North American alternative finance provider eCapital named Tony Howard chief credit and portfolio officer. Howard was formerly chief credit officer of the company and will oversee and manage credit risk and policy and portfolio performance and participate in acquisition initiatives in his new role.
Howard has more than 20 years of international finance experience. Before eCapital, Howard served as managing director of CBIZ, managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers and director with KPMG’s corporate finance group in Atlanta. He has worked across a spectrum of companies, including banking and commercial finance companies in the United States and Canada.
“eCapital is growing rapidly,” Marius Silvasan, CEO of eCapital, said. “By centralizing and expanding Tony’s role, he can ensure compliance with appropriate risk management protocols and implement proper and consistent operational measures as needed so we can continue to grow at an accelerated rate. Also, Tony will be a tremendous asset in managing portfolios across the company and assisting us with our acquisition strategy.”
“In my nearly five years working for eCapital, I’ve been a part of its incredible growth and expansion, both organically and through its acquisition of several companies and portfolios,” Howard said. “I am looking forward to having an even greater impact on our growth as we integrate these portfolios and build out our diverse lines of business, including working closely with all our business units, including the freight factoring and commercial finance divisions and our portfolio company, Gerber Finance.”
