Stonebriar Commercial Finance (“Stonebriar”) announced today that it has named Kevin L. Brown Vice President – Portfolio Management.   Mr. Brown joins Stonebriar from CIT Group Inc. where he spent his entire 14-year career there in its Business Aircraft Finance unit, most recently in the same position he now holds with Stonebriar.  Stonebriar has completed its acquisition of 16 loans from CIT bringing the total Aviation Capital portfolio to 64 assets as of June 30th 2017.  He will report to Nicholas M. Sandler, Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director of Stonebriar’s Aviation Capital platform.
 
Sandler stated: “Stonebriar is extremely pleased to welcome Kevin to the Aviation Capital team.  Kevin’s experience in managing portfolios with exposure to multiple jurisdictions lines up with Aviation Capital’s goal and mandate to be a leading customized capital solutions provider to the diverse constituencies in both commercial and business aviation worldwide.”

“The Stonebriar team is excited to be launching into the commercial aviation market along with the addition of Kevin to support Aviation Capital’s growing portfolio.  His experience and strong reputation are a perfect complement to our organization’s existing knowledge and expertise in corporate and commercial aviation finance” stated Dave B. Fate, President and CEO of Stonebriar. “This is one more step to Stonebriar achieving its goal to become a well-diversified financing source in a broad array of industries,”.
 
About Stonebriar Commercial Finance: Stonebriar is a privately held commercial finance company established in 2015 and based in Plano, TX.  With financial backing from Security Benefit Corporation and Eldridge Industries, Stonebriar is building a world class, multi-billion dollar platform of commercial loans and leases.  Stonebriar specializes in transactions for businesses in a wide variety of industries (Aviation Capital, Rail Leasing, Realty Capital, NonBank Lender, marine, transportation, manufacturing, energy, etc.) throughout the entire credit spectrum located in the United States, Canada and select other foreign jurisdictions. To learn more about Stonebriar Commercial Finance go to www.StonebriarCF.com.