Commonwealth Names
Visscher BDM
Jeff Visscher joined
Commonwealth Capital as
BDM, Direct Originations
Group responsible for
business development and
key account management.
He has more than 15
years of experience
structuring sophisticated
lease transactions among
many equipment classes.
He worked as Midwest
sales manager at De Lage
Landen and as finance
manager at Ingersoll Rand/
Citicapital.
Bellah Joins Clear
Thinking to Open
Dallas Office
Clear Thinking Group hired
Steven Bellah to lead its
new office in Dallas. He
previously served as SVP/
BDO at Wells Fargo Retail
Finance and division
manager at Wells Fargo
Business Credit. He was
also managing director
and region manager
for GE Capital’s Comm’l
Finance division. Prior
to that, he was VP and
region manager for CIT
Group/Business Credit.
and is responsible for
further developing the
territory and support TIP’s
strategic partnerships.
RVI Group Promotes Egan
to Chief Risk Officer
RVI Group promoted
Daniel Egan to chief risk
officer responsible for all
transaction underwriting
and portfolio surveillance.
Egan joined RVI in 1996
and has been responsible
for the Commercial
Equipment Group since
2001. He will retain his
position on the executive
leadership team.
SUN TRUS T BANKS NAMED BRIAN K. SCHERER SVP, director of the Equipment
Management Group for Sun Trust Equipment Finance & Leasing. He reports to Ken
Turner, president of the group.
As equipment management director, Scherer is responsible for managing all
aspects of the leasing company’s capital equipment including collateral evaluations,
portfolio management, asset disposition and renewal negotiation. He joined
SunTrust with over 25 years of domestic and international leasing and equipment
management experience. Scherer held key positions in asset management as well as
general management at Cargill Leasing, GE Capital Vendor Finance, Compaq Capital,
GATX Technology Services and, most recently, Deutsche Leasing USA.
“Brian brings strong leadership skills, broad asset knowledge and a proven
track record of helping companies expand and refine their equipment management
capabilities. We are excited about the enhancements Brian will bring to our
offerings,” said Turner. n
Ex-GE Capital Markets
Exec Joins Rivington
Energy investment
banking firm Rivington
Capital Advisors hired
Rick Makin, a 25-year
veteran in the energy
capital markets space.
He comes to Rivington
after three years as a
managing director at
GE Capital Markets.
TIP Capital Names Messier
VP Northeast Region
TIP Capital hired Tom
Messier as regional VP,
Northeast. Messier, who
previously held senior
sales and marketing
positions at CSI Leasing,
U.S. Bank Equipment
Finance and Insight
Investments, is based
in Saunderstown, RI
CapitalSource Adds Three
to Healthcare Finance
CapitalSource expanded
its Healthcare Real
Estate and Healthcare
Credit Groups by adding
three new finance
professionals. Donald Kelly
III was named director,
Healthcare Real Estate.
He was founding principal
and managing partner
of Energy Court Capital.
Glenn Flinn rejoined the
Healthcare Credit Group
as a director, reopening the
Dallas office. Flinn held
healthcare lending roles
with GE Capital, Heller
Financial and HealthCare
Financial Partners. Martin
Golden, senior director,
joined the group from
Marquette Healthcare
Finance, which he founded
and led. Previously, he
was managing director
of Healthcare Finance at
Wells Fargo Foothill, and
SVP at GE Healthcare
Financial Services.
Leonard Joins American
Lease Insurance as BDO
American Lease Insurance
Agency Corporation named
Karen Leonard business
development and client
relations manager.
She will lead new
business development
and provide support
