Meridian OneCap announced that Nahid Zamir has joined the executive leadership team as the Vice President of Operations & Transformation to lead organization-wide transformation plans. She was formerly with CIT Bank’s Business Capital Equipment Finance Division.

Zamir will collaborate across all operations to optimize business processes to ensure alignment with IT architecture, process design and digital delivery.

Last year Meridian OneCap launched a multi-year initiative, Project BOOST, to transform systems and processes. Recognized this year by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA), Meridian OneCap won the ELFA Operations & Technology Excellence Award for Project BOOST.

“I am very excited to be part of this winning team,” Zamir said. “I look forward to leveraging my experience and expertise to support the achievement of various strategic initiatives and ultimately providing a superior level of services to meet our clients’ needs.”

It was also announced that Michael LaPierre, a key leader of Project BOOST, will assume a new title, Vice President of Finance & Strategy. He has been with Meridian OneCap since 2016 and presented at the 2022 ELFA Convention in October on how the association operations award was earned.

Hugh Swandel, President, Meridian OneCap, said the appointment of Zamir and the new focus for LaPierre are enhancements to the executive team and part of a larger goal to become the industry leader in customer service and client satisfaction.

With 27 years of experience in commercial leasing and finance, Zamir led CIT Bank projects aimed at transforming front-end systems and processes. She also led teams that supported originations, onboarding, deal structuring and booking, as well as ongoing program management. In addition, she had leadership roles in capital markets activities including syndication deal closing and end-to-end management of a lender finance portfolio.

Zamir joined CIT, then known as Newcourt Credit Group, in 1995 and held various roles with increasing responsibility in Canada and the U.S., lastly as Senior Vice President of Sales Operations. She holds a B.A. degree from the University of Waterloo in Ontario and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Based in Toronto, Zamir is committed to philanthropic work and has served on the boards of two organizations, Developments in Literacy and Homes First.