Crestmark welcomes Scott M. Keusch, vice president, senior account executive for the East Division. Keusch, who joins Crestmark with more than 15 years in finance and banking, including experience in asset-based lending and factoring, is based at the company’s headquarters in Troy. He reports to Jeffrey Silverstein, senior vice president, Eastern Division portfolio manager.

Keusch comes to Crestmark from Bank of America where, most recently, he was a process design consultant for the Wholesale Credit Organization. In this role, he developed and implemented credit, policy, and procedure projects across a commercial credit platform.

Prior to that, he was a senior portfolio management officer for Bank of America’s Global Commercial Banking unit. In this role, Keusch worked with businesses across multiple industries, including manufacturers and commercial contractors. In addition, he was the primary credit authority for a team with more than $345 million in commercial loans under management. While in this role, he served a term as a member of the Executive Council, a regional advisory group. He joined Bank of America as a senior portfolio officer for the Special Asset Group, managing a commercial workout portfolio of more than $80 million. Earlier in his career, he worked for Greenfield Commercial Credit, working as audit and credit manager.

Silverstein said, “We are pleased to welcome Scott to the portfolio group. He brings a strong background in account and credit management. These skills will be beneficial as he helps provide creative funding solutions that our clients deserve and expect. We look forward to his future contributions to the portfolio group and the bank.”

Keusch has a Master of Science in finance from Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration.