Tom Vasilakos has joined SGEF as Director of Industrial Sales. In his new role, Tom will be responsible for recruiting a regional sales team supporting the SGEF U.S Industrial Segment.
Tom has over 20 years of equipment financing experience, most recently in the Global Vendor division of The CIT Group as Senior Vice President. He has extensive experience in the equipment finance industry including senior positions in business development, sales, and sales management.
Joining Tom is Don Kochan who will become the SGEF Midwest Regional Sales Manager.
In his new role, Don will be responsible for supporting SG Equipment Finance’s existing global vendor relationships and sourcing new ones. Don’s support will include originating transactions with manufacturers, vendors, and end-users of industrial equipment such as machine tools, construction and various types of manufacturing equipment. Prior to joining SGEF, Don held positions as the National Sales Manager for Key Equipment Finance’s Construction & Industrial Group, the District Sales Manager for Financial Federal Credit, a Senior Vice President with Transamerica Equipment Financial Services, and a Vice President and Zone Manager for ITT Capital Finance.
Don is located in Cincinnati, OH and will cover the Central United States.
Gordon Scott has joined SGEF as the Southeast Regional Sales Manager. In his new role, Gordon will be responsible for sourcing and building relationships with dealers and manufacturers of industrial equipment with a focus on the construction, printing and machine tool segments.
Gordon has over 23 years of equipment financing experience, most recently in the vendor finance unit of The CIT Group as Vice President of Business Development.
Gordon’s prior responsibilities included senior business development and program management roles within the global vendor finance units of Bank of America and Key Equipment Finance.
Gordon is located in the SGEF home office in Jersey City, NJ and will cover the Southeast United States.
“The combined experience and contacts that these three individuals bring to SGEF will be invaluable to the build out of our industrial business”, said Larry Scherzer Head of Sales and Marketing.
SG Equipment Finance is the leader for equipment and vendor finance in Europe.
SG Equipment Finance is part of the division of Specialized Financial Services Group at Société Générale, a leading banking group in the Euro Zone. SG Equipment Finance USA represents the 23rd country in SGEF’s global network and is based in Jersey City, NJ.
For more information please go to http://www.sgef.us/