Encina Equipment Finance (EEF) announced Valérie Leinfelder has joined its Operations team as Vice President.

In her new role with EEF, Leinfelder will be responsible for key operations functions related to new commercial leases/loans including the documentation, funding and booking processes. She will report to James Giaquinto, Encina Equipment Finance’s Senior Managing Director of Operations.

Leinfelder brings over 20 years of experience in equipment finance to EEF. Most recently, she worked at Tokyo Century (USA) Inc., as Assistance Vice President, Legal & Operations, where she was responsible for documenting and booking direct, syndicated and participation transactions for a broad range of equipment types. Prior to Tokyo Century, Leinfelder held various roles within GE Capital’s corporate finance business.

Launched in June 2017, Encina Equipment Finance provides loans and leases ranging in size from $5 million to $50 million secured by essential-use machinery and equipment. The platform provides financing to both privately owned (sponsor and non-sponsor) and publicly traded companies across a wide range of collateral types, industries (including, but not limited to, construction, distribution, energy, food processing, health care, information technology, manufacturing, mining, paper & packaging, and transportation) and use cases (including loans against existing or newly acquired assets, leases of newly acquired assets and sale-leasebacks of existing assets).