Roger Welker joined Merchant Factors as senior vice president. He will market Merchant’s factoring products and ABL revolvers for its affiliate, Merchant Financial, in the Florida region.

Welker has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. After working in New York at Chemical Bank and Bankers Trust, Welker migrated to Atlanta, working in Heller Financial’s leveraged finance division before joining The CIT Group in 1992. In 1994, Welker relocated to Miami with CIT to further develop the market for factoring and asset-based lending for CIT. After a 17-year career with CIT, Welker joined Wells Fargo Capital Finance in 2008, where he was responsible for identifying and structuring new factoring and commercial financing relationships for its Commercial Services division.