Frisco, TX – May 2, 2017 – Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a part of Wintrust Financial, announced that Brian Derusha has joined the division’s Asset Management Department as senior vice president.

“Many of us at Wintrust Commercial Finance have worked with Brian in previous roles and are excited about him joining the group,” said WCF President & CEO Kirk Phillips. “Brian’s experience and expertise will greatly add to our strong asset management department, making it one of the best in the industry. I can’t think of too many other institutions of our size that have the breadth and depth of expertise in almost all equipment asset classes and across a variety of financial products. This will continue to enhance our ability to execute on our growth strategy.”  

Mr. Derusha has more than 30 years of experience in all phases of asset management, having held positions of increasing responsibility at Fleet Capital Leasing, Transamerica Financial Services, AIG Commercial Asset Finance and, most recently, AIG Investments. He’s been an active participant with the Equipment Finance and Leasing Association, with positions on the executive asset management committee and as a presenter and contributor at industry conferences and periodicals. He holds a management degree from North Adams State College, also known as Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

 About Wintrust Financial Corporation

 Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $25 billion in assets and a common stock traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Wintrust provides traditional commercial and community banking services; asset-based lending; wealth management services; commercial insurance premium financing; mortgage origination; short-term accounts receivable financing; and certain administrative services, such as data processing of payrolls, billing and treasury management services. Wintrust was created as the alternative to the big banks, offering the solutions and services of larger competitors with the customer-focus and service that can only be found at a true community bank or local financial services company. The Wintrust Community Bank family has more than 150 community bank locations across the Chicagoland area, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana.

Wintrust Community Banks are Members FDIC and Equal Housing Lenders.