Dan Williams has joined Encina Business Credit as a managing director.

He and Sean Sheehan will co-lead origination efforts throughout the northeast, focusing on New York and Boston. They will report to Rob McMahon, Encina’s chief commercial officer.

Williams has 25 years of experience in asset-based lending and has developed strong relationships across the ABL community at commercial banks, direct lending funds, and private equity sponsors. He has worked as an underwriter, a portfolio manager, and, most recently, as a managing director at Great American Group, focused on business development. Williams has also held positions at banks and non-regulated institutions including GE Capital, Capital Source, and HSBC.