Hana Financial announced that Albert D. Perez has joined Hana’s Asset Based Loan division, Hana Business Capital, as chief risk officer, reporting to the head of the business unit, Clark D. Griffith.

Perez will be responsible for portfolio management and underwriting activities of HBC. Albert joins Hana with over 25 years of ABL, Factoring, Commercial Banking and International Structured Trade Experience. He started his career in the factoring and leveraged funding groups at Heller Financial that included positions in auditing and underwriting before moving up through the ranks during his career in both sales and credit positions, with his longest stint at PNC Bank’s Business Credit division.

Perez has experience with both U.S. domestic and international financial institutions having previously served as senior vice president at BBVA Compass Bank in California, head of Enterprise Banking at OCBC Bank (Singapore), ABL marketing manager at PNC Business Credit, and ABL team leader at Allied Irish Bank.