Western Alliance Bank has hired Emily Harrison to serve as Underwriting Officer for the Equipment Finance Group. In her role, Harrison is responsible for underwriting new lease and loan requests and renewals for working capital lines of credit, term loans, traditional asset-based lines of credit and other bank lending products.

“With experience as a business and credit analyst, Emily has a unique skillset that will help our team better evaluate prospective opportunities based on real market data and inherent risks,” said Brian Scott, Managing Director of the Equipment Finance Group.

Harrison comes to Western Alliance Bank from a national leader in real estate investment trust services, where she served as a portfolio manager overseeing a commercial real estate portfolio totaling more than $1.5 billion. Additionally, she served as a credit analyst and investment orders associate at an investment management company where she also educated investors and peers on complex securities topics.

Western Alliance Bank’s Equipment Finance Group works to deliver capital equipment financing solutions for companies nationwide as part of the $1 trillion equipment financing sector. The group is built on customizing capital markets experience by taking a holistic approach to clients’ needs and working with other divisions within Western Alliance Bank to bring new financing solutions to the table. The Equipment Finance Group has funded hundreds of transactions across a wide range of industries, including transportation, healthcare, technology, manufacturing and others.