J.D. Moriarty will be joining the online lender LendingTree as its senior vice president, Corporate Development, effective April, 2017.

Moriarty will be responsible for business development and strategic acquisitions as the company continues to expand its footprint in the lending and financial technology industry.

“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome J.D. as an official member of the LendingTree team,” said Doug Lebda, founder and CEO of LendingTree. “In his prior role at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.D. served as a valuable partner with a deep understanding of LendingTree’s business, market position and growth opportunity as he guided our team through several critical transactions.”

Moriarty comes to LendingTree with almost 23 years of experience with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, most recently serving as managing director & head of Americas Equity Capital Markets. Previously, he had responsibility for equity origination in a wide range of industry sectors, including Technology.