Wingspire Capital, LLC announced that William Bence joined the firm as Principal, responsible for business development activities of Wingspire Capital in Chicago and the midwestern United States.

Bence joins Wingspire from Fifth Third Business Capital where he had nearly 15 years of experience, most recently leading the middle market ABL business development efforts in the Michigan and Ohio marketplace.

“Will comes to us as one of the top new business professionals from one of the premier bank ABL shops and we are honored to have him join our team,” said James Garlick, Managing Director of Wingspire.
“Our unique structured ABL platform values creativity and responsiveness, two of the attributes that which Will possesses, and we are thrilled to have him lead our origination efforts in the Midwest”, said David Wisen, CEO, and John Rosin, President and Chief Operating Officer, in a joint statement.

Based in Atlanta, Wingspire Holdings is a portfolio company of Owl Rock Capital Corporation.