Wintrust Business Credit Expands Team

Chicago, May 9, 2023 – Wintrust Business Credit (WBC), a subsidiary of Wintrust (NASDAQ: WTFC), today announced the addition of Benjamin Doran as Senior Vice President- Business Development, expanding WBC's footprint into the upper Midwest as part of the group's expansion into new strategic markets.

"We are excited for Ben to join Wintrust Business Credit," said Jason LeuVoy, Group Senior Vice President and National Head of Originations at WBC. "Ben has been a leading presence in the Minneapolis, and upper Midwest market, for many years. Bringing him on board will allow Wintrust to expand our delivery of best-in-class senior debt and working capital solutions to middle-market borrowers across a wide range of industries and situations. We believe Ben will be a great asset to the team, supporting our overall growth strategy and helping our clients achieve their goals."

Doran joins the company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 20 years of experience covering the upper Midwest market, successfully originating and structuring new ABL and AR financing transactions. Before joining Wintrust, Benjamin worked for Wells Fargo Capital Finance and UMB Bank. 

Doran serves in leadership roles for the Minneapolis Secured Finance Network and Turnaround Management Association chapters. He is also active in the Association for Corporate Growth. Doran holds a bachelor's degree in Finance and Marketing from Creighton University.

About Wintrust Business Credit

Wintrust business credit (WBC) provides both traditional asset based lending, and accounts receivable financing to middle market companies across a wide variety of industries including, but not limited to, Manufacturing, Distribution, Metals, Transportation, and Staffing.   WBC supports companies in a number of different situations including high growth, turnaround, recapitalization, restructuring, M&A, seasonal and cyclical needs.

About Wintrust

Wintrust is a financial holding company with assets of $50 billion whose common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while providing service-based community banking to every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries, with over 171 banking locations located in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units.