Verdant Commercial Capital, LLC has hired John Evans to initiate business development efforts across the key verticals of Specialty Vehicle, Construction, Technology, Industrial and Office Solutions.

Evans has more than 30 years in the equipment finance industry and 20 years in vendor finance. In his role at Verdant Commercial Capital, Evans will concentrate his efforts on building relationships with OEMs, distributors and dealers in identified segments. Evans has extensive experience developing vendor finance relationships, including joint ventures and private label programs with leading OEMs across many industry segments.

Prior to joining Verdant Commercial Capital, Evans held leadership positions with several bank equipment finance businesses and was instrumental in building long-term vendor programs at these banks.

“There is tremendous knowledge and experience in vendor finance at Verdant Commercial Capital, and I am pleased to be a part of this team of professionals. It is exciting to be able to work at Verdant and bring new and innovative solutions to leading OEMs, distributors and dealers,” Evans said.

In announcing the hiring, Verdant Chief Commercial Officer Brian Lowe said, “We are very lucky to have someone of John’s caliber leading our business development efforts. Over the years, John developed deep professional and personal relationships with vendors and customers. John will do a great job of delivering the Verdant value proposition to OEMs and dealers as we look to grow with them.”