IRVINE, Calif. – October 13, 2021 – Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced that Craig Shipley has joined the company as senior vice president, chief sales officer. Shipley will be located in Chicago, Illinois, and is focused on the strategic growth of WSF’s wholesale and vendor channels as the portfolio approaches half a billion dollars in assets. He joins a team led by David Normandin, CLFP, president and CEO of WSF.
“I’m delighted to have the opportunity to further develop and expand WSF’s technology, creativity, and amazing staff to provide an exceptional financing experience for our partners and customers,” said Shipley. “Wintrust has established itself as a strong and stable partner in both wholesale lending and vendor equipment finance. I’m also looking forward to working with our team to grow a small and mid-ticket platform that will reflect the solid culture and reputation of Wintrust.”
“I’m excited to have Craig join the leadership team, “Normandin said. “Craig’s knowledge, skill, and experience will be invaluable as we continue to strategically grow our equipment finance business. I’m confident in Craig’s abilities to leverage our innovative, creative, and scalable solutions to grow WSF into a market leader.”
Shipley brings more than 25 years of experience to this role. Before joining the company, he held key leadership positions at BMO Harris Bank, Cisco Systems Capital Corporation, Macquarie Equipment Finance, CIT Group, Tatonka Capital Corporation, and FirstCorp.
About Wintrust
Wintrust is a financial holding company with assets of over $47 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 170 banking locations located in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust 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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