NEW YORK, September 20, 2014 – Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Co., Inc. has hired William (“Bill”) Mattocks as Senior Vice President, Director of Program Management. In this role, Bill will be responsible for developing deep vendor relationships with our program partners in both the construction and transportation segments and for managing a team of five (5) Regional Sales & Marketing Managers. Bill comes to SMFL from Bank of the West where he served in a similar role. Bill has more than 23 years of experience in the equipment leasing and finance industry with increasing levels of responsibility at Transamerica Commercial Finance, CIT Group, Astec Financial Services, JCB Finance and Bank of the West. Bill will be headquartered out of Savannah, GA.
SMFL are pleased to announce the hiring of two additional industry veterans.
Thomas J. Pagnotti has been hired as Vice President and Northeast Region Sales Manager for construction and transportation leasing and finance. Tom comes to SMFL from Susquehanna Commercial Finance. Tom’s career in the industry spans 28 years including working for Furnival Machinery Company (a Komatsu dealership), Ingersoll-Rand Finance, Citi Capital Commercial Corporation, De Lage Landen Financial Services, Co-Activ Capital Partners, and Penn Jersey Machinery (a Volvo Construction Equipment dealer). Tom will be located in the New York branch office. His territory includes ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA and WV.
Timothy Woodcock has been hired as Vice President and Midwest Region Sales Manager for construction and transportation leasing and finance. Tim comes to SMFL from Webster Capital Finance. Tim’s career in the industry spans 25 years with increasing levels of responsibility at Komatsu Financial, Concord Commercial, The CIT Group, Capital One Equipment Finance, and Connext Financial. Tim will be located out of St. Charles, IL. His territory includes ND, SD, NE, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, MI, IN, and OH.
SMFL will be entering the construction and transportation segments just as industry growth kicks into high gear. The business has an initial team of 25 people and will grow to 85 over a three year period. The business will focus primarily on vendor originated business and will participate in syndications and portfolio acquisitions.
The new business is located at 277 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10172 and has a branch office at 951 Mariners Island Boulevard, Suite 300, San Mateo, CA 94404.