IRVINE, Calif. – March 15, 2019 – David Normandin, president and CEO of Wintrust Specialty Finance, will speak on a panel alongside fellow industry leaders at the upcoming Investors’ Conference on Equipment Leasing in New York City on March 20.
Experts participating in the panel discussion, “Preparing for the Downturn,” will cover topics including learnings from the last recession and requirements for getting through a future recession. Joining Normandin for the conversation are Joe Collins, senior vice president, business development for Orion First Financial; Quentin Cote, president of Mintaka Financial; and Barry Ripes, managing director of PayNet, Inc.
“I’m honored to contribute alongside a great panel of professionals, especially at the Investors’ Conference on Equipment Leasing, one of the premier events for the industry,” Normandin said. “Events like these, where we can all come together in one space to share knowledge and best practices, are so important for the ongoing advancement of the business. I’m looking forward to sharing my expertise and continuing to learn from my peers.”
Normandin established Wintrust Specialty Finance by developing the business plan, policy, processes, and procedures for the division and negotiating partnerships with crucial services and the head executive in the building and growth of this division. A division of Wintrust Asset Finance, the new team has a centralized focus on serving small and mid-sized business lending to companies in the U.S. and Canada.
Normandin, a Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP), has more than 20 years of experience in commercial finance, sales, marketing, and operations. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA) where he was the chair of the small ticket business council steering committee for the last two years. Normandin has also served on the board of the National Equipment Finance Association (NEFA) and the Certified Leasing and Finance Professional Foundation (CLFP) where he is a past president.
The Investors’ Conference on Equipment Leasing is hosted by IMN and the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) at the Union League Club in New York City. For more information, please visit www.imn.org.
About Wintrust Asset Finance
Wintrust Asset Finance focuses on customized business equipment finance solutions. The group has a customer-focused origination philosophy while minimizing risk through strong underwriting discipline and expert asset management. Wintrust Asset Finance specializes in equipment financing for a number of industries including transportation, rail, material handling, construction, manufacturing, marine, technology, oil and gas, and medical. Wintrust Asset Finance is the umbrella group that oversees four lease-based groups within the Wintrust family: Wintrust Equipment Finance, Wintrust Commercial Finance, Wintrust Capital, and Wintrust Specialty Finance.
About Wintrust
Wintrust is a financial holding company with assets of approximately $31 billion whose common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 160 banking locations located in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, the Company operates various non-bank business units, including business units which provide commercial and life insurance premium financing in the United States, a premium finance company operating in Canada, a company providing short-term accounts receivable financing and value-added out-sourced administrative services to the temporary staffing services industry, a business unit engaging primarily in the origination and purchase of residential mortgages for sale into the secondary market throughout the United States, and companies providing wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.
Media Contact:
David Normandin, President & CEO
Wintrust Specialty Finance
dnormandin@wintrust.com
949-268-9099
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