Wingspire Capital appointed Doug Sylvia to the newly created role of chief risk officer for Wingspire Equipment Finance.

Wingspire Capital recently launched its equipment finance platform to provide equipment finance solutions for middle-market customers in the manufacturing, industrial, construction, truck/trailer, marine, shipping ports and technology/communications sectors, among others. Sylvia will work with Wingspire Capital’s originations, underwriting, capital markets and portfolio management teams to evaluate financial and operational risk for clients and prospective clients.

With two decades of experience as a senior credit officer, portfolio manager and underwriter, Sylvia was most recently a senior vice president and lending manager at Wells Fargo. Before that, he held roles of increasing responsibility at GE Capital.

“Doug’s knowledge and experience with complex equipment transactions during the entire financing life cycle are valuable assets for Wingspire Equipment Finance, and we are delighted to add his expertise and relationships to our team,” David Wisen, co-founder and CEO of Wingspire Capital, said.