Andrew Barnes joined TCF Capital as vice president. Barnes comes from Babson Capital Management.

Barnes has more than 10 years of experience in investment banking and leveraged finance. Before joining TCF, Barnes was an associate director at Babson Capital Management in its Middle Market Lending group, where he primarily focused on executing, originating and monitoring senior debt investments for the firm’s private equity clients.

Prior to Babson, Barnes was a senior associate at Madison Capital Funding (MCF), with primary responsibilities that included assisting with underwriting and syndication of credit facilities. Prior to MCF, Barnes served in various investment banking and advisory roles at Hovde Financial, AG Edwards and Stifel Nicolaus.

“We are very excited to have Andrew join our team,” said Joe Gaffigan, TCF Capital Funding’s president. “Andrew brings an extensive lending experience and lower middle market relationship focus making him an important addition to our team as we continue to serve our growing national portfolio of clients.