Sue Duckett has been named executive vice president at Franklin Capital Holdings, a Highland Park, IL financial services firm.

Duckett brings 25 years of financial experience. Previously she was executive vice president and managing director at Bibby Financial Services in both the U.S. and U.K.

She was most recently general manager for Accord Business Finance. Early in her career she worked for Norwich Union and the Bank of Scotland.

As a member of the senior management team at Franklin Capital, Duckett will work directly with company chairman, Gary Edidin.

“We’re very pleased to have attracted such a talented and effective executive to our team,” Edidin said. “We’re looking forward to leveraging Sue’s experience and creativity to help our client’s grow their businesses.”

Franklin Capital provides accounts receivable lending and factoring, purchase order/trade finance, export finance, supply side finance, and inventory and machinery and equipment loans to small and medium-size businesses in the U.S. and Canada.