Daniel;Rodrigue;Rejoins;Bibby
Financial;Services;(BFS);North
America
Daniel Rodrigue has rejoined the
company as National head of sales for
Factoring and Transportation for the
U.S. market, a significant step toward
executing BFS’s strategic growth plan.
Rodrigue previously served as
BFS’s head of sales for the Southeast
region until 2013. He brings nearly two
decades of experience driving sales
for various financial platforms. Most
recently, Rodrigue served as national
sales director of TAB Bank, where he
was responsible for building their
national sales team, including a focus
on transportation companies. Previously, he oversaw sales staff and deal
production for First Growth Capital’s
factoring and asset-based lending
divisions.
“We are excited to have Daniel back
at BFS where his wealth of industry
knowledge and experience will be
invaluable in driving our business
development efforts,” said Ian Watson,
CEO of BFS North America. “He will
build on the excellent momentum
achieved by our sales teams this year
as we continue to expand and grow
our market leadership in factoring and
transportation.”
In addition to working closely with
BFS North America’s executive leader-
ship to grow factoring and trans-
portation business lines nationally,
Rodrigue will also oversee the expan-
sion of the company’s regional sales
presence in the U.S. BFS is committed
to supporting small and medium-sized
businesses throughout North America
by expanding access to the financing
and back-office support they need to
successfully operate and grow.
Sean Flannery and Ronnie Stokes
were appointed as corporate man-
agers for the North of England and
Scotland, respectively, as it looks to
ment to Crystal Financial and are
confident in the seamless transition
that will occur, given Mike and Steve’s
long-standing tenure and industry
expertise.”
Crystal Financial LLC, a portfolio
company of Solar Capital Ltd. is an
independent commercial finance
company that provides senior and
junior secured loans for both asset-
based and cash flow financings to
middle-market companies. www.
crystalfinco.com.
Howard;Moore;Joins;Dwight
Funding
Howard Moore has joined the firm as
director of business development. In
this position, Moore will be responsible for maintaining and strengthening relationships with bank partners,
other finance companies, referral
sources and clients directly.
Moore brings over 10 years of experience in business development and
SMB lending. Prior to joining Dwight
Funding, Howard was responsible for
business development at Rosenthal
and Rosenthal and for originating and
structuring asset-based lending, factoring, and purchase order financing
transactions. Prior to that, he has held
similar roles at other large and boutique commercial finance companies.
“We are very excited to have Howie
join our team. Howie’s extensive experience and network will help build on
the success we have seen in the consumer products market,” states Ben
Brachot, managing director at Dwight
Funding. “Howie shares a passion for
funding early-stage and growth-stage
businesses which makes him a great
addition to the team and amplifies the
efforts of the group.”
Crystal;Financial;Announces
Ward;Mooney’s;Retirement;and
Co-CEO;Promotions
Crystal Finance LLC announced that
its CEO, Ward K Mooney, plans to retire
at the end of December 2017. Upon
his departure, Michael L Pizette, chief
credit officer, and Steven Migliero,
senior managing director, will serve as
co-CEOs responsible for the management and operations of the firm.
Mooney will continue to serve on
Crystal’s board of managers as well as
a managing member of Crystal SBIC
GP LLC.
Crystal was established in 2006
and, since inception, it has sourced,
underwritten and managed over $20
billion of secured debt financings for
middle-market businesses. Crystal
was acquired by Solar Capital Ltd.
(NASDAQ:SLRC), a publicly traded
business development company, in
December 2012.
Mooney has been involved in the
financial services industry for 45
years. In 1992, he joined Gordon Brothers and founded GBFC, a specialty
commercial finance company focused
on asset-based financing to retailers.
GBFC became the leading secured
financing source for the retail industry and in 1996, GBFC was purchased
by Bank of Boston. In 1998 while at
Bank of Boston, Mooney co-founded
Back Bay Capital a direct lending fund
dedicated to underwriting second lien
debt. In 2006, he co-founded Crystal
Financial along with Pizette. During
his career Mooney has served on many
public and nonprofit boards including: President and Chairman of the
Turnaround Management Association
(TMA), Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
(finance committee), the American
Repertory Theater, the Newport Festival Foundation (NFF) and Destination
XL Group (DXLG).
Michael Gross, chairman and CEO
of Solar Capital Ltd, stated, “We thank
Ward for his dedication and commit-
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