BMO Harris Equipment Finance Company announced that it has hired Tom Sbordone to lead a new team of equipment finance sales professionals focused on large corporate organizations nation-wide. Sbordone will be based in Boston and will have sales people across the U.S. The new team will leverage the already-existing connections that BMO Financial Group has with large corporations throughout the country.

"We are growing our Commercial business throughout the U.S., and equipment finance represents a key element of that growth," said Dave Casper, Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking, BMO Harris Bank. "Tom and his team  will add to our already growing suite of capabilities that we can offer our customers."

"Large corporate entities with equipment financing needs are looking for specialized expertise and customized financing, and that's exactly what Tom's new team will provide," added Jud Snyder, Managing Director and Head, BMO Harris Equipment Finance.

Sbordone, who has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services sector, will be responsible for large corporate and specialty finance, and his team will include equipment finance professionals on both coasts, as well as Houston.

Based in Milwaukee, and with offices throughout the country, BMO Harris Equipment Finance Company builds off of the solid reputation and relationships created by M&I Equipment Finance Company, relationships that have been formed over the past 55 years. The team is currently ranked in both the Monitor Bank 40 and Monitor 100 lists of the largest US-based Equipment Finance companies. BMO Harris Equipment Finance Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMO Harris Bank N.A.