Robert D. Abraham has joined Citizens Bank as a senior vice president of New Business Development for Citizens Commercial Banking. He has more than 29 years of business development and lending experience and was most recently vice president of business development at Freed Maxick ABL Services in...

John Hyde has joined Graphic Arts Advisors (GAA) as a director and member of the firm’s senior team. He has over 25 years of experience in the print and graphic communications industry and has worked with numerous clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, family succession planning,...

Marchand Boyd has joined East West Bank in Pasadena, California, as a vice president and relationship manager. He brings extensive knowledge of business innovation and depository solutions with specialized support services for the professional fiduciary. Maria Chiang has joined Trade Finance...

Hannam & Partners , a corporate finance advisory business based in London, has become a member of Global Special Situations , an alliance of investment banking firms with focus on special situations transactions. Other partners include SSG Capital Advisors LLC in the U.S., Saxenhammer & Co...

Sean Dooley and Christian Klawunder have been promoted to vice president and associate, respectively, in Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc. ’s Downstream Energy & Retail Group. In addition, Carlton Zesch , an analyst, and John Ellison , an associate, have joined the downstream Energy &...

Encina Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on specialized lending and leasing platforms, and an affiliate of certain funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP have launched Encina Business Credit LLC (EBC) , an independent asset-based lending platform targeting middle market borrowers...

Howard Brod Brownstein of The Brownstein Corporation has been appointed as an independent director of Pico Holdings Inc., which has business segments that acquire and develop water resource and storage operations in the Southwest and real estate operations in California, Washington, North and South...

David A. Agay has been named the new managing member of the Chicago office of McDonald Hopkins LLC , succeeding Richard N. Kessler, who served as the managing member in Chicago since 2007. Agay, a corporate restructuring attorney who joined the firm in 2011, previously served as the Chicago office’...

Douglas K. Brown , director of development for ASTI Environmental in Brighton, Michigan, recently received the Robert Sieghart Award for Enthusiasm for the Economic Development Profession during the Michigan Economic Developers Association Annual Conference. The award recognizes individuals who...

Kim Attends Made in America Day at the White House Gordon Sign , the nation’s oldest sign company and an ongoing turnaround story, was selected to represent Colorado at a recent Made in America Product Showcase at the White House. Gordon Sign was joined by other small manufacturers, such as the...