires. Eric Sanschagrin and Daniel Fiegenschuh have joined William Blair as a managing director and director, respectively, in the technology group.... Read Story

Craig Wanichek, CEO & President, announced the promotion of Matt Dynice to Senior Vice President, Credit Administrator at Summit Bank. He has over 20 years of commercial banking experience. He is highly skilled in Commercial and Industrial banking.... Read Story

Winston & Strawn announced the addition of two partners to the firm's rapidly growing Miami office: Carl A. Fornaris, who joins the Transactions Department, and Jared R. Kessler, who joins the firm's Litigation Department.Carl comes from the Miami... Read Story

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced that highly accomplished mergers and acquisitions lawyer Christopher R. Moore has joined its Bay Area offices as a partner. Chris’ arrival continues Cleary’s expansion in California and follows the... Read Story

Farm Credit Mid-America announced Derrick Waggoner as the financial service cooperative’s Chief Lending Officer, Diversified Markets. Waggoner now leads Farm Credit Mid-America’s Food & Agribusiness, Crop Insurance, Growing Forward, and Farm Credit... Read Story

Cohn & Dussi, LLC, a full-service, Boston-based law firm, announced it has joined the Massachusetts Bankers Association (MBA).For more than 25 years, Cohn & Dussi has represented business clients in practice areas that include collection on breach of... Read Story

SLR Equipment Finance announced Michael Biesiada has joined our company as a Senior Vice President of Business Development. In his role, Michael will help grow SLR Equipment Finance’s leasing and lending activities with equipment dealers in Texas... Read Story

Vida Capital, a portfolio company of RedBird Capital Partners and Reverence Capital Partners, appointed John M. Jureller as the company's Chief Financial Officer, effective June 21, 2022. Jureller brings 40 years of financial expertise and has a... Read Story

Dechert announced that En-Min Chua has joined the firm’s global finance team as a partner based in New York. Ms. Chua has broad experience in the asset-backed finance space and across many types of debt finance transactions, using structures... Read Story

Oxford Bank Corporation, the holding company for Oxford Bank, announced Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Richard K. Miller will be retiring in 2023. The company's Board of Directors has appointed, Jesse A. Deering, as Executive Vice... Read Story

Forum Investment Group, a Denver-based real estate investment and asset management firm, announced that Mick Manning has joined the company as managing director, head of capital markets to facilitate the strategic addition of a new broker-dealer... Read Story

William Blair expanded its equity capital markets team with the addition of Derek Caracciola. Joining in New York as a managing director on the private capital markets team, Caracciola draws on a career spanning more than 15 years focused on equity... Read Story

TD Bank announced Mathew Robitaille has joined TD Bank as Regional Vice President, Vermont to support continued growth efforts in the region.Robitaille joins the bank with more than 20 years of experience in banking and commercial lending. Prior to... Read Story

The law firm of Moritt Hock & Hamroff has announced that Frank A. Mazzagatti Ph.D., Esq. has joined the firm as a Partner in its Corporate and Healthcare Practice Groups, resident in the Garden City, NY office."My partners and I are delighted to... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) strengthens its capabilities with the addition of Dallas-based Steve Hurt as a Managing Director with the firm’s Automotive & Industrials Group. Hurt’s joining demonstrates A&M’s continued commitment to help clients achieve... Read Story

Clifford Chance appointed Richard Kruger as counsel in New York in its US Funds & Investment Management team.Kruger brings to Clifford Chance more than 10 years of investment management experience, advising sponsors of private investment funds... Read Story

Troutman Pepper earned 16 nationwide practice rankings in The Legal 500 United States 2022, an independent ranking authority of law firms around the world. The U.S. edition also recognized 51 Troutman Pepper attorneys in its editorial commentary for... Read Story

CrossFirst Bank, a subsidiary of CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. announced the promotion of Randy Rapp to President of the Bank, effective July 1. Rapp most recently served as Chief Risk Officer and Chief Credit Officer.In his new role as President of... Read Story

Peapack-Gladstone Financial and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announced the promotion of Amy M. Long to Senior Managing Director, Chief Administrative Officer for the Bank’s wealth division, Peapack Private Wealth Management. Amy is a member of the PPWM... Read Story

TAB Bank announced that its Board of Directors named Rick Bozzelli as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. Bozzelli has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at TAB Bank and TAB Holdings since January 2019.  In his new position... Read Story

Greystone announced Rich Martinez will join the firm as an Executive Managing Director, Multifamily Sales & Production in mid-June. In this newly created role, he will focus on new business growth for Greystone’s expanding multifamily platform as... Read Story

Wells Fargo announced that Amy Bonitatibus has been named Chief Communications and Brand Officer, effective Sept. 12, 2022. Bonitatibus will report to Bill Daley, vice chairman of Public Affairs.Bonitatibus joins Wells Fargo from Chase, the retail... Read Story

William Blair announced the addition of Tom Marking to the Private Capital Advisory investment banking practice. Marking joins as a director in New York, where he will work with clients on secondary solutions and direct equity capital-raising.... Read Story

Premier Bank added Craig Sciara as Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer.“Craig is an accomplished senior-level credit risk professional with extensive experience. He brings with him an exceptionally strong credit background, including... Read Story

Simmons Bank announced the expansion of the Business Development team across the organization with the promotions of Laura Condley, Tim Maiden, Dion Grey and the additions of Erica Preston and Ray Torrence, III. With the creation of the Metro Market... Read Story

Norton Rose Fulbright announced that renewable energy lawyer Elizabeth Sluder has joined its top-tier projects team as a partner in Los Angeles.Sluder focuses on project finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate matters.... Read Story

Popular Bank appointed Adam R. Bavifard to Senior Relationship Manager in Popular’s Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Lending team. In his role, Bavifard will focus on growing the bank’s CRE business through expanding current customer relationships and... Read Story

Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist of Nuveen which provides customized financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, announced that Mickey Weatherston has joined the Firm as Principal, Head of... Read Story

Alerus Financial Corporation announced that industry veteran Jim Collins will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Banking and Revenue Officer, effective May 31, 2022.Mr. Collins is an accomplished executive with nearly 30 years of... Read Story

Lincoln Financial Group announced that Ellen G. Cooper has assumed the role of president and chief executive officer (CEO) and has become a member of Lincoln National Corporation’s board of directors. Cooper was named CEO-elect in August 2021 after... Read Story

Leader Bank promoted Vani Singh to Head of Commercial Credit for the Bank."Since joining Leader Bank seven years ago, Vani has been an integral part of the Bank's team, always ready to help our clients and her fellow team members," said Sushil Tuli... Read Story

Longtime First Community Bank employee, Dwight Ford, has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer. In his new role, he will lead and direct the institution's overall loan portfolio. With 27 years of experience in banking, Ford... Read Story

Several announcements were made during the Ohio Valley Banc Corp. Annual Shareholders Meeting. Thomas E. Wiseman, Chairman of the Board of Ohio Valley Bank and Ohio Valley Banc Corp. announced the promotion of Larry E. Miller, II, to the position of... Read Story

1st Security Bank announced that Susan Dumontet has joined the Bank as its new Director of Finance.Susan has over 20 years’ experience as a financial professional in the Pacific Northwest. She held a variety of positions in the WA State Department of... Read Story

Wintrust Specialty Finance announced that Ken Elliott has joined the group as Vice President for Business Development focused on the healthcare sector. Elliott will handle all business development responsibilities relating to healthcare lenders and... Read Story

Wells Fargo announced Paul Ricci has been named Chief Auditor. Ricci will report to the Audit Committee of the Wells Fargo board of directors and administratively to CEO Charlie Scharf. He also will join the Wells Fargo Operating Committee.As Chief... Read Story

Umpqua Bank announced the expansion of its middle market banking division into Colorado with the addition of Shawn J. Thompson as Market Director. One of Colorado's leading banking executives, Thompson brings more than 25 years of experience building... Read Story

Jason Griffith, an accomplished deal lawyer who advises private equity firms, companies and family offices in corporate transactions of all sizes, has joined McGuireWoods’ global private equity team as a partner in Chicago.Griffith counsels clients... Read Story

BHI appointed Noam Katz as Head of High-Tech, First Vice President. With a banking career that spans 15 years, Katz will oversee a team of relationship managers, as well as develop and manage BHI’s customer portfolio in the technology industry. “We... Read Story

Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Donald J. Detweiler has joined the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditors’ Rights practice as a partner in the Wilmington, DE, office. He was formerly a partner at Troutman Pepper. Detweiler has more than... Read Story

Clifford Chance announced the hiring of experienced bank regulatory attorney Young Kim as counsel in its US Financial Services Regulatory Group. Kim will primarily advise clients on fintech, digital assets and payment services regulations.Kim brings... Read Story

Wells Fargo announced that Sol Gindi is the new head of Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA) and head of the Wealth & Investment Management (WIM) Client Relationship Group, reporting to Barry Sommers, head of WIM. In this role, Gindi will lead the Wells Fargo... Read Story

Peoples Bank announced the promotion of Andy Riddell to Senior Vice President, Chief Lending Officer. In this role, he will oversee the Bank’s strategy across all commercial and marine lending activities.Riddell joined Peoples Bank in June 2021 and... Read Story

Cambridge Wilkinson announced that David Babinski is joining the firm as a Managing Director. Babinski has 29 years of experience in investment advisory, deal strategy, and due diligence. Babinski is a well-known speaker in the Family Office... Read Story

PNC Bank appointed key market leadership positions in Fort Worth, where the bank now ranks as one of the top financial institutions in deposit market share with its acquisition of BBVA USA. These market leaders, both Fort Worth natives, will be... Read Story

Banking industry veteran Jim Donovan has joined Unity Bank as Chief Lending Officer (CLO), bringing more than 35 years of financial services industry leadership experience to the community bank.“Jim Donovan is an accomplished leader with a commitment... Read Story

F.N.B. Corporation and its banking subsidiary, First National Bank, announced Jennifer M. Reel has been named Chief Communications Officer. Reporting directly to Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Vincent J. Delie, Jr., Reel is... Read Story

The Boards of Directors of Finward Bancorp and its wholly owned subsidiary, Peoples Bank, announced the appointment of Todd M. Scheub as Bank President and Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer of the Bancorp.Scheub joined Peoples in 1996... Read Story

Mitsubishi HC Capital Canada named Judy Perdomo Director of Business Development – Factoring and Asset-Based Lending. Based in Calgary, Perdomo will be responsible for business development in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. She... Read Story

Husch Blackwell announced that Michael Brandess has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in its Financial Services & Capital Markets industry team and Insolvency & Commercial Bankruptcy practice group.Brandess advises debtors, creditors... Read Story

WSFS Financial Corporation, the parent company of Bryn Mawr Trust, announced Mark Bradford has been named Senior Vice President, Market Director, reporting to Jennifer Dempsey Fox, CFP®, President of Bryn Mawr Trust. Bradford will lead the Wealth... Read Story

Washington Federal, Inc., parent company of Washington Federal Bank (WaFd Bank) announced the promotion of veteran commercial banker Todd Gerber to Regional President for Arizona to lead the bank’s growing presence in Arizona. Gerber joined WaFd Bank... Read Story

SouthState Bank has hired nine bankers to continue to expand its Commercial, Business and Private Banking teams across Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina."According to most recent Census data, Florida had the largest net migration gains in... Read Story

Veritex Community Bank, a Texas headquartered bank specializing in providing depository and credit services to small to mid-sized businesses, has appointed William Ray Jr. as Executive Vice President and Managing Director for middle-market banking... Read Story

The National Capital Bank of Washington (NCB) welcomed James (Jimmy) Olevson as its new President. Olevson will serve as second in command to Richard B. (Randy) Anderson, Jr. who will remain as NCB’s Chief Executive Officer. With over 25 years of... Read Story

Fifth Third Bank announced Art Weston will be rejoining the Bank in a newly created role to deploy artificial intelligence at scale delivering leading customer experiences in assisted self-service channels. As director of automated channel... Read Story

Clifford Chance announced that renewable energy, project finance and tax partner Alexander Leff will join its US Energy & Infrastructure practice with a strong focus on tax equity transactions. Leff brings more than 10 years of experience in... Read Story

Pinnacle Financial Partners is adding credit leadership in its specialty finance businesses, with the addition of Senior Credit Officer Scott McCann. McCann will manage the underwriting and asset management functions for Pinnacle’s equipment and... Read Story

Dime Community Bank announced David “Dave” DeVito will join the company as Senior Vice President, Group Leader. Most recently, DeVito was Senior Vice President and Commercial Lending Team Leader at People’s United Bank.Prior to People’s United Bank’s... Read Story

First Fed Bank, subsidiary of First Northwest Bancorp, announced Christopher “Chris” Neros has joined the executive team as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer."Chris is a well-respected leader with a successful track record of... Read Story

Dorsey & Whitney continues to grow its Merger & Acquisition Practice with the addition of corporate attorney, Margaret C. Bae, in the Firm’s New York office.Bae has joined as a Partner and she brings significant corporate experience, including... Read Story

Republic Bank announced the hiring of two Long Island-based executives to lead the bank’s expansion in the market. Robert McKenna will serve as Senior Vice President and Team Leader in Long Island while Susan Aminov joins as Vice President and... Read Story

First Business Bank’s Floorplan Financing team welcomed Leigha Price and Kevin Wiler to the team as Floorplan Servicing Specialists. They both have outstanding backgrounds that enable them to provide best-in-class service to independent car... Read Story

Thomas J. Shara, President and CEO of Lakeland Bank, announced the following officer promotions.Alethea Batts to First Senior Vice President – Learning and Development and Chief Diversity Officer. Batts joined Lakeland in 2017 as Vice President... Read Story

PlainsCapital Bank announced that Samuel Hendricks has joined its Houston lending group as senior vice president, senior commercial loan officer at the Bank’s 5 Riverway location. “We are excited to welcome Samuel, who will be an excellent fit for... Read Story

BankUnited opened a new corporate banking office in Atlanta, representing a renewed effort to expand outside of its core markets of Florida and New York. Adam Gordon has been hired as market executive and corporate banking team leader; the team will... Read Story

J D Factors hired Jonathan Gay as Business Development Officer in Sacramento, California. Gay has extensive experience and knowledge in the factoring industry and will be responsible for generating new business in Northern California along with the... Read Story

John Marshall Bank announced that Peter Nadanyi as Senior Vice President, Loudoun Commercial Team Lead, where he will be overseeing a group of commercial lending relationship managers and administering the continued growth of the Commercial and... Read Story

Dime Community Bancshares, the parent company of Dime Community Bank, announced Robert “Bob” Maichin will join the company as Head of Middle Market Lending. In this role, Maichin will lead Dime’s middle market commercial lending operations and also... Read Story

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher announced that Douglas S. Horowitz will join the firm’s New York office as a partner. Horowitz, formerly a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, will lead Gibson Dunn’s leveraged and acquisition finance efforts.“We are... Read Story

Peoples Financial Corporation, parent of The Peoples Bank, announced that on April 1, 2022, Lauri A. Wood, Chief Financial Officer of Peoples Financial Corporation, will retire from the Company. Ms. Wood's intention to retire was publicly announced... Read Story

D Capital announced that Greg Jacobs has joined the firm as Senior Managing Director and Head of Risk. In this role he will expand the firm's footprint in credit and related strategies, leveraging over three decades of experience and... Read Story

F.N.B. Corporation and its banking subsidiary, First National Bank, announced the promotion of Brent J. Semachko to Director of Corporate Responsibility.Semachko leads the development and execution of FNB's corporate responsibility strategies, with... Read Story

Regions Bank announced banking veteran Brian Hanley, who has met the business banking needs of a variety of companies throughout the Houston area for over 20 years, has joined the Regions team serving as a Relationship Manager in the bank’s... Read Story

Oak Valley Community Bank announced the promotion of Lisa Melville to Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer. Melville is based out of the bank’s Downtown Sonora Branch.Melville has been in banking for over 40 years, nearly 20 of which have been in... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has extended its Travel, Hospitality and Leisure sector expertise by appointing Chicago-based Sooho Choi as Managing Director within the firm’s Corporate Performance Improvement (CPI) practice. Mr. Choi’s hire demonstrates... Read Story

CrossFirst Bank, a subsidiary of CrossFirst Bankshares, announced it will expand its restaurant finance group that will focus on building relationships with established and high-growth restaurant chains. The bank hired Bobby Oliver to lead the... Read Story

Southern States Bank, an Alabama state-chartered commercial bank, and Stephen Whatley, Chairman and CEO of Southern States Bancshares, announced the appointment of Mark Chambers to the board of directors of the company and the bank. In addition to... Read Story

Daemon, a $4 billion alternative investment management firm founded in Brazil, announced the expansion of its U.S. alternative investments arm.  The expansion of this business will enable the Firm to further build upon its decades-long track record... Read Story

Clifford Chance announced that Leigh Oliver has joined as a partner in its US Antitrust practice. She joins from Hogan Lovells, where she established a leading reputation by helping clients navigate through their most difficult antitrust issues... Read Story

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc., the parent corporation of Southern Bank, announced an executive leadership transition plan. The Board of Directors of Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. unanimously appointed Greg A. Steffens as Chairman of the Board, to... Read Story

Direct Federal Credit Union of Needham, MA, announced that Greg Ryan has been named Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending. Ryan joins the credit union from Eagle Bank, where he served as Senior Vice President, Commercial Lender. He comes to... Read Story

Richard M. Adams, Chairman of the Board of United Bank (“United”), announced the Board’s approval of the promotion of Julie R. Gurtis to President effective April 1, 2022.Julie Gurtis currently serves as United’s EVP and Chief Commercial Banking... Read Story

Dechert LLP announced that Edward “Jay” Southgate has joined the global finance practice as an asset finance and securitization partner based in New York. An experienced capital markets lawyer, Southgate represents financial institutions, issuers and... Read Story

CoreTech announced the promotion of Tony Giovannoli to Managing Director, Capital Markets.  In his leadership role, Giovannoli will be responsible for overseeing all company capital market operations, developing, analyzing, and executing on... Read Story

ENGS Commercial Finance, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi HC Capital, announced that Tom Canepa has joined the company as Vice President, National Accounts for Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”). In this role, Canepa will be responsible for developing... Read Story

Allspring Global Investments announced that Matt Wren has joined the organization as Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Wren joins Allspring from BlackRock, where he most recently served as global head of investment technology. Wren will report to Joe... Read Story

Laura Martone has rejoined Haynes and Boone as partner in the firm’s New York office. Her practice focuses on finance transactions, including oil and gas finance, renewable energy, commodity finance and trading, and real estate lending.Martone... Read Story

Bridgepoint Investment Banking announced the addition of Mike Letsch to its Chicago office as Managing Director and co-head of Bridgepoint’s transportation and logistics group. The addition expands Bridgepoint’s commitment to providing differentiated... Read Story

Pemberton appointed Rob Reynolds to head its new Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) platform.  Reynolds is a key figure in the European CLO and Leveraged Loan Markets and will focus on building Pemberton’s CLO business into an innovative... Read Story

Dechert announced Kathleen “Kate” Mylod has rejoined the firm’s global finance practice as a commercial real estate finance partner based in New York.Ms. Mylod was previously an associate at Dechert before joining another law firm; she also served as... Read Story

Marblegate Asset Management hired Adam Halpern as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). Halpern will be responsible for managing the day-to-day internal operations of the firm, maintaining its strong culture, and ensuring it is well positioned to build... Read Story

Academy Bank, a full-service community bank and wholly owned subsidiary of Dickinson Financial Corp., announced it has expanded its business banking team in the Greater Phoenix area. Twenty-year industry veteran Pam McConlogue is joining Academy Bank... Read Story

Mike Elton, CEO of Advantage+, announced that Bob Hartshorn has been named Eastern Sales Manager of the 29-year-old, nationwide direct lender.Elton said, “We are excited to welcome Bob into the Advantage+ family. Bob brings with him a wealth of... Read Story

Cantor Fitzgerald announced that industry veteran and longtime UBS executive William (“Bill”) Ferri has joined the firm as Global Head of Asset Management to lead the expansion of the platform.Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management (“CFAM”) is seeking to... Read Story

HVB Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Huntingdon Valley Bank, announced the opening of a new Commercial Banking Office to be led by newly appointed Market President, Allan Burkley, former Senior Vice President and Team Leader, C&I Lending at... Read Story

Comerica announced Jenae Anderson has been named the Head of Commercial Banking, reporting to Arizona Market President Steve Richins.Anderson brings more than 25 years of banking experience to Comerica, including the last 13 at a national bank where... Read Story

CapStar Financial Holdings, Inc. announced the following appointments to its executive management team.Michael J. Fowler resumed his role as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer after stepping down to Treasurer in the Fall of 2020 to... Read Story

Katten announced that corporate attorney John Corrigan has joined its Private Credit practice as a partner in LA to advise public and private companies and investors in M&A transactions and handle a range of other client matters. “John’s... Read Story

Dykema is expanding its presence in Texas with a new Houston office. The office, which is Dykema’s 14th nationwide, has come to fruition with the recent joining of top business litigators Isaac Villarreal and Andy Green. Villarreal and Green... Read Story

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida announced Charles (Chuck) M. Shaffer, Seacoast's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), assumed the additional position of Chairman of Seacoast's Board of Directors and the company's principal operating subsidiary... Read Story

DLL, a global provider of asset-based financial solutions, has confirmed receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals to formally appoint Carlo van Kemenade as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board. This new appointment takes... Read Story

PNC Bank announced Ric DeVore will retire as Regional President for Detroit and Southeast Michigan effective March 31 after a 31-year career with the bank. Succeeding him will be long-time executive Michael G. Bickers, who will return to Detroit... Read Story

Eclipse Bank, Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary of Eclipse Bancorp, Inc., announced the addition of four new commercial bankers and plans to open loan production offices (LPO's) in the Nashville and Tri-Cities areas of Tennessee. The expansion... Read Story

PlainsCapital Bank announced Charles Hervey and Scott Allex have joined its Harlingen, TX, banking group. Hervey will serve as Senior Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer, while Allex will serve as Vice President, Business Development... Read Story

Otterbourg announced that Jennifer Feeney and Pauline McTernan have been promoted to Members of the firm.“Jennifer and Pauline are outstanding attorneys,” said Chairman of Otterbourg’s Board of Directors, Richard Stehl. “Their successful outcomes in... Read Story

Blank Rome added three partners to the firm’s national Corporate, M&A, and Securities group in New York: Leslie Marlow, Hank Gracin, and Patrick Egan. Widely known and respected for their work in corporate and securities law, the team also brings two... Read Story

Community West Bancshares, parent company of Community West Bank, announced that William (Bill) F. Filippin, President of Community West Bank, will resume the position of Chief Credit Officer of the Bank, effective February 1, 2022. In this dual role... Read Story

H.I.G. Capital announced that Dyice Ellis-Beckham and Sergei Schmidt have joined the firm’s Capital Formation Group. Both Dyice and Sergei will be based in H.I.G.’s New York office and responsible for capital raising and investor relations activities... Read Story

King & Spalding announced that Sheel Patel has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in its New York office.“Finding talented and driven partners like Sheel fits the core part of our strategy of... Read Story

Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs announced that Harris Winsberg and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Garner have joined the Firm as partners in its Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice and Commercial Finance Practice, respectively. Both partners will reside in the... Read Story

Dechert announced that Alon Goldberger has rejoined the firm as a global finance partner based in the Philadelphia office, focusing on leveraged finance. Goldberger’s experience extends across a variety of industries and business structures... Read Story

BOK Financial announced the addition of S. Scott Simmons to their asset based lending team.Approaching 25 years in the asset based lending industry, Simmons has held successful business development roles at First Capital, AloStar Capital Finance... Read Story

William Blair announced that Scott McLaughlin has been named head of equities. “It is my pleasure to announce Scott’s addition to William Blair’s award-winning institutional sales, trading, and research team, where he will leverage his global... Read Story

Andrew Guzzo has been promoted to Chief Banking Officer & President (Winona), for Merchants Bank, according to Greg Evans, President & CEO.Guzzo will continue to have primary leadership responsibility for Merchants Bank’s Winona and Goodview... Read Story

Dykema is expanding its platform with the addition of a capital markets team and the opening of an office in Milwaukee, the firm’s first in the state. The incoming capital markets team is an integrated and seasoned group of M&A, securities, finance... Read Story

Blank Rome announced that R. Andrew “Andy” Arculin has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Financial Institutions Litigation and Regulatory Compliance (“FILARC”) practice group. At Blank Rome, Andy will advise clients on a... Read Story

EisnerAmper named Danielle Barrs as the Director of ESG Strategic Solutions. Barrs will work with clients to solve key variables in the sustainability equation, including carbon emissions, energy efficiency, clean energy, ESG performance, capital... Read Story

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced that Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. and Scott Miller have become Co-Chairs of the firm, effective January 1, 2022.Mr. Giuffra and Mr. Miller have served as Vice Chairs of the firm since January 2021. They succeed Joseph C.... Read Story

First Republic Bank announced its Board of Directors has named Mike Roffler Acting Co-CEO of the company and appointed him to the company’s Board of Directors. As previously announced, Roffler also began service as President on Jan. 1, 2022.Hafize... Read Story

Merchants Bank of Indiana announced the retirement of Chief Credit Officer Richard (Rick) Belser. Robert Burtner, previously Merchants Bank’s Deputy Chief Credit Officer, succeeds Belser and has worked alongside Belser for much of last year. Belser’s... Read Story

Cornerstone Community Bancorp announced Jeffrey P. Finck will assume the position of Executive Chairman and Matthew B. Moseley will assume the position of President and Chief Executive Officer and be appointed as a Director to Cornerstone Community... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has further expanded the scope of its forensic technology solutions capabilities by adding Jay Chong as a Senior Director with its Disputes and Investigations practice in Hong Kong.Mr. Chong has more than 20 years of experience... Read Story

First Hawaiian, the parent company of First Hawaiian Bank announced that Ravi Mallela, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank, has resigned for personal reasons, effective at the close of... Read Story

BHI appointed Brian Foley as First Vice President in the bank’s Food & Beverage Group. Foley is a veteran banker with 20 years of commercial banking experience across diversified sectors.“Brian brings an extensive career and breadth of experience to... Read Story

Dechert added counsel Melissa Wollis and associates Erin Hood and Taylor Muller to Dechert’s global finance group as part of the firm’s market-leading CLO team in New York. They follow the recent addition of partner Jon Burke, who rejoined the firm... Read Story

Cadence Business Finance (CBF) announced the addition of Oz Lindley, senior vice president, managing director of originations for Southeastern United States. Lindley is based in Atlanta. Lindley brings over 30 years of well-diversified senior secured... Read Story

Republic Bank hired Kelly Trimble as Vice President and Relationship Manager based in its Marlton, New Jersey office. In this role, Trimble will be responsible for overseeing and growing the customer portfolio for the bank’s expanding presence in... Read Story

BlueBay Asset Management, RBC Global Asset Management’s specialist fixed income manager, has appointed two new senior hires to its Structured Credit team, Brian O’Hara as a Portfolio Manager and Mark Shohet as a Senior Analyst. Brian and Mark are... Read Story

SierraConstellation Partners hired Taylor Sherman as a Managing Director in the firm’s Houston office. Sherman will oversee SCP’s presence in Houston and overall growth of the firm, leveraging his experience serving clients globally across many... Read Story

Magnolia Financial announced the opening of a regional sales office in Atlanta, GA to expand its presence in the southeast.  The Spartanburg-based company also announced that industry veteran Larry Artman has returned to Magnolia to head its new... Read Story

Heritage Commerce Corp, the holding company of Heritage Bank of Commerce, announced the Board of Directors of the company and the bank approved the appointment of Robertson (Clay) Jones as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank. Walter T.... Read Story

Winston & Strawn announced that 21 attorneys have been elevated to partner. The class represents Winston’s ongoing commitment to diversity with 42.8 percent being women, persons of color, and LGBTQ+.Established members of eight different practice... Read Story

Angelo Gordon announced that Allison Binns, former Executive Director for Global Sustainability Research at Morgan Stanley, has joined the firm as Head of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) and Sustainable Investing Strategies. In this new role... Read Story

Peapack-Gladstone Bank announced the appointment of Katherine M. Dickenson, Esq. as Senior Managing Director, Assistant General Counsel. Dickenson is primarily responsible for providing legal and transactional support to Peapack Capital, the Bank’s... Read Story

William Blair announced the addition of Jim Conniff as a managing director in the firm’s investment banking group. Based in the firm’s Chicago office, Conniff joins the industrial growth products (IGP) team, bringing more than 25 years of experience... Read Story

PlainsCapital Bank announced that Kristi Conway has joined its Houston lending group as Executive Vice President.“PlainsCapital Bank is proud to welcome Kristi to our commercial lending team,” said Houston Region Chairman Danny Schroder. “Her... Read Story

Brevet Capital, a leading credit investment and specialty finance firm with a dedicated focus on the government sector, announced Brian Chase, former Founding Partner, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Garrison Investment Group... Read Story

Triumph Bancorp appointed Renee Galitis as chief information officer. In her role, Galitis will execute the information technology (IT) strategy driving innovation and operational excellence for the company. She will provide direction and oversight... Read Story

Provident Bank announced Jessica Dudick has joined the Bank as Vice President, Relationship Manager with the Central New Jersey Commercial Lending team.Dudick is based in the Bank’s Iselin, NJ, administrative headquarters and is responsible for... Read Story

Fortis, a high-growth commercial bank serving small- to medium-sized privately held businesses in Colorado and Utah, announced the hiring of four new banking teams in Salt Lake City, UT.Mr. Kristopher Adams will be responsible for the continued... Read Story

Traditions Bancorp, holding company for Traditions Bank, has announced that Thomas J. Sposito II will assume expanded leadership responsibility in the newly created role of Chief Banking Officer, effective November 15, 2021.Sposito joined the... Read Story

John Marshall Bank announced Alice Williams as its new SVP, Commercial Lender. Williams has 39 years of experience in commercial banking, with almost half of her career spent at Truist Bank (formerly BB&T).Before joining John Marshall Bank, Williams... Read Story

Umpqua Bank announced its expansion into the state of Arizona with the hire of Kevin Gillette to build and lead the bank's newly formed Phoenix middle market banking office. Gillette is one of Arizona's top banking leaders with more than 25 years of... Read Story

BHI, a full-service commercial bank, announced that it has appointed Michael Wadler as First Vice President, Commercial Real Estate.  Wadler, a veteran banker whose career spans more than three decades, will be based in BHI’s Florida Representative... Read Story

The Private Banking arm of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) announced the addition of a new Corporate Advisory & Banking Officer, Ianni Palandjoglou. Ianni is joining the firm as a Senior Vice President and will be BBH's first full-time employee... Read Story

Regions Bank announced a nearly 40-year veteran of the financial services industry has joined the bank to lead Regions’ significantly expanded Commercial Banking team in the nation’s second-fastest growing city.Brian Happel will serve as Fort Worth... Read Story

First Financial Bank promoted David Bailey to Executive Vice President for Commercial Banking, a newly created position within the bank. The announcement was made by Scott Dueser, Chairman, President and CEO, of First Financial Bankshares, Inc., at... Read Story

Moritt Hock & Hamroff (MHH) welcomed three new associates: Michael J. Borger, Johanna C. David and Grace Y. Lee. Borger and David joined the firm's Trusts and Estates practice group and are based in the firm's Garden City office. Lee joined the... Read Story

Mitsubishi HC Capital America, a specialty finance company, announced Gary Furnas has joined the company as Director of Business Development for Dealer Inventory Finance, Transportation.Based in North Texas, Furnas will be responsible for driving... Read Story

BizCap, (Business Capital since 2002) announced it has hired Ryan Barringer as Managing Director, filling a key role on the company’s management team. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ryan will be responsible for defining and executing on... Read Story

PlainsCapital Bank announced that David Barganski has joined its Corpus Christi lending group as senior vice president, senior commercial loan officer.“David will be a great asset to our lending team and to the businesses we serve,” said Coastal Bend... Read Story

Texas Capital Bancshares, the parent company of Texas Capital Bank, announced Chris Calvert and Claire Harrison have been named Market Chairman and Market President of Austin, TX, respectively.Since June 2021, Harrison has served as Senior Vice... Read Story

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp announced Stephen W. Haley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be retiring effective Dec. 31 after 18 years with Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California. Haley will remain with the company... Read Story

US Capital Global announced that Robert Jones has joined the group’s global headquarters in San Francisco as a Vice President within the group’s Investment Banking division. With decades of experience on Wall Street, Mr. Jones is a seasoned... Read Story

Dykema announced that Dallas-based Member Eric White has been appointed to serve as assistant leader of the firm’s corporate finance practice group. In his practice, White counsels clients on business law matters involving mergers and acquisitions... Read Story

Utica Equipment Finance, a provider of equipment-based term loans and leases to companies throughout North America, announced Christina Magnotta has joined the firm as Managing Director of Sales. Based in Connecticut, she will be responsible for... Read Story

Cerebro Capital, a commercial loan marketplace, announced the appointment of Chris Dalo as Executive Vice President and Michele Hsu as Vice President of Marketing. Together, Hsu and Dalo will build out Cerebro's business development and marketing to... Read Story

Mayer Brown announced that renowned private credit lawyer Joanne De Silva has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice. Ms. De Silva joins from Ropes & Gray LLP.  “Building out our private capital capabilities... Read Story

Forshey Prostok LLP announced the addition of Emily Chou as a partner in the firm's Fort Worth office.Ms. Chou brings over twenty years of experience in business reorganization, creditors' rights, and commercial litigation. Her work has included... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced that Sharon Driscoll, Chief Financial Officer of Ritchie Bros., has advised the company that she intends to retire within two years. As part of an effective succession process, Driscoll will continue to serve as... Read Story

Pitney Bowes has appointed Tom Doherty as Vice President, Lending Services and Products. He joins Pitney Bowes from CIBC Bank USA where he served as Managing Director and Head of Business Banking.In this global role, Doherty will lead the lending... Read Story

Allen & Overy announced that Ilona Potiha has joined the firm as a partner in its U.S. Leveraged Finance practice, based in New York.Ilona joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell where she was most recently counsel, helping to develop the firm’s leveraged... Read Story

Neal Gerber Eisenberg (NGE) announced the return of Elaine Taussig as partner in the Corporate & Securities practice group. She was previously a partner at the firm until her departure in 2009.  Taussig counsels executives, boards of directors, and... Read Story

SMBC Nikko Securities America announced that Scott Ashby has joined the firm as Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets and Investment Banking, Senior Deputy President. In this role, he will oversee several business functions within the Capital... Read Story

William Blair announced the continued expansion of the firm’s robust life sciences practice with the additions of Neha Motwani and Rizwan Velji as managing directors. Based in the firm’s New York office, Motwani and Velji bring deep knowledge and... Read Story

Context Business Lending (“CBL”), a family office-backed leading, national asset-based lender, announced its expansion into the California market and the hiring of three additional team members to support its continued fast-paced growth. While CBL... Read Story

Morrison & Foerster announced the addition of Jeff Silberman as a partner in its FinTech and Financial Services Groups. Silberman brings nearly two decades of legal experience in the FinTech, financial services, and capital markets space, including... Read Story

Russell A. Colombo, Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Marin and Bank of Marin Bancorp, has formally announced his retirement, effective Oct. 31. The Board of Directors of Bank of Marin Bancorp, parent company of Bank of Marin, named Tim Myers, age... Read Story

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp announced that Kenneth W. Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, has announced his intention to retire effective Dec. 31, after 46 years in banking, including 22 years with Farmers & Merchants Bank of... Read Story

Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced Chris Maudlin, CLFP, has been promoted to serve the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. Maudlin is located in WSF’s Irvine, CA... Read Story

Thomas J. Shara, President and CEO of Lakeland Bank, announced Mandar Soman has been hired as Senior Vice President, Operational Risk Manager based in Oak Ridge, NJ.Soman will be responsible for leading the bank’s new Operational Risk Management... Read Story

Independent Bank Group, the parent company of Independent Bank, announced changes to its executive leadership to position the Company for long-term success and to best serve its customers, communities and shareholders.David R. Brooks will remain... Read Story

BHI announced two strategic hires in California, both based in the firm’s Los Angeles Representative Office. James (Jimmy) Lee has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of California Commercial & Industrial, overseeing the bank’s California... Read Story

Argosy Healthcare Partners ("AHP"), a lower middle market private equity investor focused exclusively on healthcare, and a division of Argosy Capital, a diversified investment firm with $1.9 billion in assets under management ("AUM"), announced that... Read Story

First Eagle Alternative Credit, a leading alternative credit manager, announced the appointment of Edward Giordano as Chief Financial Officer overseeing FEAC’s finance, accounting and operations functions. He succeeds Terry Olson, who retired on June... Read Story

CNB Financial Corporation (CNB), the parent company of CNB Bank, announced Michael D. Peduzzi has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of CNB Bank. “Mike brings superb financial skills and a deep knowledge of banking to CNB,” said... Read Story

Red River Bank announced its planned expansion into the New Orleans, Louisiana, market and has hired Meghan Donelon as its New Orleans market president.A New Orleans native and Louisiana State University graduate, Meghan brings to the role a wealth... Read Story

PlainsCapital Bank expanded its commercial banking team in Austin, Texas, with the addition of Laura Kane and Rodney Thompson as senior vice presidents of commercial lending and Carly McCollum as commercial loan officer. “We’re excited to welcome... Read Story

Focus Lenders Services Group added three new Field Examiners to its already robust team in the US and Canada. These new examiners are based in California, New York and Toronto. All these seasoned professionals have a minimum of over ten years’... Read Story

Republic Bank named Steve McWilliams as Market President for Metro Philadelphia, including South New Jersey and Delaware.Mr. McWilliams has been the Senior Lender at Republic Bank for the last five years. Prior to that he was a Senior Lender for... Read Story

Bank of Southern California, N.A., a commercial bank headquartered in San Diego, announced the appointment of Ross Macdonald as Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending Regional Manager in Orange County. Based out of the company’s Regional... Read Story

Private Bancorp of America and CalPrivate Bank President and CEO Rick Sowers announced Mag Wangsuwana was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both the company and bank.“Mag is a proven finance and accounting professional... Read Story

Santander Holdings USA announced that Laura Burke has been named Santander US Chief Communications Officer, reporting to Jennifer Mathissen, Chief Marketing Officer for Santander Bank, N.A. Burke also joins the Santander US leadership team, headed by... Read Story

ToneyKorf Partners, a national consulting firm, promoted two individuals to Managing Director, and one individual to Director, effective September 1, 2021.  In addition, the firm named a new Director of Operations.Steve Korf, co-founder and Senior... Read Story

First Bank & Trust Company hired Austin Phipps as a new Vice President . Phipps will join both the agriculture and commercial lending divisions of the bank. While Phipps's office will be based in Abingdon, he hails from Grayson County, Virginia and... Read Story

Idea Financial, a leading provider of small business lending solutions, proomoted Sean Hritz to Vice President of Credit and Risk. In addition, Idea Financial will now offer lines of credit and term loans up to 36 months. Hritz joined the company in... Read Story

First Foundation Inc., a financial services company with two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank, announced the expansion of its Commercial Banking team in Los Angeles County with the appointment... Read Story

TowneBank announced its Board of Directors has elected Brad Schwartz as President and Chief Operating Officer succeeding J. Morgan Davis who will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer.“Brad joined our Towne family in 2016 with the merger of... Read Story

Leslie A. Berkoff, a Partner and Chair of the Dispute Resolution practice group in the Garden City office of Moritt Hock & Hamroff, has been recently appointed to the American Arbitration Association (AAA) – International Centre for Dispute... Read Story

BHI appointed Vicki Andreadis as general counsel. With a legal career that spans nearly twenty years, Andreadis has spent the past decade in senior legal positions with financial services firms.“Vicki brings to BHI a comprehensive breadth of legal... Read Story

LiquidX, the global fintech solutions provider for working capital, trade finance, and insurance, announced the appointment of Keith Raymond as Managing Director, InBlock Sales. Mr. Raymond will lead the commercial expansion of LiquidX’s... Read Story

Morrison & Foerster announced the addition of Maria B. Earley as a partner in its Financial Services and FinTech Groups in Washington, D.C. Ms. Earley joins Morrison & Foerster from another prominent international firm, where she served as financial... Read Story

Fladgate announced David Harrison, a corporate lawyer with deep experience in both the private and public markets, has joined the firm as a Partner.Harrison, previously a Partner at Shoosmiths LLP where he was part of the team that founded the firm’s... Read Story

Dykema announced the addition of Catherine S. Bowe to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Dallas office. Bowe joins Dykema after practicing with Exall Legal Advisors, PLLC in Dallas for four years. Prior to that, she... Read Story

The equipment professionals at Loeb have been helping clients, brokers and partners since 1880. Whether a business is looking to buy, sell, rent, capitalize or liquidate its industrial equipment and machinery, Loeb has a winning solution. Loeb is... Read Story

Ravinia Capital, a boutique investment bank, announced that veteran investment banker David Hirschfield is joining the firm as Managing Director, effective immediately. Hirschfield has closed more than 150 transactions during his four decades and... Read Story

Joel Seager joined Fladgate as a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice. Seager has over 15 years’ experience acting on a wide range of complex, high-value international and domestic disputes in both court and arbitration proceedings. His... Read Story

John Gilkes has joined Grant Thornton as a Forensic Advisory Services principal, based in the firm’s MetroDC office in Arlington, Virginia. Gilkes will tap into his more than 30 years of experience to enhance Grant Thornton’s forensic services... Read Story

Greystone announced that Karen Ford has joined as a Vice President on the FHA lending team. Based in Mississippi, Ms. Ford will serve with Lisa Anderson, Managing Director for FHA lending, in a leadership role on the FHA platform. Ms. Ford will... Read Story

Skyway Capital Markets announced long-time senior investment banking executive John Patterson has joined its Investment Banking team as Managing Director, Head of Healthcare Group.Over the course of his investment banking career spanning 30+ years... Read Story

Davis Polk announced that Sheila Adams, Matthew Bacal, Ning Chiu, Ethan Goldman, David Hahn, Eric McLaughlin, Adam Shpeen, Travis Triano and Steve Wang have been elected partners of the Firm, effective July 1, 2021.Ms. Adams is a member of Davis... Read Story

Patriot Capital, a multi-strategy middle market investment firm, announced the promotion of Sean Bilbrough to Vice President, effective immediately. Bilbrough joined Patriot Capital in June 2018 as a Senior Associate.   "A large degree of our success... Read Story

Tradewind Finance announced that Kevin Gillespie has joined the firm as Vice President, Sales based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Gillespie brings years of experience in the factoring and larger finance industry to the role, where he will be responsible for... Read Story

Runway Growth Capital hired Carmela Thomson to be the firm's first Vice President of Finance and Accounting, and Andy Weyer to the post of Managing Director, Technology for Runway's Origination team.Operating out of the Chicago office, Thomson will... Read Story

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced that Constantine (Gus) Petropoulos, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in the New York office.Petropoulos has significant experience representing private... Read Story

EisnerAmper announced that Mark Brown has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services (“FLVS”) practice. Brown has 25 years of experience performing economic, accounting and financial analysis, including... Read Story

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital appointed Richard Cheung as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective June 21, 2021.Cheung most recently served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Alternative Investment Accounting at Guggenheim... Read Story

Wells Fargo announced Julie Caperton as head of Wells Fargo Private Bank, a division of Wealth & Investment Management (WIM). This is in addition to Caperton’s current role as head of the Banking, Lending & Trust Center of Excellence for WIM.... Read Story

PacWest Bancorp hired Angela Kelley as their new EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She will also serve as the EVP, General Counsel for Pacific Western Bank, the wholly-owned banking subsidiary of the Company. Mrs. Kelley comes to the... Read Story

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced that Remy Gerbay has joined the firm as a partner in the Arbitration group in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.Gerbay’s practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration, and related litigation... Read Story

Greystone announced that Ms. Sampada D’silva has joined Greystone as a Deputy Chief Credit Officer, reporting to Scott Thurman, Greystone’s Head of Credit for the FHA lending platform.Ms. D’silva is based in Chicago and will help meet the growing... Read Story

eCapital named Kyle Wilson as Senior Vice President, Sales Director Business Development. Wilson brings more than 13 years of expertise in commercial financing to this role. He will oversee the business development team for eCapital’s Commercial... Read Story

Reitler, a full-service boutique law firm, welcomed Joseph Choi and Vincenzo Paparo to its Lending & Debt Finance practice group. Joseph Choi, joins the firm as Partner, and Vincenzo Paparo joins the firm as Senior Counsel; both will be based in... Read Story

Stroock added partner Michael S. Kosmas to the firm’s D.C. office. A leader in real estate and corporate law for the hospitality industry, Kosmas joins from Kelley Drye & Warren, where he was Deputy Chair of its Global Hospitality and Leisure... Read Story

Axiom Bank expanded its team with the hiring of Sul Hemani as VP, SBA Relationship Manager. In this new role, Hemani will help further grow Axiom Bank’s government-guaranteed lending program by generating new SBA and USDA loans.Hemani has nearly two... Read Story

Bank of America named David Bader as President of Bank of America Austin. Bader succeeds Nikki Graham, who announced her retirement after 27 years of service at the bank.As Austin president, Bader will be responsible for connecting the banking and... Read Story

Annie O’Connor has been named Portfolio Manager at GemCap.  “We recognize that Annie’s strong financial background and in depth knowledge of all facets of asset-based lending makes her the perfect candidate to manage our growing portfolio.  We are... Read Story

Allen & Overy announced that Gordon Mak and Stanimir (Stan) Kostov have joined as partners in A&O’s U.S. Leveraged Finance practice, based in New York. Gordon and Stan join A&O from White & Case LLP, where they worked in the firms’ Debt Finance and... Read Story

Piper Sandler announced the addition of Jeffrey Thomas as a managing director within the healthcare investment banking group. He will cover the MedTech and life science tools and diagnostics space and will be based in the firm’s Boston office.Prior... Read Story

First Business Bank hired Willem (Warren) Baas as Vice President – SBA Lending.“Warren is a great addition to our team,” said Marty Ferguson, Managing Director of SBA Lending. “He’s very passionate about helping small- and medium-sized businesses... Read Story

First Business Bank has promoted Alan McAfee to Chief Banking Operations Officer.“Since he started at First Business Bank, Alan has led several different teams working on important initiatives to improve processes, technology, efficiency, and... Read Story

Coastal States Bank announced that Eric Rivenbark has joined CSB as Commercial Banking Team Leader for the Atlanta region.Eric brings 20 years of commercial banking experience in the Atlanta market to his position with Coastal States Bank. His career... Read Story

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced that Tom Healey has joined the firm as a partner in its Aviation Finance Group. Healey, a leader in aircraft finance, will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.Healey’s practice focuses on representing... Read Story

KeyCorp announced that James L. Waters will be joining the bank as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective July 6, 2021. Waters will lead Key's Law Group and serve as the company's senior legal officer."James is a seasoned legal... Read Story

Finitive named Andrew Holgate to lead Finitive's European initiatives as the company's Managing Director – Head of Europe. In this UK-based role, Holgate will develop and maintain Finitive's relationships throughout Europe with non-bank lenders... Read Story

Wells Fargo announced that Ulrike Guigui has been named head of Payments Strategy. She will join the company on June 1 and will report to Ather Williams III, Wells Fargo head of Strategy, Digital, and Innovation.In this new position, Guigui will be... Read Story

Sallyport Commercial Finance promoted James Bartel to Senior Vice President of Sales, effective immediately. Bartel has served Sallyport's SME and entrepreneur business owners diligently over the past 4 years, consistently over-achieving while... Read Story

Matt Rupp has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Most recently, Rupp served as a partner at McDermott Will & Emery.Rupp has spent more than 10 years counseling clients on a variety of corporate matters. He focuses... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand appointed Houston-based Michael McGee to lead the newly launched Global Trade and Customs practice. The Global Trade and Customs practice, in conjunction with Mr. McGee’s hiring, demonstrates A&M’s commitment to helping... Read Story

PlainsCapital Bank announced Derrich Rodriguez has joined its San Antonio lending group as Senior Vice President and Senior Commercial Loan Officer.“We’re proud to welcome Derrich to PlainsCapital’s talented team of lenders in San Antonio,” said... Read Story

Axiom Bank promoted Joe Dear to SVP, Commercial Market Executive. In this role, he will be responsible for leading and growing the bank’s Orlando Commercial Banking unit, including Treasury Management.Dear has three decades of experience in... Read Story

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, expanded its Corporate Practice Group with Jason Northcutt in Washington, D.C. He joins as a partner from Bass, Berry & Sims. Northcutt works with leaders in the government contracting, aerospace and defense... Read Story

Sunwest Bank, a privately held, entrepreneurial business bank serving the Western United States, welcomed Chris Tillack as its new Utah Market Area President. In this role, he will provide leadership, oversight and strategic direction of all business... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) bolstered its Restructuring & Turnaround practice in Asia with the appointment of Tod Macri as Senior Advisor, based in Hong Kong. Macri’s appointment augments A&M’s expertise in Restructuring and Insolvency and strengthens the... Read Story

Bank of America named Mark K. Bennett as President of Bank of America Jacksonville. Bennett succeeds Greg Smith, who announced his retirement earlier this month.As Jacksonville president, Bennett will be responsible for connecting the banking and... Read Story

BHI appointed Gal Defes Head of International Commercial & Industrial, High Tech and Investment Services. His banking career spans 15 years in technology and growth sector financing.Defes joins BHI from Bank Leumi USA, where he served most recently... Read Story

BizCap® (Business Capital) expanded its team with the recent addition of Cooper Brown as an Analyst, assisting the credit and capital markets departments with underwriting, syndication, debt market analysis and reporting. “We are very excited to have... Read Story

Sierra Income Corporation announced the promotion of Dean Crowe to Chief Executive Officer and his appointment to the Company's board of directors, effective April 27, 2021. Crowe said, "I am honored to be the new CEO of Sierra, and want to thank the... Read Story

TAB Bank added Ryan D. Gabriel to its business development team as Vice President and Business Development Officer for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. In this role, Gabriel will operate from Seattle in the Pacific Northwest, with... Read Story

Winston & Strawn added Rachel Gray as a partner in the firm's New York office and a member of the Leveraged Finance team where she will play a key role in the expansion of the firm's lender designation practice in both the mid and large cap... Read Story

FrontWell Capital Partners (“FrontWell”), a private credit fund that provides transitionary senior debt financing to middle-market companies in the United States and Canada, announced that Nick Bassi has been appointed Vice President, Underwriting... Read Story

Triumph Business Capital appointed Amber Roy as chief operating officer. Roy will report to its chief executive officer, Geoff Brenner.As chief operating officer, Roy will be responsible for Triumph Business Capital’s day-to-day operations, ensuring... Read Story

Peapack-Gladstone Financial and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announced the elevation of Jacqueline Reyes to senior vice president, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officer at Peapack-Gladstone... Read Story

A group of four attorneys—known for their work in real estate and commercial finance, M&A, licensing, and corporate counseling—has joined Ballard Spahr, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced. Partner Maulin Vidwans and Of Counsel Jennifer Santangelo are... Read Story

Peter J. Rooney, a seasoned M&A and private equity lawyer with nearly 30 years of experience, has joined Stroock’s national Corporate Group as a partner in the New York Office. Peter joins Stroock from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner.... Read Story

Banc of California appointed Alex Kweskin as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective Monday, May 3, 2021. Mr. Kweskin will be based in Santa Ana and report to Jared Wolff, President and... Read Story

Utica Equipment Finance hired Jim Quirk as Director of Credit and Underwriting.Quirk is responsible for evaluating and underwriting commercial lease and loan requests and managing a designated portfolio of client accounts. He will have significant... Read Story

Ropes & Gray announced that private equity fund formation lawyer Bryan Hunkele has joined the firm’s asset management practice as a partner in New York. Bryan guides clients on their most complex fund sponsor matters in this dynamic and evolving... Read Story

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announce the elevation of Matthew Remo to Senior Vice President, Director of Strategy and Development at Peapack-Gladstone Bank. In his current role, Remo is responsible for the... Read Story

Wilmington Trust announced Fiona Boger will become head of its M&A Shareholder Representative Business, a new product offering from Wilmington Trust. In this role, Fiona will be responsible for the development, strategy, and day-to-day management of... Read Story

Barnes & Thornburg announced the arrival of  Catherine Turgeon as a partner in the firm’s Private Investment Funds and Asset Management practice in New York.Turgeon advises private investment funds and other financial investors in a broad range of... Read Story

Effective April 1, 2021, Mark Baer assumes the role of CEO at Crowe. Baer succeeds Jim Powers, who completed two terms as Crowe CEO, the maximum in accordance with the firm’s partnership agreement. As part of this transition, Baer has appointed... Read Story

FSW Funding promoted Ashton Bennett to the position of Director of Operations. Bennett will oversee the management of the factoring and asset-based lending portfolio. “Ashton’s attention to detail and problem solving were instrumental as FSW... Read Story

TAB Bank added Dustin Jacobson to their business development team as Vice President and Business Development Officer. Dustin is based in Denver and is responsible for sourcing new business opportunities by providing asset-based and factoring working... Read Story

Angel Oak Commercial Lending, a specialty finance company committed to meeting the underserved financing needs of commercial real estate owners, developers and investors, announced the hiring of David Pike as managing director and Bob Forsythe as... Read Story

After more than a half-century of successful banking leadership, Richard A. (Dick) Ehst will retire from his post as President and Chief Executive Officer of Customers Bank, a subsidiary of Customers Bancorp, Inc. Samvir (Sam) Sidhu, currently Vice... Read Story

The law firm of Moritt Hock & Hamroff announced that Scott K. Levine has joined the firm as Counsel. Mr. Levine will continue his practice in the firm’s Creditors’ Rights, Restructuring & Bankruptcy and Secured Lending, Equipment & Transportation... Read Story

Milberg Factors promoted Neil R. Desai to Partner and Senior Vice President at the factoring and commercial finance firm.President Daniel R. Milberg said, “Neil’s proven excellence in managing existing client relationships, attracting new business... Read Story

Capital Farm Credit announced the following additions to its Executive Management Team: Jon Hutchinson was named Chief Credit Officer; Sally Lawson was named Chief Financial Officer; Phil Peabody was named Chief Lending Officer; and Glenn Trant was... Read Story

Blank Rome added three new attorneys to the firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, notably enhancing the firm’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice: partners Sharon R. Klein, who will serve as chair of the Privacy, Security & Data... Read Story

1st Source Bank promoted Lee Wisler, Specialty Vehicle Lender within the Bank’s Specialty Finance Group, to Assistant Vice President of the Bank. Wisler holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from IU South Bend. In early 2020, he achieved his... Read Story

Axiom Bank named Jordan Wilson as Vice President, Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Loan Relationship Manager. In this role, Wilson will be responsible for generating new leads, loans and deposits by developing relationships with small and midsize... Read Story

Mayer Brown announced that Jason Quintana has joined the firm as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions practice in Chicago. Quintana joins from Perkins Coie LLP.  “Jason is a versatile and experienced adviser in the aerospace and defense industries... Read Story

Tradewind Finance announced that Daniel Najman has joined the company as Vice President of Sales based in Miami, Florida. Najman brings years of experience in trade credit insurance and trade logistics to the role, as well as an extensive track... Read Story

Greystone announced that C. Lamar Seats has joined as Senior Vice President, FHA Production, effective immediately. In this role, Seats will oversee origination teams at Greystone handling multifamily, affordable housing and construction finance via... Read Story

Paladin strengthened its leadership team with the addition of new Partner, Sheon Karol. Over his decorated 30-year career, Mr. Karol has developed a unique hybrid skill set as a seasoned transaction and financial advisor in leading both healthy and... Read Story

Sidley Austin announced that Sonia Barros has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Formerly the Chief Corporate Governance Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms... Read Story

Essex Bank hired Stanley B. Jones, Jr. as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. The Bank also announced that it has hired Mary B. Randolph as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Administrator, a newly created position.Mr.... Read Story

Grant Thornton named Beatrix Bernauer as its chief risk and compliance officer, a new role at the firm. In the role, she will design and execute the firm’s enterprise-risk management program and practices, including frameworks and methodologies to... Read Story

Peter Houghton, who has more than 20 years of experience sourcing strategic equity and debt for institutional commercial real estate investors and developers, joined Dekel Capital as Managing Director.  Houghton comes to Dekel from Starcity, an urban... Read Story

BOK Financial announced Kaushik Ponnusamy has been named the successor to retiring Evans Swann and will assume the role of managing director of loan syndications for the organization. Ponnusamy will lead the firm’s existing team of high-quality... Read Story

Morgan Lewis announced the addition of Luis Herrero, who joins from Sidley as a partner resident in the Chicago office. Luis’s move to Morgan Lewis follows the recent arrival of former Sidley global finance practice co-leader Mark Kirsons. “In... Read Story

North Mill Equipment Finance announced the promotion of Mark Bonanno to President, Chief Operating Officer effective immediately.“Mark has been highly influential in helping the business attain record levels of growth since joining the company over... Read Story

Sallyport added Alexandra Scoggin to the company's business development team. Scoggin possesses more than 15 years of experience in factoring and asset-based lending.  Scoggin previously served as Vice President of Business Development at Goodman... Read Story

Patriot National Bancorp announced the reorganization of the SBA team to strengthen its nationwide SBA Business Lending Unit platform. The Bank believes this will assist more Small Businesses in obtaining needed capital.Mr. Gary Griffin has been... Read Story

EisnerAmper has admitted nine new partners effective February 1, 2021.“As our firm continues to grow, both domestically and internationally, these nine professionals possess the essential attributes clients look for and need in a trusted business... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLP (A&M Taxand), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has strengthened its Federal Tax practice with the appointment of Elizabeth “Libby” Goodwin as a Managing Director. Ms.... Read Story

First Business Bank announced the promotions of Chris Doering to Senior Vice President – Commercial Banking and Melissa Fellows, CTP, to Senior Vice President – Treasury Management – Madison Market Leader.“Over the past few years, we were lucky... Read Story

Stonebriar Commercial Finance has added two professionals to the team to support its originations in 2021 and beyond. Cole Bennett has joined the company as Credit Analyst. Bennett graduated from Texas A&M in December 2020 with a BBA in Accounting... Read Story

Bell Bank has hired Laura Orcutt as Senior Vice President/Director of Product, with oversight of strategy, development and operational implementation of financial products for the growing financial company. Orcutt works across Bell’s divisions and... Read Story

Angel Oak Commercial Lending, a specialty finance company committed to meeting the underserved financing needs of commercial real estate owners, developers and investors, welcomed two new hires: Daniel Friedman as senior vice president and Gavin... Read Story

eCapital named James Poston as Chief Sales Officer. Poston brings more than 14 years of expertise in receivables financing and asset-based lending to this role. He will oversee eCapital’s sales strategy, drive business development and create unified... Read Story

Encina Equipment Finance (EEF) promoted Katherine Branch to Chief Risk Officer.As EEF’s Chief Risk Officer, Branch will have responsibility for both new business underwriting and portfolio management duties. She will continue to report to Rick Matte... Read Story

EisnerAmper announced the following leadership appointments within its Technology and Life Sciences Services Group, effective January 1, 2021.  Marc Fogarty: National Biotech Sector Leader - Marc is an audit partner with more than 20 years of... Read Story

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners ("LLCP") expanded its U.S. Investment Originations Team with the hiring of Debbie Habib as a Director. Habib will be based in LLCP's New York office and is responsible for the origination of new investment... Read Story

Briar Capital Real Estate Fund, a nationwide commercial real estate lender focused on the asset-based lending space, has promoted Leah Goldberg to Chief Financial Officer. In addition to this expanded role, Goldberg will continue to share in Briar’s... Read Story

eCapital promoted Jaime Gillespie to chief human resources officer. In her new role, Gillespie will oversee employee engagement, talent management and leadership development, as well as alignment of the company’s diverse workforce and establishment... Read Story

CapFlow Funding Group announced the appointment of Tom Harris as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Based in Chicago, IL, Harris will drive new business efforts in both the Midwest and nationwide. “Tom brings 25 years of commercial... Read Story

Portage Point Partners announced that Anuj Saxena has joined the firm as a Managing Director.Saxena has two decades of experience leading cost and operations transformation across product management, R&D, Sales, Marketing and G&A. “Anuj has helped... Read Story

Peoples Bank announced the appointment of Rob Camandona as a Vice President and Commercial Banking Officer in the Bellingham Commercial Banking Group. Rob brings over a decade of experience in the financial services industry, having served as a... Read Story

Dwight Funding announced that Duy Nguyen has joined the firm as Director of Business Development. In this position, Duy will be responsible for maintaining and strengthening relationships with bank partners, other finance companies, referral sources... Read Story

Haynes and Boone, LLP announced the promotion of 12 lawyers across the firm’s Austin, Dallas, Dallas-North, Houston, New York, and Orange County offices to its partnership ranks. Effective Jan. 1, the new partners are Kellie Bobo, Adam Fowles, Andrew... Read Story

Banner Bank announced Janet Brown has joined the bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Brown is replacing Steve Rust who announced his retirement after more than 40 years in information technology, the last 15 years as CIO... Read Story

The Federal Reserve Board announced the designation of the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2021.Each Reserve Bank has a nine-member board of directors. The Board of Governors in Washington appoints three of these... Read Story

Continuing its investment in its Consumer & Retail practice, Raymond James announced today the addition of Terry Huffine as Managing Director. Huffine will play a leading role in the growth and development of the Consumer & Retail business within the... Read Story

Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, has strengthened its Capital Markets business during the course of the year through the hiring of a number of senior and credible individuals. The business supports clients planning and executing... Read Story

Grant Thornton LLP’s partners and principals have elected two new members to the firm’s Partnership Board, which helps guide the governance of the partnership and determine the firm’s direction. New members include: Doreen Griffith, office... Read Story

EisnerAmper announced that Frank Attalla has joined the firm as a partner in the Financial Services Group.Frank has more than 30 years of experience in public accounting and 20 years focused in the financial services sector. Frank provides audits of... Read Story

North Mill Capital (NMC) has promoted Karen Marino to Senior Vice President. Marino joined NMC in 2015 and has been serving as both an Account Executive and Underwriter. According to Betty Hernandez, Chief Credit Officer and Executive Vice President... Read Story

Portage Point Partners, LLC (Portage Point), a business advisory and interim management firm that partners with stakeholders during periods of transition, underperformance and distress, announced that Jim Franks has joined the firm as a Managing... Read Story

Imperial Capital Group, LLC (“Imperial Capital”) announced the hiring of Amer Tiwana who will be charged with leading its sales & trading desk analysis strategy in distressed and special situations. Mr. Tiwana, an investment analyst with nearly 20... Read Story

Robb Blume, President and CEO of Community First Bank of Indiana, is pleased to announce the hiring of Jeff Nelson as Vice President, Commercial Lender.Jeff has been engaged in Commercial Banking for over 40 years in the central Indiana area. Most... Read Story

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., parent company of ConnectOne Bank, announced three key appointments at the Bank level. Elizabeth Magennis has been elevated to President, Michael O’Malley has been hired as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Sergio Fernando Moro as Managing Director, based in São Paulo, in its Disputes and Investigations group. Mr. Moro’s hire aligns with A&M’s strategic commitment to develop solutions to complex disputes... Read Story

First Business Bank, a division of First Business Financial Services, Inc. announced Steve Marshall was hired as Vice President – Commercial Banking.He has more than 25 years of experience and brings a value-added, honest approach to client... Read Story

Colony Bankcorp, Inc. (“Colony” or the “Company”), the bank holding company for Colony Bank (the “Bank”), today announced its expansion into the Northwest Georgia market through the addition of Charles (“Buddy”) Bennett, Jr. as Senior Vice President... Read Story

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that real estate and bankruptcy attorney Steven Smith has joined the Firm as a Partner in its Dallas office. Mr. Smith’s real estate practice includes representation of conduit and other lenders... Read Story

OceanFirst Financial Corp. announced the Board of Directors has appointed Joseph J. Lebel III as President of its OceanFirst Bank N.A. subsidiary, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Lebel will assume the responsibilities of President from Christopher D. Maher... Read Story

Cozen O’Connor added John D. Shire in a strategic move bolstering the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Health Law Practice and Health Care & Life Sciences Industry Group. Shire, who brings a deep understanding of federal and state health care... Read Story

Chickasaw Community Bank announced the addition of Joshua Rylan Whittington, Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending.Whittington is a tenured Banker and a Chickasaw Citizen. Born in Ada, OK, both of his Great Grandfathers were original enrollees of... Read Story

eCapital, a leading alternative finance provider in North America, announced that Tony Howard, formerly chief credit officer, has been named chief credit and portfolio officer of eCapital Corp. In his expanded role, Howard will oversee and manage... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has expanded its Asia restructuring team with the senior appointments of Joshua Taylor and Steffi Thio as Managing Director and Senior Director, respectively, both based in Singapore. The senior appointments mark the first... Read Story

Bridge Bank has expanded its Equity Fund Resources group (EFR), by hiring Dragomir Sipovic, vice president, in its Boston office. Sipovic joins Bridge Bank from State Street Bank. He will be responsible for growing and managing the EFR subscription... Read Story

Constitution Capital Partners ("CCP"), announced Michael Doppelt has joined the firm as Managing Director, Investor Relations. Based in New York, Mr. Doppelt will work with institutional investors, multi-family offices and private wealth clients."For... Read Story

Calera Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm, announced the appointment of Kevin Miller, the former Chairman and CEO of Benevis and Executive Chairman of Prospira Paincare, as an Operating Partner.Miller will assist Calera in... Read Story

First Horizon Bank, member of the First Horizon National Corp. family of companies announced that it has named Cara Rhodes as vice president with its private client services team. Rhodes will be based at the bank’s Hill Center office in Brentwood and... Read Story

Metropolitan Commercial Bank announced equipment leasing veteran Maryann Metlitz joined the Bank as Vice President, Commercial Lending Officer. She will report to Luke J. Kaufman, First Vice President, Head of Commercial Lending.Metlitz brings more... Read Story

First Business Bank, a division of First Business Financial Services, Inc., announce Damon Stelting was hired as Vice President – Commercial Banking.Stelting joins First Business Bank with over 20 years of commercial banking experience, serving... Read Story

BancorpSouth Bank has promoted Ty Lambert to senior executive vice president and chief risk officer. With this promotion, Lambert will now serve as a named executive officer and a member of the company's Management Committee.As chief risk officer... Read Story

FrontWell Capital Partners (“FrontWell”), a private credit fund that provides transitionary senior debt financing to middle-market companies in the United States and Canada, has announced that it has added to its roster three professionals who bring... Read Story

Brent Weisenberg has joined Lowenstein Sandler as senior counsel in the firm’s Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors’ Rights Department.Weisenberg’s practice focuses on advising businesses and their stakeholder constituencies during... Read Story

HSBC Bank, part of HSBC Group, announced the appointment of Ralph Jardine as the US Head of Inclusion and Culture, a newly created position focused on expanding the bank’s diversity and inclusion efforts. He reports directly to Michael Roberts... Read Story

Doug Nelson has joined Johnson Financial Group as Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Market Manager to lead the Madison region’s commercial banking team.With more than 30 years of experience in financial services, Nelson has spent most of his... Read Story

The Banner Bank executive leadership team announced the retirement of Richard B. Barton, Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, effective October 31, 2020. Following Barton’s retirement, Jill M. Rice, currently Executive Vice President... Read Story

River City Bank continues to add new talent to its San Francisco-based team and announces the addition of Michael McComish as Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager. McComish will be responsible for developing new business within the San... Read Story

Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking, a division of Wells Fargo & Company, announced Greg Thorne has joined its Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) Coverage group as a Managing Director focused on software investment banking. Based in San... Read Story

H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G.), a leading global alternative investment firm with $40 billion of equity capital under management, announced today that it has hired Andrew Liau to co-lead its infrastructure team alongside Ed Pallesen. Andrew will be based in... Read Story

Align Business Finance, a leading provider of capital solutions to companies across a wide range of industries, announced it has added to the team with the hiring of Robert Richardson as Managing Director and a member of Align’s investment committee.... Read Story

Gibraltar Business Capital further expanded its critical Operations and Credit teams. In a press statement the company said Paulina Nenadovic has joined its Operations group in the role of Collateral Analyst. In her new role, she will review and... Read Story

Bryan Hulker has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a financial advisor to commercial clients. He will be based at the firm's headquarters at Symphony Place in downtown Nashville.Hulker has called Nashville home since 1984 and comes to Pinnacle... Read Story

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., a leading independent factoring, asset based lending and purchase order financing firm in the United States, announced that Heather Fidura will be relocating to Florida, adding to the Southeast’s already robust team of... Read Story

HGGC, a leading middle-market private equity firm, announced that it is expanding its team with nine new hires across investment and operations functions. These additions—all of which come to HGGC from blue-chip financial and business brands—will... Read Story

Glenn Thomas, founder and Principal of Pathway Capital Corporation, which specializes in customized lending solutions for complex and time-sensitive scenarios, announced two new hires to the company's specialty finance team. They are Bobby Turner and... Read Story

ReStore Capital announced the addition of Daniel Rubin in the newly created position of Managing Director.  In this role, he will be responsible for identifying, cultivating, structuring, and closing potential retail M&A, financing, and debt... Read Story

First Business Growth Funding, accounts receivable financing arm of First Business Financial Services, Inc., announced that Aaron Dever has been hired as Vice President – Business Development Officer.Aaron has spent his entire career in consumer and... Read Story

Brookline Bank recently appointed Thomas McNamara to be senior vice president in the bank’s commercial banking division.McNamara brings more than 30 years of corporate banking experience to Brookline Bank.“Tom’s years of experience in middle market... Read Story

TAB Bank announced the addition of Ralph Kourtjian to their business development team as Vice President and Business Development Officer. Ralph will be based in Michigan and will be responsible for sourcing new business opportunities by providing... Read Story

Fieldpoint Private, the fast-growing wealth advisory and private banking boutique serving families and institutions, announced that Earl “Tripp” Moore has joined the firm’s Greenwich, Connecticut, headquarters as a Commercial Banker. The addition is... Read Story

MyAMC, LLC, has announced David Mentesana has been promoted to Managing Director. Mentesana previously served as Vice President of Client Relationships. In his new role, David will lead the company and implement key growth strategies that expand... Read Story

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (NYSE: MCB) ("Metropolitan" or the "Company"), the holding company for Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the "Bank"), today announced that the Company has hired Greg Sigrist as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial... Read Story

BTIG announced today that it has hired J. Rory Rohan as a Managing Director within its Healthcare Investment Banking division. Mr. Rohan will be based in the firm’s New York office, and will report to K.C. Stone, Managing Director and Head of... Read Story

Corporate restructuring lawyer Richard S. Kanowitz has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s Restructuring Practice Group. He will be based in the New York office.Kanowitz comes to Haynes and Boone from Cooley LLP, where he spent 20... Read Story

OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm, announced today that their senior leadership team has expanded with the addition of Heather Malloy who joined the firm today as Chief Financial Officer based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.Malloy is a... Read Story

Five Star Bank (the “Bank”), subsidiary of Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISI), announced today that Kevin Quinn will be joining the Bank on August 10th as Senior Vice President and Commercial Banking Executive. Quinn will report to President... Read Story

GSO/Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC, an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP (GSO) and the investment adviser of Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund, Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund, and Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit... Read Story

Cambridge Wilkinson announced that Robert McDonald has joined its Investment Banking team as a Managing Director. McDonald has over 20 years of investment and industry experience, deploying more than $15 billion across numerous transactions in the... Read Story

O’KEEFE, a leading financial and strategic advisory firm specializing in enterprise consulting, litigation support, strategic advisory, and turnaround and restructuring announced John Ruther will be joining the firm as Managing Director of the Grand... Read Story

Sunwest Bank is pleased to welcome Paul Simmons as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. In this role, Simmons will be responsible for managing the bank's asset quality and lending portfolio to ensure it continues to meet the... Read Story

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has announced the appointment of Rafael Aguirre as a Managing Director with the firm’s Global Transaction Advisory Group, based in Mexico City. His joining aligns the firm’s global perspective... Read Story

Grant Thornton LLP has named Dennis Morrone as its national managing partner for the firm’s Not-for-Profit and Higher Education practices, effective August 1, 2020. He succeeds Mark Oster, who will retire at the end of this fiscal year in accordance... Read Story

Haynes and Boone, LLP has selected Taylor H. Wilson, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Investment Management Practice Group, to succeed Tim Powers as the firm’s managing partner effective Jan. 1, 2021. Wilson will be the fourth managing partner in... Read Story

Pathlight Capital LP announced the hiring of Matt Williams as Managing Director. Williams will focus on underwriting, portfolio management and workout for 1st and 2nd lien financing solutions for companies operating in a variety of... Read Story

VMG Partners (“VMG”) a private equity firm specializing in building iconic consumer brands, announces the promotion of four team members to partner positions. These four homegrown long-term team members represent VMG Partners’ commitment to investing... Read Story

Owl Rock Capital Partners ("Owl Rock"), a leading alternative asset manager, announced today the appointments of Alexis Maged,­­­ as Head of Credit, and Jeff Walwyn, as Head of Non-Tech Underwriting. Maged and Walwyn will assume their new roles... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced today that Lola Ninonuevo has been named the new chief operating officer (COO) for the Europe, Middle East andAfrica (EMEA) region. The appointment is effective Aug. 3 and subject to regulatory approval. To... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has strengthened its Asia restructuring practice with the appointment of Edward Middleton as Managing Director based in Hong Kong. This appointment demonstrates A&M’s commitment to bolstering the firm’s growing capabilities in... Read Story

BHI, a full-service commercial bank, announced that it has appointed Jocelyn Bluth as Chief People Officer.  Bluth joins BHI with more than 25 years of human resources experience in banking and financial services.“We are very pleased to welcome... Read Story

National Bank of Commerce (NBC), has expanded its commercial banking team by repositioning Cammy Hansen to VP – Senior Commercial Banker.She has been with the bank for nine years and in her new role will be responsible for building relationships with... Read Story

Opportune LLP subsidiary, Dacarba LLC, is pleased to announce that David Morris has joined the firm as Managing Director to lead the Restructuring practice in Dallas, TX. Mr. Morris brings nearly 20 years of experience to the firm advising... Read Story

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. announced the addition of two new members to its Executive Committee. Carole Brown will be Head of PNC's Asset Management Group (AMG), and Richard K. Bynum will serve in the newly created role of Chief Corporate... Read Story

Bank of America Business Capital announced that Meredith Gall was named Senior Business Development Officer. Based in Denver, she will be responsible for originating new ABL financing opportunities in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and... Read Story

TSG Consumer Partners (“TSG”), a private equity firm focused exclusively on the branded consumer and retail sectors, announced that it has promoted Girish Satya to Principal, Portfolio Operations. Mr. Satya is based in San Francisco.“Girish has... Read Story

Citi announced the expansion of its commercial banking business (CCB) in the Nordics, appointing Mariève Gauthier as Nordic Head of Commercial Banking.The commercial bank business in the Nordics, covering Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, serves... Read Story

Bank of Marin Bancorp, parent company of Bank of Marin, announced that Russell A. Colombo, President and CEO, named Timothy D. Myers as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank, effective immediately. Previously, he was the... Read Story

First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) announced promotions within its Corporate and Commercial Banking groups.These include John Grose as Vice President, Head of Corporate Banking; Kevin Thompson as Regional Vice President, Commercial Banking; and... Read Story

German American Bank announced the addition of Pamela Costin as senior vice president, commercial banking serving the financial needs of businesses in Greater Louisville.Costin comes to German American with over 25 years of commercial banking... Read Story

Pacific Western Bank announced they are promoting Sean Lynden to President of their Venture Banking Group. With this promotion, Pacific Western amicably marks the departure of current longstanding President of our Venture Banking Group, Frank Tower.... Read Story

Grant Avenue Capital, LLC, a New York-based healthcare-focused private equity firm, announced today that Preston Brice has joined the firm as a Partner.Mr. Brice will be responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing middle-market investment... Read Story

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (NYSE:MCB) ("Metropolitan" or the "Company"), the holding company for Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the "Bank"), today announced the promotion of Luke J. Kaufman as Head of Commercial Lending, effective immediately. He... Read Story

WesBanco, Inc., a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announced that its affiliate, WesBanco Bank, has appointed Robert A. Van Nostrand as vice president, commercial Banking for the Charleston, Huntington and southern Ohio markets. In his... Read Story

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. the holding company for Metropolitan Commercial Bank announced the promotion of Luke J. Kaufman as Head of Commercial Lending, effective immediately.He will report to Scott Lublin, Executive Vice President and Chief... Read Story

FFL Partners (FFL), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has promoted Chris Harris and Cas Schneller to Managing Partner.Harris and Schneller, who have both been with FFL for more than a decade, will join... Read Story

XP Inc., a leading, technology-driven financial services platform and a trusted provider of low-fee financial products and services in Brazil, announced the hiring of José Berenguer to lead the expansion of the wholesale bank business. Mr. Berenguer... Read Story

TD Bank has named Jeff Fazio Head of Small Business Specialists, a new role created to lead the Specialist team of approximately 100 employees throughout TD's Maine-to-Florida footprint that focus on small businesses with revenues of $1 million and... Read Story

The best business solutions are the ones where everyone comes out a winner.  The equipment professionals at Loeb have been creating winning solutions since 1880.    In the past two months nine clients were able to grow their businesses by leveraging... Read Story

People's United Bank, N.A. a subsidiary of People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT) today announced that John T. Mast was appointed SVP, Market President for New York. In this role, Mast will be responsible for the Bank's New York market... Read Story

The BBVA USA Houston market, in line with its emphasis on employee development, has promoted Estefanía Gallardo from Relationship Support Specialist to Commercial Relationship Associate.Gallardo first joined BBVA in September 2018 as a CIB Rotational... Read Story

Greystone, a national commercial real estate lending, investment, and advisory firm, announced Pamela van Os has joined as a Senior Vice President and Head of West Coast Agency Loan Production. Based in Los Angeles, Ms. van Os reports to Chip Hudson... Read Story

Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB), a division of Wells Fargo & Company announced Jay Bryson has been named Chief Economist for its division, effective immediately.“Under Jay’s leadership, our economics group has made a significant... Read Story

AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced that Matthew Wilde has joined as a Managing Director. Matthew will serve clients across the Middle East region and he will be based in AlixPartners’ Dubai office.Matthew brings a proven track record... Read Story

Michael Best announced the addition of Christopher Schreiber who joins the firm as a Partner in the Litigation group in Milwaukee, focusing his practice on the banking and financial services industry sector.Schreiber brings 15 years of bankruptcy... Read Story

First Business Financial Services, Inc. announce the promotion of Ken James to Senior Director of Credit Administration.James joined First Business in 2004. In his current role, he oversees credit administration for entities within the First Business... Read Story

Self Financial, a leading fintech startup offering people a way to build their credit while saving money, today announced the appointment of Adam Chibib as Chief Financial Officer. Chibib previously served as a member on Self’s board for five... Read Story

Wisconsin Bank & Trust, a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc., announced Brent Giles will become President and CEO and will join the bank on May 22, 2020.  “We are fortunate to have Brent Giles take the helm at Wisconsin Bank & Trust,” said... Read Story

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Katherine Krause has joined its Mergers and Acquisitions Practice as a Partner in New York.Katherine advises private equity sponsors and corporations on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, joint... Read Story

White Clarke Group announced a restructure of executive roles within its board of management. The change will facilitate a new phase in its transformation into a software product company and the ongoing development of a “high speed, high quality, low... Read Story

Wynnchurch Capital, L.P., a middle market private equity firm, announced that Aron Beach has joined the firm as a Managing Director - focused on operations, strategy and portfolio management. Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Mr. Beach served as the Chief... Read Story

Skyway Capital Markets has named Barry Shevlin leads as Senior Managing Director, where he will work within Skyway Capital Markets Technology practice for the middle-market sector identifying and facilitating customized financial solutions, including... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC (A&M Taxand), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has bolstered its Transfer Pricing practice with the appointment of Washington, D.C.-based Richard (Dick) McAlonan, as a... Read Story

NetCents, a disruptive cryptocurrency payments technologies company, is pleased to announce the recruitment of Marcus Laun as Vice President of Corporate Finance.Mr. Laun will be filling a newly created position of VP of Corporate Finance working... Read Story

Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Guaranty Bank, hired Craig Dunn to serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Banking Officer. As a member of the bank’s executive management team, Dunns’ primary... Read Story

Sidley Austin LLP announced that Joshua Thompson has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its Global Finance group. Mr. Thompson was previously a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was head of the firm’s Global Leveraged Finance... Read Story

An Omaha, NE, native, Mel Stuart brings over 20 years of banking experience to Frontier Bank. Most recently, he was a Senior Private Banker at Wells Fargo where he worked with business owners to support both their personal and business needs. Prior... Read Story

Rally Capital Advisors, a leading financial and transactional advisory firm, is pleased to announce the addition of senior private equity investment and turnaround professional Robert G. Goldstein as a Partner in its Chicago office as the firm... Read Story

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Otting announced that Blake Paulson would become the agency's Chief National Bank Examiner at the end of the month.Mr. Paulson will add the title to his current role as Senior Deputy Comptroller for Midsize and... Read Story

TCI Business Capital announced the hiring of Michael Holland as Senior Vice President, Business Development, responsible for developing and driving the strategy and sales initiatives for the organization. Michael joins from Pivotal Advisors, a... Read Story

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, announced the expansion of its office in Winston-Salem, NC, with the addition of tax lawyer Robert Wall and litigators Bryan Scott and Steven Hemric. Wall's broad experience in... Read Story

Columbia Banking System, Inc. and Columbia Bank announced that Aaron Deer has been appointed Columbia's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective on or before April 30, 2020. Mr. Deer's appointment is the result of an extensive... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company announced that Julia Bates has been named Technology Control Executive. In this role, Bates will report jointly to Saul Van Beurden, head of Technology, and the Wells Fargo Control Executive to be named. Bates joins the company... Read Story

Pitney Bowes Inc. announced Shawn Halladay has joined the company as Chief Financial and Operations Officer (CFO/COO), Pitney Bowes Bank, Inc. Halladay will be responsible for the overall financial management of the bank. He will build and support... Read Story

ENGS Commercial Finance Co. announced Tyler Butsko has joined the company as Business Development Manager in its Transportation Finance Division. In this role, Butsko will be responsible for business development efforts to Transportation vendors and... Read Story

On the heels of the firm’s busiest year to date and acquisition of PCF Insurance, the first investment from HGGC Fund IV, leading middle-market private equity firm HGGC announced several team changes to support its rapid growth. Foremost among these... Read Story

First Business Growth Funding, the accounts receivable financing arm of First Business Financial Services, Inc., announced that Scott Frederick has been hired as Vice President–Business Development Officer.Frederick has over 25 years of experience in... Read Story

MUFG announced the appointment of two new members to its Global Advisory Board: Ms. Anne Le Lorier, former First Deputy Governor at Banque de France, and Ms. Emi Osono, professor at Hitotsubashi University Business School’s School of International... Read Story

As American households face the uncertainty of the current volatile financial climate, more than ever it is crucial that Americans change their relationship with their money. Happy Money, a fintech building financial tools and services for human... Read Story

Allison Miller, a seasoned and well recognized corporate lawyer with wide-ranging experience in all aspects of corporate law and restructuring and special situations transactions, has joined Stroock’s national Financial Restructuring Group as a... Read Story

M-III Partners, LP, a leading independent corporate advisory firm, announced two new additions to the firm’s team of advisory, restructuring, and turnaround veterans. Thomas Biaggi, an executive with more than 35 years of experience managing... Read Story

Roger Royse, an experienced advisor to venture funds, mid-market companies and technology startups, will join Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner.Royse will bring a team of Silicon Valley lawyers from the firm he founded in 2006, the Royse Law Firm... Read Story

AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced that Mo Habbas has joined as a Managing Director. Mo brings deep experience in the private equity (PE) market to the firm’s EMEA Performance Improvement practice and will be based in AlixPartners’... Read Story

Voya Investment Management, the asset management business of Voya Financial, Inc., announced that Randy Cameron and Dave Wood have joined the firm as senior vice presidents to co-head the firm’s Regional and Community Bank Advisory Program. Based in... Read Story

Goal Group, the global leader in securities class action recovery services and withholding tax reclamation, announces the appointment of Selvie Shaqiri as Managing Director of APAC, heading up the APAC business for Goal Group of Companies.Selvie has... Read Story

CIFC LLC, a leading alternative credit specialist serving institutional investors globally announced that David Walker has joined the firm as Head of Research. In this role, Mr. Walker will be responsible for leading CIFC’s U.S. credit research... Read Story

Veteran banker Tom Eller has joined First Citizens Bank as manager of commercial banking for Upstate South Carolina. He leads First Citizens’ Upstate South Carolina commercial banking team and is responsible for developing and managing relationships... Read Story

SB One Bank announced the promotions of Ali Mattera to Senior Vice President, Technology and Digital Bank Officer and Elizabeth Watts to First Vice President, Human Resources.“These are both very well-deserved promotions for Ali and Elizabeth, and we... Read Story

Michael Antovski has been announced COO of UHY Advisors in Farmington Hills. He will be responsible for the oversight of the firm’s national shared services including finance, information technology, marketing, corporate compliance, and human... Read Story

ENGS Commercial Finance Co. announced Bryan Bellows has joined the company as Business Development Manager in its Transportation Finance Division. In this role, Bellows will be responsible for business development efforts to Transportation vendors... Read Story

Dennis M. Krancevich has been promoted to senior vice president, commercial banking for PNC Bank in the Youngstown market.In his role as a relationship manager, Krancevich is responsible for portfolio management and delivering PNC’s products and... Read Story

Jeff Armstrong, who has an impressive record of commercial and private banking experience throughout the Tampa Bay area, has been named Senior Vice President of Valley Bank’s Pinellas County Commercial Banking Team.Armstrong will lead commercial... Read Story

Oxford Finance LLC (“Oxford”), a specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to healthcare services and life sciences companies worldwide, is pleased to announce Richard Russakoff has joined its Healthcare Real Estate lending team. As a Director... Read Story

Blank Rome LLP announced that Jodi L. Lashin has joined the Firm’s New York office as a Partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group. Jodi is the seventh attorney to join the practice group this year, following the arrivals of partners Masha V... Read Story

California BanCorp, the holding company for California Bank of Commerce (CBC), announced that Alexandra Scoggin has joined the CBC Business Credit team as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. A department within California Bank of... Read Story

Blue Foundry Bank has hired industry veteran Robert Slowikowski as Vice President to manage the bank’s Commercial Real Estate Lending Team. In addition to team oversight, Slowikowski will be responsible for originating and structuring loans... Read Story

Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC, the New York-based private equity firm, announced that John Boncher will be joining the firm as a strategic advisor. Mr. Boncher was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Cupertino Electric (CEI), one... Read Story

California BanCorp, the holding company for California Bank of Commerce (CBC), announced the hiring of Gokul Nair as Senior Vice President and Treasury Management Consultant. The addition of Nair further expands CBC’s Treasury Management team, which... Read Story

Sixpoint Partners ("Sixpoint"), a leading global investment bank serving the middle-market private equity industry, today announced the election of Shawn Schestag to Partner, and the promotions of six others, including two to Managing Director. The... Read Story

Blank Rome LLP announced that Maria “Masha” Trainor has joined the Firm’s Pittsburgh office as a Partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group. Masha is the sixth attorney to join the Firm’s Corporate, M&A and Securities group since the... Read Story

Josh Plemmons was appointed vice president of commercial banking at CFG Bank.In his new role, he will be responsible for providing loans and growing bank deposits for lower middle market businesses.Plemmons joined CFG Bank in December 2019. He has... Read Story

Veteran real estate finance executive Todd Bedingfield has joined real estate investment banking firm Sonnenblick-Eichner Company as a Senior Managing Director.Bedingfield brings to Sonnenblick-Eichner Company more than three decades of institutional... Read Story

Regions Bank announced that Tara Odell, Commercial Relationship Manager for the bank in East Texas, has been promoted to serve as Market Executive for Tyler and surrounding communities.As Market Executive, Odell will leverage her local experience and... Read Story

Blank Rome LLP announced that Dean S. Nordlinger has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a Partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, which welcomed Partner Stacy H. Louizos earlier this week in the New York office. Dean brings... Read Story

Malvern Bank, National Association, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Malvern Bancorp, Inc. announced the appointment of Ali Schaeffer-Lybacki as Vice President, Private Client Regional Manager for the Bank’s Quakertown, Pa., Private Client office and... Read Story

Gerber Finance Inc, a leading lender for companies experiencing accelerated growth, is proud to announce the appointment of Andrew Hollingsworth as Senior Vice President, West Coast Regional Manager.At the heart of Gerber Finance’s mission is the... Read Story

Patriot Capital Group, a multi-strategy middle market investment manager and advisory services platform announced today it has hired Franklin Staley to lead its lower middle market buyout strategy, Exeter Street Capital Partners ("Exeter Street").... Read Story

Riverwood Capital, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, middle-market companies in the technology, technology-enabled, and other related industries, announced today the promotions of Harish Belur, Joaquim Lima, and Scott Ransenberg to... Read Story

FTI Consulting, Inc. announced that Anthony Saitta has joined its Real Estate Solutions industry group as a Managing Director and will lead the Executive Compensation & Corporate Governance practice.“Anthony’s leadership, experience and expertise in... Read Story

DLA Piper announced that Matthew Alshouse has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in the Chicago office.Alshouse’s practice focuses on commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions and financing, primarily on behalf of private... Read Story

Location Services, LLC, a premier provider of loss mitigation solutions for the financial services industry, has made several changes to its senior management team. It was announced that Lee McCarty, CEO of Location Services, has decided to retire... Read Story

Matt Rasul has joined RedRidge Diligence Services as National Director, Talent Acquisition and Employee Relations. Based in Dallas, TX, he will drive the company’s talent acquisition strategy – playing a hands-on role in the recruitment of top talent... Read Story

M. Adel Aslani-Far, widely recognized as one of the United States' leading public company mergers and acquisitions attorneys, has joined the New York office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the firm's Global Corporate Practice.... Read Story

HPD LendScape, a leading global asset based lending and factoring platform, has appointed market specialist, Kheng Leong Lee, as its regional representative for the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, Lee brings with him over forty years’... Read Story

Blank Rome LLP announced that Jose A. Manalo Jr. has joined the Firm’s Los Angeles office as an associate in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, which recently welcomed leading corporate and finance partner Craig R. Culbertson in the Chicago... Read Story

OnDeck announced the appointment of Scott Totman as the company's Chief Product and Technology Officer. In the role, Totman oversees the company's engineering, product and design organizations with a focus on building the next generation of... Read Story

Equity Bank announced the addition of Barry Woods to its commercial lending team in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woods joins Equity Bank as Senior Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer.  “We’re eager to add an established Tulsa banker and accomplished... Read Story

North Mill Equipment Finance, LLC, announced the promotion of four key employees. The announcement follows North Mill’s banner year in 2019 as the company posted the highest level of originations in its history. The strategic appointments will play a... Read Story

BlackArch Partners, a leading middle-market investment bank, announced that P.J. Martin and Ches Riley have been promoted to Managing Director.Mr. Martin joined BlackArch in 2014 and has over fourteen years of experience executing middle-market... Read Story

AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced the promotion of 17 individuals to the role of Managing Director, effective January 1, 2020.Simon Freakley, Chief Executive Officer of AlixPartners, said, "I congratulate our newly promoted Managing... Read Story

Portage Point Partners, LLC, a business advisory and interim management firm that partners with companies and their stakeholders to navigate complexity, transition and underperformance, announced three promotions – Mark Berger to Managing Director... Read Story

XMS Capital Partners, LLC (“XMS”), a global, independent financial services firm focused on providing investment banking, asset management and merchant banking services to clients, is pleased to announce the promotions of Brian Brownschidle, Roger... Read Story

Bank of America has named Peter Mannino as Market President for Daytona/Cocoa Beach. As market president, he will be responsible for connecting the banking and investment resources offered through the company’s eight lines of business to companies... Read Story

LongueVue Capital Partners ("LVC"), a partnership-driven, operator-centric private equity firm based in New Orleans with approximately $500 million of assets under management, announced today that Geoff Glass and Pete Allen have joined the firm as... Read Story

North Mill Capital (NMC) announced that it has hired David McFarland as Senior Vice President in its Minneapolis, Minnesota office.  McFarland will be responsible for handling a portfolio of asset based and factoring clients along with working... Read Story

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP announced that effective Jan. 1, Alan Kravitz and Dustin Smith have been promoted to the partnership. The firm also elevated Amina Hassan and Tamara Kraljic to counsel.Kravitz is a member of Hughes Hubbard’s Tax department... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company named 14-year company veteran Tim Kubiak as executive vice president and head of Wells Fargo Rail, reporting to Bill Mayer, head of Equipment Finance.In this new role, Kubiak will lead all functions for Wells Fargo Rail, the... Read Story

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIBK) is realigning its executive team, adding a Chief Strategy Officer. The new role will be dedicated to addressing the increasing complexity of growing a successful financial institution in a dynamic... Read Story

Eagle Bancorp, Inc, the parent company of EagleBank (the “Bank”), announced that Paul Saltzman has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Eagle Bancorp and EagleBank.Paul Saltzman joins EagleBank from White & Case, a... Read Story

Haynes and Boone, LLP announced the promotion to partnership of 14 lawyers from the firm’s Dallas, Houston, New York, Orange County, Richardson and Washington, D.C., offices. This is the largest class of new partners in the firm’s history.Effective... Read Story

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mary Allis Curran to the Board, increasing the size of the Board to six members.Ms. Curran, age 63, spent 25 years at MUFG Union Bank, N.A., during which time she held several executive... Read Story

Bryn Mawr Trust (BMT), wholly owned by Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: BMTC), announced that Mike Stevens has joined the company as senior vice president and commercial banking team lead. His team focuses on a geography stretching from the state... Read Story

Global law firm Ropes & Gray announced that Martin Q. “Marty” Ruhaak has joined the firm in Chicago as a partner in the firm’s preeminent private equity transactions practice group.With more than a decade of experience as a transactional lawyer Mr.... Read Story

Boathouse Capital, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm, is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Brett Shively as Chief Executive Officer for the MIS Training Institute (MISTI) and its partner company, LeaderQuest.Shively... Read Story

Neal Gerber Eisenberg is pleased to announce the addition of Chadwick A. Hoyt as a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice group. Hoyt joins from Mayer Brown LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s banking & finance practice. "We're excited... Read Story

CIT Group Inc. announced its Capital Equipment Finance business has named Rob Bolo as Director for the Southeast region.Bolo will be based in Charlotte, NC, and will cover North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Virginia... Read Story

Zions Bank has promoted Jaren Bevan to the role of commercial banking regional director for western Idaho, according to new reports and Bevan's LinkedIn page, In this role, he will oversee the region’s commercial lending activities, credit policies... Read Story

Gridiron Capital, LLC (“Gridiron Capital”), a leading investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, is pleased to announce it has promoted Sean Kelley to Managing Director, Business Development and added... Read Story

Blank Rome LLP announced that Andrew J. White has joined the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group as an associate in the Firm’s new Chicago office, which entered the market this past summer with the notable addition of partners Kenneth J.... Read Story

Sidley Austin LLP announced that Brien Wassner has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its global M&A and Private Equity practice. He joins Sidley from Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions... Read Story

1st Security Bank announced that the bank has continued to expand its commercial lending presence in the Puget Sound region with the hiring of Melanie Miller and Marty Markey. Melanie and Marty joined the Bank as Commercial Lending Relationship... Read Story

The global firm Jones Day announced that Thomas M. Devaney has joined its New York Office as a partner in the Firm's Private Equity Practice.Mr. Devaney works with sponsors and the management teams of private funds with respect to transactional... Read Story

Frazier & Deeter announced today the expansion of the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services Group with the addition of three new team members.Brian Dermott has joined the firm as a Principal, Chase Gund as a Manager and Joseph Barron as a Senior... Read Story

New Mountain Finance Corporation announced that its board of directors has appointed Alice W. Handy and John R. Kline as directors.“On behalf of the Board, we welcome both Alice and John to the board. Alice brings 48 years of investment experience... Read Story

First Choice Bancorp announced today Lynn M. Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company and First Choice Bank in order to accept a position with another financial institution based in California. The Company also announced that... Read Story

Greystone, a leading commercial real estate lending, investment, and advisory company, announced it has added Scott Chisholm as Head of Commercial and Business Development for its lending platform. Mr. Chisholm is based in Greystone’s New York office... Read Story

Bank of New Hampshire announced that Kelly Guilmette has joined their team of community banking professionals as Vice President - Corporate Cash Management Officer.Guilmette has over 26 years of experience in the financial services industry including... Read Story

The law firm of Reger Rizzo & Darnall announced that Evan Rassman, Esq. joined the Firm's Commercial Real Estate and Commercial Finance Groups. Mr. Rassman regularly represents real estate developers, investors, banks, retail tenants, and other... Read Story

Bank of Southern California, N.A., a community business bank headquartered in San Diego,  announced that Troy Perry has joined the company as Managing Director of Business Banking. He will be responsible for broadening Bank of Southern California's... Read Story

Zafin, a leading provider of product and pricing control solutions for financial institutions, announced the addition of Alexandra (Alex) Roddy to its senior leadership team as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Partnerships.Alex brings more... Read Story

Lowell G. Miller has announced his intention to retire from Miller/Howard Investments, Inc., the investment adviser to the Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund (the “Fund”) in late 2020. It is expected that on November 15, 2020, Mr. Miller will... Read Story

Woodsboro Bank announced Shelane Francisco has joined our team as Vice President, Branch Manager of the Downtown Branch located at 6 W. Patrick Street, Frederick, Maryland.Shelane has over 20 years' experience in the financial industry with over half... Read Story

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP announced that H. Jeffrey Schwartz has joined the law firm as partner and co-chair of Calfee’s Business Restructuring and Insolvency practice group. Schwartz will work from Calfee’s Cleveland and newly announced New York... Read Story

First Business Financial Services, Inc. (FBIZ) announced that Brad Quade has been hired as Deputy Chief Credit Officer of First Business Financial Services, Inc.“I am very excited to have Brad join First Business,” said Corey Chambas, President & CEO... Read Story

WesBanco, Inc., a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announces that its affiliate, WesBanco Bank, has appointed Robert E. Cox as vice president, Commercial Banker and team lead for the Bourbon region, which includes Anderson, Franklin... Read Story

Wells Fargo Capital Finance (UK) Limited, part Wells Fargo & Company, announced that it has appointed Jake Hyman and Julian Osborne as business development officers – effective November 1. Reporting to Tom Weedall, head of UK Originations at Wells... Read Story

Greypoint Capital Inc., a Canadian alternative lender for middle market companies, is announced that Jeffrey Weber has recently joined the Company as Senior Vice President.Prior to Greypoint, Mr. Weber was Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo from... Read Story

Global law firm Ropes & Gray announced that 16 attorneys have been named partners of the firm, and that eight attorneys have been named counsel, all effective November 1.With these partner promotions—9 women and 7 men—30% of Ropes & Gray’s partners... Read Story

GrandSouth Bank has added a new board member, J. Randolph Potter, as well as two new Senior Vice Presidents of Commercial Banking, Chris Robinson and Jill Waters.J. Randolph Potter is a former bank CEO. His extensive experience has taken him to... Read Story

Cushman & Wakefield has further strengthened its Capital Markets team in Chicago with the additions of Jeff Altenau as Executive Managing Director and Zach Yarnoff as Managing Director. Both come to Cushman & Wakefield from Eastdil Secured, where... Read Story

Global law firm Ropes & Gray today announced that Scott A. Abramowitz has joined the firm as a partner in its 350-lawyer New York office. Mr. Abramowitz expands Ropes & Gray’s preeminent private equity practice, which represents clients in both... Read Story

Spencer Savings Bank, a community bank headquartered in northern N.J., recently announced the expansion of its Retail Bank’s Business Development group. The bank recently hired two new business development officers, Daniel Murphy and Anthony Axtmann... Read Story

Varsity Healthcare Partners (VHP) a lower middle-market private equity firm focused on healthcare services, announced the promotion of Michael Fisher to Partner, which follows the final close of Varsity Healthcare Partners III with total capital... Read Story

American National Bankshares Inc., parent company of American National Bank and Trust Company (the Bank) announced that William W. Traynham has informed the Company that he will retire from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial... Read Story

Gateway First Bank, one of the largest banks in the State of Oklahoma and one of the largest mortgage bank operations in the United States, recently announced the appointment of Peter Moenickheim as its Chief Risk Officer.In this role, Moenickheim... Read Story

Brixey & Meyer Capital, LLC (BMC) is pleased to announce that Claude E. Davis will be joining the firm as Managing Director effective January 1, 2020 and will work out of BMC's new Cincinnati office located in Mt. Adams.Dave Brixey, CEO of Brixey &... Read Story

Global law firm Ropes & Gray LLP announced the arrival of prominent partner Leonard Klingbaum and rising star Andrea Hwang in the firm's New York office. Mr. Klingbaum and Ms. Hwang will expand Ropes & Gray's market-leading global finance practice... Read Story

Heritage Southeast Bank announced today that Paul Hoerig has joined the team as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Mr. Hoerig will manage all credit-related functions for the company’s three banking regions.The new banking entity was... Read Story

Pinnacle Bank (PBNK), headquartered in Gilroy, CA, announced today that Kevin O'Hare has joined the bank as President of their newly formed Capital Finance Group."We are so pleased that Mr. O'Hare has agreed to join the bank and run our Capital... Read Story

People’s Capital and Leasing Corp. (PCLC), announced its newest financial sales team member, Gerald LaPorta, Southeast Regional Vice President (NC, SC, VA). LaPorta will be responsible for the growth of PCLC’s equipment sales finance business... Read Story

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Kolja Stehl has joined the firm as a partner in its EU Financial Services Regulatory group. Dr. Stehl was previously with Shearman & Sterling LLP where he built a regulatory practice focusing on... Read Story

FSW Funding, a Phoenix-based company that specializes in financing solutions for small and mid-size businesses, recently hired Todd Weber as Director of Operations. Weber will manage the FSW factoring and asset based lending portfolios to minimize... Read Story

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, has promoted Jeffrey Pangburn to Senior Relationship Manager, Commercial Lending, for the Greater Bangor region and Northern Maine. In this role, Pangburn is responsible for business development, commercial... Read Story

Northstar Commercial Partners is thrilled to announce the hiring of Jonathan Smith, who will be focused on strategically sourcing distressed commercial real estate properties and mortgages from banks and financial institutions.Northstar's Founder and... Read Story

Orrick announced that structured finance lawyer Richard Hanson has joined the firm as a partner based in London. He joins from Ropes & Gray.“We’re thrilled to welcome Rick and continue to expand our London office with rising stars who support our... Read Story

ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc., announced the addition of five seasoned bankers.Kurt Sequer, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, Steve Humphreys, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, Brian Michel, Senior... Read Story

Crestmark announced the appointment of Jon Ellis as Vice President, Renewable Energy. Based in North Carolina, he will report to Crestmark President Mick Goik. With the addition of Ellis, Crestmark strategically increases a company focus on financing... Read Story

BHI, a full-service commercial bank, announced the appointment of Doug Rutley as Head of Real Estate, responsible for the bank’s commercial real estate loan portfolio, deposits and client base.  With more than 30 years of CRE lending experience... Read Story

Adirondack Bank has announced that John F. Buffa has been appointed as the new executive vice president of commercial banking.Buffa brings more than 30 years of banking and commercial services experience to his new role at Adirondack.His extensive... Read Story

McGuireWoods is expanding its formidable global banking and finance capabilities with the arrival of London partners Lee Cullinane, who will lead the firm’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) finance group, and Marc Naidoo.Cullinane and Naidoo... Read Story

H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G.), a leading global alternative asset investment firm with over €31 billion of equity capital under management, announced that Stefano Giambelli and Tobias Borkowski have joined the firm’s European Middle Market LBO team in... Read Story

Windels Marx announced Leon A. Yel as Partner, resident in the New York office. Yel’s practice primarily focuses on corporate law and lending, including syndicated financings, club loan facilities, bilateral loan arrangements, and blockchain... Read Story

Peoples Security Bank & Trust announced the promotion of Lehigh A. Selden to senior vice president, commercial deposits and treasury Services,  The Allentown Morning Call reports.In this role, Selden is responsible for cultivating business... Read Story

Perkins Coie announced that Linc Finkenberg has joined the firm’s Financial Transactions practice and Fintech industry group as a partner in the New York office. Finkenberg joins Perkins Coie from BNY Mellon, where he served as Associate General... Read Story

Morris Bank announced several key promotions among its senior leadership team. These promotions are key to Morris Bank’s long-term vision of continuing to build a premier community bank in Middle and South Georgia.Spence Mullis President/CEO states... Read Story

Windels Marx announces the addition of Leon A. Yel as Partner, resident in the New York office.Joining from CKR Law where he was partner, Yel focuses on corporate law and lending, including syndicated financings, club loan facilities, bilateral loan... Read Story

Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P., a $34 billion alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, announced that Michiel von Saher has joined the Firm as a managing director based in London – expanding the Firm’s Performing Credit... Read Story

ACG New York, the largest association of middle-market dealmaking professionals in New York, announced today new board members: Andrew Bonanno, Daniel Gajewski, Katherine Hill Ritchie and Frank Marcucci, effective Sept. 1, 2019."On behalf of the ACG... Read Story

HGGC, a middle market private equity firm, is making four promotions and expanding its team with twelve new hires across the operations and investment functions.These additions – all of whom come to HGGC from blue-chip financial and business brands –... Read Story

PSB Holdings, Inc., the holding company for Peoples State Bank, Wausau, Wisconsin, announced the appointment of Corey Vanderpoel to the holding company and bank Board of Directors, effective immediately. Vanderpoel is managing director and owner of... Read Story

Mayer Brown announced that Louis Chiappetta has joined its global Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency (RBI) practice as a resident partner in Chicago. Previously, Mr. Chiappetta was at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.“The addition of... Read Story

Sidley Austin LLP announced that Derek Zaba has joined the firm. He will be a partner in Sidley’s global M&A and Private Equity group and co-leader of the shareholder activism practice. A highly regarded shareholder activism defense adviser, Mr. Zaba... Read Story

Foley & Lardner announced that Jamie Class has joined the firm’s Business Law Department and Finance Practice Group as a partner in its Boston office.Class has more than 20 years’ experience representing U.S. and global clients as issuers of and... Read Story

James R. Serritella, a commercial litigator whose practice focuses on cutting-edge and complex disputes in the financial services, bankruptcy and insurance sectors, has joined Stroock as a partner in its New York office.The addition marks Stroock’s... Read Story

The law firm of Moritt Hock & Hamroff with offices on Long Island and in New York City has announced that Danielle J. Marlow has joined the firm as a Partner in its Ligation practice group.  Ms. Marlow resides in the firm’s Garden City office.“Our... Read Story

Gramercy Funds Management has appointed Jeffrey D Sharon, CFP, CIMA as Global Head of Business Development. Sharon will be responsible for the firm's marketing, distribution and investor relations efforts and will also serve as a member of Gramercy's... Read Story

American National Bank announced the promotion of Jason Tiedtke to Senior Vice President.Mr. Tiedtke joined American National Bank in 2013 as Commercial & Industrial Banking Manager with more than 20 years of experience. Throughout his tenure at... Read Story

Axiom Bank N.A., a Maitland, FL-based, leading community bank, recently promoted Joshua Ocampo to Digital Banking Relationship Manager. In this role, Ocampo will oversee the continued growth of Axiom Bank’s digital services and products.“Josh has... Read Story

TAB Bank announced the addition of Rocky Lozano to its business development team as Vice President and Business Development Officer. He will be based in Dallas, TX, and will be responsible for sourcing new business opportunities by providing... Read Story

Grant Thornton LLP has named Jim Peko as the national managing principal of its Advisory Services practice. In this role, he will oversee the strategic direction and operations of the firm’s advisory-services offerings.Peko succeeds Srikant Sastry... Read Story

Bank of America has named Business Banking Senior Vice President Andrew Diedrichsen the market president for Reno. As market president, Diedrichsen is responsible for connecting the banking and investment resources offered through the company’s eight... Read Story

Crestmark announced the recent promotions of Sherri Holmes and Kim Meek to portfolio management for the division, and Phyllis Packard to vice president, legal compliance.“These promotions are well-deserved,” said Executive Vice President and... Read Story

Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in the global financial services industry, has promoted Scott Shebelsky to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Shebelsky joined the firm in 2015 as Vice President of Finance and Chief... Read Story

BlackArch Partners, a prominent middle-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that Andy Wright has joined the firm as Vice President.Mr. Wright has eight years of experience executing middle-market investment banking transactions, including... Read Story

Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP announced that Norman B. Newman has joined the firm as Senior Counsel in its Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency & Special Situations Group.Mr. Newman’s vast experience adds significant bankruptcy depth to what... Read Story

Gladstone Capital Corporation announced that Jeff Kolke has joined the Company as a Managing Director to open our Chicago office and lead our business development efforts in the Midwest to deliver cash flow oriented debt and equity co-investment... Read Story

Reich Bros Structured Finance, LLC (RBSF) added Joseph Upson as Head of Business Development.  In his new role, Upson will be responsible for overseeing the division’s business development efforts, including developing and growing its customer base... Read Story

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, announced that Robin Spigel, who regularly represents large and complex troubled companies in Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, has joined the New York office as a... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Co. named David Kowach head of Community Banking, Jim Hays president and head of Wells Fargo Advisors, Andy Rowe Enterprise Customer Excellence executive, and Elli Dai Small Business and Personal Lending Group executive.Kowach, Rowe... Read Story

FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN) today announced the appointment of Diederick van der Plas, Nick Carmichael and Duncan Turner as Senior Managing Directors in the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment in London.All three join from PwC, where they... Read Story

Ameris Bancorp announced that H. Palmer Proctor, Jr., formerly President of Fidelity and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Ameris Bank. The appointment comes in the wake of Ameris Bank... Read Story

Greenspoon Marder announced the expansion of the firm's Corporate & Business practice group with the addition of partner, Michael Smith in New York."Our firm is committed to providing seamless client service across our national platform. Michael will... Read Story

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. has added Shareholders Michael G. Taylor and Michael E. Strauch in the firm’s Miami office. Taylor rejoins the firm as a shareholder in the Corporate Practice, while Strauch is a shareholder in the firm’s... Read Story

Sidley Austin LLP announced that Oren Gertner has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its premier Investment Funds practice. Mr. Gertner joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he was in the firm’s Corporate department, practicing in the... Read Story

Piper Jaffray Companies, an investment bank and institutional securities firm, announced the addition of its CD and Structured Note underwriting business with the arrival of Ardi Baniahmad, Josh Brenner, Rick Cabanes and Meghan Greenwood, formerly of... Read Story

North Mill Capital LLC announced the addition of Ms. Tammy Bowling, as its Vice President, Invoice Based Financing, East Coast Director.Prior to joining North Mill, Ms. Bowling worked at Riviera Finance.  She has over 22 years of lending experience... Read Story

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Peter Marta has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice.Marta joins Hogan Lovells from JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he served as the bank’s... Read Story

Opportune LLP, a global provider of business advisory services to the energy industry, is pleased to announce that Randy Osterberg has joined the firm as Managing Director. Mr. Osterberg brings over 35 years of energy experience to Opportune where... Read Story

North Shore Bank announced today that Scott Herron is the company’s new vice president of commercial banking. As the vice president of commercial banking, he will work to manage the company’s current clients along with develop new commercial and... Read Story

Abacus Finance Group, LLC, a provider of cash flow-based, classic senior debt for sponsor-led buyouts of companies with $3 million to $15 million in EBITDA, announced the promotion of Eric Petersen to Director and the hiring of Jacob Wise as an... Read Story

Cross River Bank (Cross River), a provider of banking services for technology companies,  announced that it has appointed Melissa Ballenger as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Ballenger is a seasoned... Read Story

Eversheds Sutherland announced that Nicole L. Fenton has joined the New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice group. Ms. Fenton is the fourth high-profile addition to the group in recent weeks.“With a wide array of experience and deep... Read Story

BlackArch Partners, a prominent middle-market investment bank, announced that John Leak has joined the firm as Managing Director. Leak will lead the coverage of healthcare providers and related services businesses within the firm’s Healthcare... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company announced today that Fiona Gallagher has been named as the new chief executive officer for Wells Fargo Bank International Unlimited Company (WFBI), effective Oct. 1. She will report to John Langley, president of Wells Fargo’s... Read Story

EY announced the appointment of Jan Bellens as the new EY Global Banking & Capital Markets (BCM) Leader.Bellens joined EY in 2013 from McKinsey & Company with extensive experience in driving growth opportunities for leading global banks across... Read Story

Global credit specialist CIFC, which launched a European office in London last year, has completed the first phase of its UK research team recruitment with the appointment of its fourth analyst.Senior Analyst Rinse Terpstra has joined from Chenavari... Read Story

Bank of Southern California, N.A., a community business bank headquartered in San Diego, is pleased to announce that Robby Piper has joined the company as Senior Managing Director, Business Banking. He will be responsible for expanding Bank of... Read Story

U.S. Bank announced today that Joshua Shade has been named Arizona market president. In this role, Shade will lead the market in company-wide efforts and activities and direct commercial banking in Arizona. He succeeds Brian Schwallie who was... Read Story

CapitalPlus Construction Services, provider of accounts receivable financing for construction companies, general contractors, sub-contractors, and disaster recovery providers, recently announced the promotion of Curt Powell to Director of Sales... Read Story

The Freedom Bank of Virginia (FDVA) announced that it has hired Bradley S. Crockett as Head of the Commercial Real Estate Group. Crockett will be responsible for all facets of commercial banking for commercial real estate clients.“We are very... Read Story

GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, LLC, a leading specialty financial advisory firm and wholly-owned subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:RILY), today announced the addition of Wayne P. Weitz and Coral M. Hansen. Mr. Weitz joins as a... Read Story

Boxwood Partners, a mid-market investment banking firm based in Richmond, VA, is pleased to announce the hiring of Robbie Nickle. Mr. Nickle will be joining the company as a Vice President."It is with great excitement that we welcome Robbie back as a... Read Story

Crowell & Moring has hired Laurence Winston as a partner and co-head of its International Dispute Resolution Group where he strengthens the firm’s ability to advise clients on a broad range of commercial litigation matters and provide advice on... Read Story

O’Keefe, a strategic advisory firm  announced the following promotions:• Keith Chulumovich has been promoted to Managing Director. He is an accomplished finance leader focused on strategic and operational planning, executing financial goals, business... Read Story

Charles A. Ognibene, Michael T. Grant, Robert J. Brener and William B. Dubon have joined Duane Morris LLP’s Boston, Newark and New York offices as partners in the firm’s Corporate and Trial Practice the firm announced. In addition, Michael R. Garcia... Read Story

ABN AMRO CEO Kees van Dijkhuizen will not serve a new term of office following the end of his current term; terms of Executive Committee members extended by 2 and 4 yearsABN AMRO announced today that Kees van Dijkhuizen will not serve a new term of... Read Story

Gregory Mascitti, an experienced financial restructuring and bankruptcy attorney who represents companies in a wide variety of industry sectors, has joined McCarter & English as a partner. Prominent in the national restructuring and bankruptcy... Read Story

James Graham, President and Chief Executive Officer of Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank announced recent employee promotions.Amanda Arcone of Franconia, N.H. was promoted from Assistant Vice President to Vice President and Commercial Banking Officer.... Read Story

The Executive Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Board of Directors announces that ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano will be retiring. “For nearly three decades, Gerdano has tirelessly championed the advancement of the... Read Story

Byline Bancorp, Inc. announced the appointment of Steven P. Kent to the Boards of Directors of both Byline Bancorp and its subsidiary bank, Byline Bank, effective immediately.Kent brings over 45 years of financial services industry experience to the... Read Story

Deloitte announced Mike Canning, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, as the new leader of its Government & Public Services practice, effective today. Canning succeeds Dan Helfrich, who is now the chairman and chief executive officer of Deloitte... Read Story

Greystone announced that Jerry Lam has joined as Chief of Credit for Greystone’s Freddie Mac Small Balance Loans platform. He will be overseeing underwriting for more than $1B in transactions per year.Lam joins Greystone from Freddie Mac, where he... Read Story

Eversheds Sutherland announced that John J. Busillo, a 30-year real estate veteran, has joined the New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice group. Busillo joins Eversheds Sutherland from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.“John is a... Read Story

Business Capital announced the recent addition of Brendan Devlin as Production Manager.  He will play a central role in managing the sales and credit teams to ensure a streamlined transaction process and optimize client and partner experience. Devlin... Read Story

Stout announced it has expanded the firm's Special Situations practice with the recent hires of Michael Gorman, Luis Pillich, and Matthew Arden."Expanding our special situations capabilities within our Investment Banking group is a priority,"... Read Story

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. announce that Jason Panzer has joined as Managing Director, Investment Banking. Based in New York, Panzer will lead the FinTech investment banking and advisory practice, working in close collaboration with the broader U.S... Read Story

Attorney Keith Larson, of Seiller Waterman LLC, was recently appointed as Special Projects Leader of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Consumer Bankruptcy Committee.The ABI is America’s largest association of bankruptcy professionals. As... Read Story

Alderney Advisors LLC, the premier turnaround and restructuring advisory firm focused on the automotive industry, has announced the addition of three key personnel to meet growing client requirements.  Joining the firm are Benson Woo as Managing... Read Story

Investment bank Cambridge Wilkinson has hired Michael Masiuk. Masiuk has over 25 years of financial services experience, having worked with a broad range of companies as a trusted advisor. He has guided management teams and owners of financial... Read Story

DFG Investment Advisers, Inc., a leading alternative credit asset manager with approximately $5.7 billion in assets under management, announced that John Hwang has joined the firm as a Director and Senior Credit Analyst on its Leveraged Credit Team.... Read Story

Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP announced that Brad Axelrod joined the firm's Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency group.Axelrod spent the first seven years of his career in the Restructuring and Bankruptcy Reorganization department of Skadden Arps... Read Story

Univest Bank and Trust Co. will further expand its footprint in southern New Jersey with the addition of three commercial lenders. This commercial banking team has worked together over the past several years serving South Jersey communities. The new... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced that Julie Hertzberg, a Managing Director with the firm’s Restructuring & Turnaround practice and head of the Case Management Services division, was appointed President of INSOL International (INSOL), the world-wide... Read Story

The International Factoring Association (IFA), the largest association of commercial finance companies in the world, announced that four new members have joined its Advisory Board. Members serve a two-year term and assist the IFA in broadening public... Read Story

Sar Mountain Capital, a specialized investment manager focused exclusively on the large and underserved U.S. lower-middle market, announced that longtime personal investor across multiple Star Mountain funds Mary D'Souza has now also become a Star... Read Story

The Freedom Bank of Virginia (FDVA) announced that it has hired Jogesh Bagga as Market President to lead its commercial banking practice in Fairfax County.“Freedom Bank enjoys 17 years of history in the vibrant and dynamic Fairfax County market and... Read Story

Bertram Capital, a middle market private equity firm, announced the promotion of Ivy Ono to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Ono, previously the Controller at Bertram, has been with the firm for more than 10 years. Bertram also announced today the... Read Story

Windes, a leading California accounting and advisory firm, announced the appointments of Therese Cheevers and Ed Fazio as partners in its Employee Benefit Services and Tax & Accounting practices, respectively.Cheevers joined Windes in 2007 and has... Read Story

Sun Life Investment Management announced the appointment of Elaad Keren as Senior Managing Director and Head of Mid Markets Lending, Sun Life Investment Management. In this new role, Keren will be responsible for sourcing and approving investment... Read Story

The Founders Bank project has appointed senior Deutsche Bank executive Kenan Altunis to the role of Chief Executive Officer. Altunis will lead a team comprised of senior executives with decades of global financial services experience across banking... Read Story