eCapital, a North American alternative finance provider, named Kash Ahmad executive vice president and chief credit officer of its commercial finance division.

Ahmad will lead a team of underwriters and credit specialists to manage credit, risk and compliance to support the growth of the commercial finance business.

Ahmad will report to Tony Howard, eCapital’s chief credit and portfolio officer.

Prior to taking this role, Ahmad served as managing director for Bibby Financial Services Canada and UK specialist director responsible for the trade finance, export finance, construction finance and recruitment finance divisions. Ahmad has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services sector holding a range of senior executive positions throughout the UK, the Middle East, Asia and Canada to support SMEs, mid-market and global corporate businesses.

Prior to BFS, he served as managing director of global transaction banking, mid-markets at Lloyds Commercial Banking UK. He also worked as chief risk officer at Barclays Bank Pakistan and managing director of inward business for Barclays Bank’s UK global corporates division, having spent 20 years with Barclays in a variety of roles.

“eCapital is very fortunate to have Kash join our management team and oversee such an important part of our business,” Howard said. “His extensive experience will be invaluable as we build our commercial finance business and further establish ourselves as a leader in the market.”