NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2006--GE Commercial Finance - Global Sponsor Finance, a leading provider of leveraged lending solutions to private equity-backed companies, today announced the hiring of Alan Aria as Managing Director and Melanie Brensinger as Senior Vice President.
Mr. Aria will be based in New York and be responsible for generating and overseeing sponsor client relationships in the healthcare sector. He has more than 19 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance starting with JPMorgan Private Bank and, beginning in 1993, with JPM Securities where he focused on capital markets debt, leveraged debt, and equity products, primarily for private equity sponsors. Most recently, he served as a team leader for JPMorgan Investment Banking/Mid Corporate Group, where his team originated capital markets and merger/acquisition assignments from healthcare and business service companies. Mr. Aria holds a BS degree in Finance/ Economics from New England College, and an MBA from Fordham Graduate School of Business.
Ms. Brensinger will also be based in New York. She joins GE from Scotia Capital where she was a Director on the Private Equity Sponsor Coverage Team and closed several notable transactions in the healthcare industry. Prior to Scotia, Ms. Brensinger was with CoreStates Bank, N.A./First Union National Bank in their Relationship Management Development Program. She earned a BS degree in Finance and Economics from York College.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Alan and Melanie to our GE team," said John Volpe, a Senior Managing Director at GE Global Sponsor Finance. "Alan brings nearly two decades of experience helping clients with their corporate finance needs. Melanie has a breadth of experience from deal sourcing to structuring in today's dynamic healthcare sector that is very impressive."
Stuart Aronson, President of GE Global Sponsor Finance, added, "Alan's experience base is exceptionally broad and diverse, enabling him to offer unique insights into our customers' needs. Both Alan and Melanie will be tremendous assets to our growing healthcare team."
About GE Global Sponsor Finance
With over $8 billion in assets, and offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, GE Global Sponsor Finance represents a "one-stop" source for the comprehensive range of GE's lending and other structured financial services offered to the private equity sponsor market. For more information, visit gsf.com.
About GE Healthcare Financial Services
GE Healthcare Financial Services is a provider of capital, financial solutions, and related services for the global healthcare market. With over $15 billion of capital committed to the healthcare industry, GE Healthcare Financial Services offers a full range of capabilities from equipment financing and real estate financing to working capital lending, vendor programs, and practice acquisition financing. With its knowledge of all aspects of healthcare from hospitals and long-term care facilities to physicians' practices and life sciences, GE Healthcare Financial Services works with customers to create tailored financial solutions that help them improve their productivity and profitability. For more information, visit gehealthcarefinance.com.
About GE Commercial Finance
GE Commercial Finance, which offers businesses around the globe an array of financial products and services, has assets of over $206 billion and is headquartered in Norwalk Connecticut. GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work - a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customer in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's website at ge.com.
Contacts
GE Commercial Finance, Norwalk
Ned Reynolds, 203-229-5717
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Britta Kons
GE Healthcare Global Services
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1-203-400-1892